Monday 21 June 2021

21-06-21 Monday

A chilly, overcast and sometimes wet Midsummer's Day - Bristol temperature peaked at 16 °C

Garganey
Red Kite    
21-06-21 Little Grebe, Heron's Green, CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Henleaze:
Southmead Swimming Lake - (inc delayed WeBS count) 4 Mallard - inc 3 ducklings, remains of 15 from 3 broods, 6 Moorhen - inc 2 juv, remains of 6 from 3 broods, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker - over, 2 Blackcap - singing, 1 pr Grey Wagtail 

Trooper's Hill
1 Red Kite at 2.00pm

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetlands:
3 Mute Swan, 2 9m +f)  Shoveler, 31 Mallard, 30 Gadwall, 3 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 8 Swift, 8 Coot (with four chicks between them), 5 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe with 3 very young chicks, 10 Lapwing, 9 Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 22 Black-headed Gull,1 Little Egret, 4 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 Skylark, 20+ foraging Starling, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 m Reed Bunting

Chestle Pill - 11 Shelduck, 5 Mallard.6 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew

Chipping Sodbury:
Ridge Woods - 22 species, including 1Herring Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Rook, 2 House Martin, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 8 Dunnock inc 5 recently fledged, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Easton-in-Gordano:
Red Kite at 07.40

BELOW M4 & BANES

21-06-21 Adult and juvenile Peregrine (+ Green Woodpecker on the menu), St John's Church, Bath (BUPP)
Bath:
Now confident-ish on the wing, AB has taken to returning to the nest box to rest. This evening, dad delivered her a Green Woodpecker. Over an hour later, after AB had made such a meal of making a meal of it, mum came in from the camera pole and took it away

Paulton:
1 Stock Dove, 2 Herring Gull, 7 LBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 5 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Chaffinch, 6 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
 
Heron's Green:
200+ Swift, 4 Little Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 f Kestrel, 50+ Swallow/House Martin, c100 Sand Martin (unprecedented number for June), 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Pied Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
Mute Swan + 5 cygnets, lots Swift, 150+ Great Crested Grebe, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, lots  Swallow/House Martin ( + some Sand Martin in with them over lake), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4+ Reed Warbler,  2 Reed Bunting +  1 Fox 

Herriott's inc Pool:
28 Canada Goose, 26 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck (all ducklings missing now), 6 Shoveler, 100+ Gadwall,  1 m Garganey, 4 Teal  8 Pochard, 300+ Swift, 130+ Coot, 2 Moorhen, 2 Lapwing, 4 GBB Gull,11 BH Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 6 Jackdaw, 50+ Swallow/House Martin,1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler

Reports: Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Nick Hawkridge, Julian Head, Patrick Hancock, Tim Marks, Phil Quinn, Ian Stapp, BUPP