Thursday 2 June 2022

02-06-22 Thursday - Little Stint

 Mixed sun & cloud with gentle easterly breeze, temp 5-19°C

Little Stint
Red Kite - lots between Bristol & Bath
Peregrine - more juvs growing up
Corn Bunting


02-06-22 Little Stint with Dunlin, Pilning Wetland (Paul Bowerman)

BRISTOL

02-06-22 House Martins, Sea Mills (Di Bunniss)
Sea Mills:
10 House Martin nest-building

North Common, Warmley:
1 Red Kite

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
33 Canada Goose, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Little Grebe, 4 Ringed Plover, 3 Skylark, 2 Rock Pipit, 

Pilning Wetlands:
20 Canada Goose, 33 Gadwall, 8 Tufted Duck. 6 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, 29 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 Cetti’s Warbler

Hawksbury Common:
2 Red-legged Partridge, Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 3 Skylark, 7 Swallow, 7 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 8 Wren, 15 Blackbird, Song Thrush, 11 Goldfinch, 3 Yellowhammer

Horton:
1 Little Owl

Yate:
1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard being dive-bombed by 2 Peregrine

Kingsgate Park:
Little Grebe with 4 young, 2 Little Egret

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
12 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 8 Shelduck, 6 Tufted Duck, 5 Swift, 3 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, c.60 LBB Gull with many chicks (on N Pool island), 1 Cormorant, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 7 Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, flock 45 juv Starling, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Linnet

Colehouse Lane, Clevedon:
(BBS walk highlights) 2 Canada Goose with 4 goslings, 6 Mallard, 4 Moorhen with two broods, Peregrine, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Jackdaw, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Linnet.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
98 Stock Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 3 Raven, Skylark, 3 Swallow, 2 Blackcap, 14 Corn Bunting, 3 Yellowhammer

02-06-22 Great tits, Keysham (Andrew Harrison)
Keynsham, Somerdale:
6 Mallard, 3 Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 2+ Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 4+ Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 7 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 1 Pied Wagtail

02-06-22 Peregrine juvs, Bath (Hawk & Owl Trust)
Bath:
3 young Peregrines in the Bath nest

02-06-22 Red Kites, Wick (Jenny Daniels)
Wick:
4-?5 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard (following a tractor mowing a field)

Chew Magna:
2 Red Kite

Marksbury:
30 big gulls, 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard (over field where cutting grass)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
24 Canada Goose (+ 5 goslings), 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 6 Pied Wagtail

02-06-22 Chiffchaff & Whitethroat, CVL (George Stacey)
Woodford Cycleway / Grebe Trail:
1 Collared Dove, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 

Woodford:
4 GBB Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Robin   

02-06-22 Little Grebe & Whitethroat Herons Green CVL (Ian Stapp) 
Heron's Green:
34 Canada Goose (+ 4 Goslings), 4 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 12+ House Martin & Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 8 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting
 
Moreton:
20+ Canada Goose, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron,  1 Tawny Owl (calling), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 4 Chaffinch, 4 Reed Bunting     

Stratford:
10 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
 
Herriott's inc Pool:
2 Mute Swan (+ 2 cygnets), 7 Shelduck, 84 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 16 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Jay, 4 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting

Reports: Peter Bryant, Di Bunniss, Mark Coller, Pete Coslett, Jane Cumming, Jenny Daniels, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Geoff Hardman, Andrew Harrison, Mike Jackson, Linda Moysey, Lois Pryce, George Stacey, Ian Stapp,