Saturday, 19 June 2021

19-06-21 Saturday - Long-tailed Duck

Cooling breeze on a not very hot day - 18°C - - rain to finish

Long-tailed Duck, Greenshank
Garganey
Quail
  
BRISTOL

19-06-21 Dipper EP (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:

1 Dipper

St Andrews:
1 Raven - nest nearby

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Chipping Sodbury:
Ridge Wood - 16 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine,  8 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 3 Rook, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 14 Wren, 2 Starling, 10 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 8 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch
Common (CSC) - 1 Cuckoo, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 7+ Whitethroat

Bradley Stoke:
1 Whitethroat - singing

NORTH SOMERSET

19-06-21 Greenshank PW (Chris Clarke)
Portbury Wharf:

2 Long-tailed Duck, (m & f/1st sum), 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Greenshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull - in the river, 50+ Black-backed Gull,

Clevedon - Dowlais:
2 Little Ringed Plover

Kingston Seymour - BBS:
66 Swift, 3 Stock Dove, 3 Lapwing, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 46 Rook, 6 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
3 Quail, 4 Stock Dove,1 Red Kite, Skylark, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 8 Linnet, 11 Corn Bunting, 3 Yellowhammer

Bath - St John's Chuch:
4 Peregrine - inc 2 juv, with 1 juv (m) into care after getting stuck and rescued by a fire engine and crew - well done chaps.

Hunstrete - BBS:
5 Swift, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Skylark, 4 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch

RESERVOIRS

19-06-21 Med Gull, Common Tern BG (Sean Davies)
Barrow Tanks:

1 Common Tern, 1 Mediterranean Gull

Chew Valley Lake
500-1000 Swift - everywhere, and impossible really to estimate number

Heron's Green:
c30 Sand Martin

16-06-21 Garganey CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:

2 Canada Goose - pool, 78 Canada on lake, 26 Mute Swan - pool + 1 cygnets, 6 Shelduck +2 ducklings, 1 Garganey (m), 14 Shoveler, 100+ Gadwall, 4 Teal, 17 Pochard, 200+ Swift, 100+ Coot - pool, 2 Moorhen - Pool, 2 Lapwing - pool, 7 Black-h Gull, 4 Great Black-b Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 3 Buzzard, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Hobby, 4 Jackdaw, 50+ Swallow & House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch (m)

OUT OF AREA:

East Harptree Woods:
~1 Crossbill - calling, 1 Siskin - singing

Reports: Paul Bowdler, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Karle Burford, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Chris Clarke, Mark Coller, Jane Cumming, Alan Daniells, Sean Davies, Andy Davis, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Dean Reeves, Carol Rushton, Howard Taffs