Thursday 24 June 2021

24-06-21 Thursday - Red Kites

 Overcast with sunny spells and some morning showers.  Light westerly wind rising in the evening, with more showers.  Temp up to 20°C.

Red Kites
   
Goldeneye family at Chew (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Redland, a garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 4 Feral Pigeon, 2 Swift, 1 juv. Great Tit (after a recent dearth of all tit species), 1 Robin, 12+ House Sparrow.

Lockleaze:
A Collared Dove, Starlings and House Sparrows appreciated a garden bird bath.

Bath time in a Lockleaze garden (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage:
family of Whitethroats.

Chipping Sodbury - Ridge Woods:
11 Woodpigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 8 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 3 Rook, 3 Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 12 Wren, 7 Starling, 9 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch.

Collared Dove in a Lockleaze garden (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
family of juv. Great Tits being introduced to the fatball feeder.


BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield (ice cream dairy):
Red Kite

Goldfinch at Chew (Ian Stapp)
RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
1 f. Goldeneye with 5 ducklings, plenty of Swallow and House Martin.      


Dam:
100+ Canada Goose, 5 Swift, 3 Pied Wagtail.

Woodford:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20+ Swift, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 3 Goldfinch.

Heron's Green:
10+ Swift, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 m. Kestrel, 2 Raven, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting.

Moreton:
18 Canada Goose, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4+ Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 12 LT Tit, 10+ Chaffinch, 4 Reed Bunting.

Herriott's inc Pool:
100+ Canada Goose, 57 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck, 103 Gadwall, 14 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 9 Pochard, 37 Tufted Duck, 4 Swift, 2 Moorhen, 120+ Coot, 7 Black-headed Gull, 5 GBB Gull, 1 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 5 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting.

Over grass-cutting nearby:
2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Raven. 

Reports:  Phil Barlow, Nancy Barrett, Jane Cumming, Alan Daniells, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Ian Stapp