Monday 30 May 2022

30-05-22 Monday - Hobby

Mainly overcast with sunny spells, light NW wind, dry.  Max temp 16°C.

Cuckoo
Black-tailed Godwits
Hobby
Great Crested Grebes displaying at Chew (George Stacey)
BRISTOL
no reports
Great Spotted Woodpecker (John Thorogood)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Red Kite drifting NE, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Swift, 4 House Martin

Greenfinch (John Thorogood)
NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
(BBS at Redcliffe Bay) 10 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 1 Mallard, 1 Pheasant, 2 Stock Dove, 22 Woodpigeon, 3 ad. Herring Gull + 3 imm, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow + 2 fledglings, 1 Raven, 9 Blue Tit + juvs, 5 Great Tit + juvs, 2 LT Tit + juvs, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 9 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 16 Blackbird, 11 Robin + juvs, 8 House Sparrow, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch + juv. 

Banwell (Winthill garden):
Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (clearly with a brood close by). 1 Jay, Song Thrush, juv, Dunnocks, Greenfinch, Bullfinch.
Song Thrush (John Thorogood)
BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
22 Mallard (including 3 ducklings), 8 Feral Pigeon, 15 Lesser-backed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 10+ Blue Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Chaffinch.
Grey Wagtail (Heather England)
Walk from Saltford to Keynsham, Manor Road Community Woodlands:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 1 singing Blackcap, 2 singing Lesser Whitethroat, 4 singing Common Whitethroat, 1 singing Song Thrush, 1 Bullfinch.
Black-tailed Godwit & Shelduck at Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)
RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
3 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, c.1000 Swift.

Heron's Green:
100+ Canada Goose (2 broods of goslings: 4 & 5), 4 Swift, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 20+ House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 6 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting.

Moreton:
100+ Canada Goose, 4 Stock Dove, 2 GBB Gull, Tawny Owl (calling in the hide wood), 2 GS Woodpecker (+ nestlings), 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 8 LT Tit (family), 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 4 Reed Bunting.
Blue Tit (Andrew Harrison)
Stratford:
1 singing Cuckoo, 1 Marsh Harrier (f. or imm.), 1 Red Kite (over Burledge Hill), 1 Kingfisher, 1 GS Woodpecker, Hobby1 Cetti's  Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting.  

Herriott's Bridge:
2 Canada Goose (+ 5 goslings), 7 Shelduck, 20+ Gadwall, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's  Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail, 5+ Reed Bunting (lots of singing).

Mallard family (Andrew Harrison)

Reports: Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis,Andrew Harrison, Ian Stapp, John Thorogood, Chris Vines, opsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG