The heat continues: Bristol temperatures topped 30°C for the third day running
Red Kite
Barn Owl
Whinchat
Yellow Wagtail
Garganey
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| 20-07-21 Whinchat, Strawberry Line, Yatton (Mark Savage) |
Brislington:
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| 20-07-21 House Sparrow and Darter, Callington Road NR, Bristol (Chris James) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
2 Turnstone (first returning birds), 1 ad Black-headed Gull with ring 'T33W' again*, 6 Mistle Thrush, 1 Yellow Wagtail
* Ringed as an adult (2+ yrs) on 17/3/2012 at Kolobrzeg, Poland (near Polish/German border of Baltic Sea). 770 miles from OPS ! Ring read there in May of 2014, 2016 & 2017, & 13/3/2019. Then on 24/3/2021 it was near Amsterdam, and on 12/6/2021 it had moved 370 miles to Riether Werder, Germany (back on the Polish/German border of Baltic Sea, just 60 miles from place of ringing). So, it had flown 700 miles in 5 weeks to get to OPS, and is at least 11 years old
NORTH SOMERSET
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| 19-07-21 Linnet, Felton Common (Alb Gregory) |
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| 20-07-21 Barn Owl roosting in willow tree, Strawberry Line, Yatton ( Mark Savage) |
Strawberry Line - Swift, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl roosting in a tree, 4 Swallow, 6 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat*, 20 House Sparrow, 12 Pied Wagtail feeding on insects in recently cut grass, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Reed Bunting
* The observer comments: Whinchat is an unusual bird here. I saw a male bird within 100 yards of this spot on 9th May
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| 20-07-21 Ad + juv Grey Herons, Strawberry Line, Yatton (Mark Savage) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bitton:
Swineford - 1 Red Kite south at 14.19
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake:
Heron's Green
2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whinchat
Herriot's Bridge:
2 Garganey, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 10 Green Sandpiper
Out of Avon:
BOC walk to Velvet Bottom, Mendips - 28 species, inc 1 Stock Dove,1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Redstart
Reports: Chris James, Alan Daniells, Alb Gregory, Rob Hargreaves, Andy Mears, Mark Savage, Paul Tompkins, opsbirding
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| 20-07-21 Buzzard, Mendips (Paul Tompkins) |
Reports: Chris James, Alan Daniells, Alb Gregory, Rob Hargreaves, Andy Mears, Mark Savage, Paul Tompkins, opsbirding
