Wednesday, 8 June 2022

08-06-22 Wednesday - Spoonbill again

SW breeze, mix of cloud & sun, few spots of rain early on & dry later, temp 14-18°C

Spoonbill
Cattle Egret
Great White Egret
Peregrines fledging in Bristol & Bath
Marsh Tit 

BRISTOL

08-06-22 Peregrine juvs at nest, on nearby ledge & in the air, Avon Gorge (Keith Williams)
Avon Gorge:
4 juv Peregrine - at least 2 fledged, 1 Buzzard mobbed by Crows

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

M4 Pilning
1 Red Kite

08-06-22 Spoonbill, Pilning Wetlands (Paul Bowerman)
Pilning Wetlands:


12 Gadwall, 6 Lapwing, 6 BH Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull (1st summer), 1 Spoonbill (imm), Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, Little Egret, 
Severn Beach:
2 Dunlin, 1 Mediterranean Gull (1st summer) - a different bird flying south, 1 Fulmar

West End:
2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Hobby

NORTH SOMERSET

Brockley Combe:
1 Stock Dove, 12 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 4 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 12 Coal Tit, 3 Marsh Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 15 Goldcrest, 22 Wren, 6 Nuthatch, 5 Song Thrush, 13 Blackbird, 9 Robin, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch

Banwell:
Mute swans have a cygnet on the River - for first time in several years

BELOW M4 & BANES

08-06-22 House Sparrow, Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)
Keynsham, Manor Road Community Woodlands:
9 Woodpigeon, 2 Magpie, 4 Rook, 11 Carrion Crow, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 2 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 3 Chaffinch

08-06-22 Peregrine juvs at nest, Bath (Hawk & Owl Trust)
Bath:
3 juv Peregrine - all out of the nest then all back again

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Heron's Green:
1 Greylag Goose still with the Canada Geese

08-06-22 Cattle, Great White & Little Egret, Stratford CVL (George Stacey)
Stratford:
2 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Hobby (2nd CY)

Reports: Pete Allen, Paul Bowerman, Andy Davis, Andrew Harrison, Michael Moxon, Paul Sadley, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Keith Williams, 


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