Tuesday 29 June 2021

29-06-21 Tuesday - Black-winged Stilt

Cloudy, dry, Cool and dull, brighter later.

Black-winged Stilt 
  
BRISTOL

Hengrove - garden:
30 - mixed flock of Swift and House Martin - just as I got home

29-06-21 Peregrine Bristol (Adèle Remazeilles)
Bristol Bridge - 1 Redcliff Street:
2 Peregrine - roosting on the window ledge.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
At least 6 Moorhen juvs still on the lake - 3 broods: 2 well-grown, 3 medium and 1 small, 1 Coal Tit - fledgling, 2 Blackcap - fledgling, 4 Lesser Whitethroat - started singing again, must be starting second broods

Pilning Wetlands:
2 Black-winged Stilt 

NORTH SOMERSET

Gordano Valley - Walton Moor, BOC walk:
8 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck (f), 3 Pheasant, 2 Stock Dove,7 Woodpigeon, 40 Swift - big mixed flock, 3 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 9 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 4 Rook, 15 Carrion Crow, 4 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 5 Skylark, 4 Sedge Warbler - probable nest sites on reserve, 15 Swallow - most over Moor Road, 16 House Martin - most in mixed flock over Moor Road, 9 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 10 Blackcap - singing, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 15 Wren, 3 Treecreeper, 5 Mistle Thrush - family party, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Blackbird, 10 Robin, 2 Stonechat - pair at Moor Road, 2 Dunnock, 8 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 15 Goldfinch, 4 Reed Bunting

Clevedon - Yeo:
10 Canada Goose-  + 7 juvs not new, 32 Mute Swan - all at KP, 45 Shelduck - + broods of 8, 9 and 10 - not new, 90 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Swift - yesterday ~ 15 feeding around Kenn mouth, 4 Coot, 
4 Oystercatcher, 6 Lapwing, 1 Whimbrel, 60 Curlew, 32 Redshank, 80 Black-headed Gull, 70 Herring Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 25 LBB Gull, 1 Great White Egret - feeding at KP - a fresh water pool, 4 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Swallow, 5 House Martin - seen yesterday with Swifts

Backwell Lake:

29-06-21 Mute Swan Nailsea Moor (Rob Hawkridge)
Nailsea Moor:
Mute Swan and family

Weston-Super-Mare - St Georges:
a few Swift & House Martin, 1 Skylark, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Blackcap, a distant Whitethroat, 3 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Burnett:
30 large gulls, 5 Buzzard, 20 corvid - all circling over a field

Pensford:
9 Mallard, 5 Swift, 9 Jackdaw, 20 House Sparrow, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
 
Dam:
100+ Canada Goose, 50+ Swift, 60+ Swallow & Martin H & S, 3 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
4 GBB Gull, 1 GS Woodpecker, 2100+ Swift, Swallows & Martins over lake, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Goldfinch

29-06-21 Sand Martin CVL (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green:

106 Canada Goose, 50+ Swift, 4 Little Grebe - pool, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (m), 1 GS Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 20+ Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 60+ Sand Martin - flock of 40 on the wall coming and going, 40 Swallow & House Martin, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 9 House Sparrow (wall), 4 Pied Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
34 Canada Goose - field back hide, 2 Stock Dove, 30+ Woodpigeon, 2 Lapwing - flew past hide, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4+ Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Wren, 2 Robin, 20+ Chaffinch, 4 Reed Bunting
Cottage - Flock of 50+ small birds - 28 Long-t Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Goldfinch, Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff, & 2 Blackbird

Herriott's inc Pool:
18 Canada Goose - pool & 70+ on the lake, 24 Mute Swan - pool + 1 Cygnet, 34 Mute Swan - out on lake, 2 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 140+ Gadwall, 5 Pochard, 5 Teal, 42 Tufted Duck, 40+ Swift, 120+ Coot - pool, 2 Moorhen - pool, 21 BH Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 4 Jackdaw, 50+ H & S Martin & Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports:  Judy Copeland, Alan Daniells, Rob Daw, Nick Hawkridge, Rob Hawkridge, Matt Hull,  John Lewis, Adèle Remazeilles, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, opsbirding