Friday 29 July 2022

29-07-22 Friday

 Sunny - hot and mostly still -  max of 26°C, with any breeze coming from the W.

BRISTOL

Bishopston
 - garden - 9 House Sparrow, highest count to date, erupted from the bushes when I went to fill the water bath
- area - loads of Swift hawking ants, 8pm

Stockwood Open Space:
5 Bullfinch (m), 4 Reed Bunting - inc 2 juv, 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Tawny Owl - calling, 4 Cetti's Warbler - juv from 2 families, 1 Sedge Warbler - food carry, 1 Grasshopper Warbler - reeling briefly, 

Littleton on Severn:
 - Brick Pits - 1 Red Kite - north
 - local area - 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel (f), 2 Hobby - food pass observed, 1 Raven, 1 Whitethroat

Thornbury:
2+ Tern sp flying over calling loudly, 50+ Swift and House Martin - hawking ants

29-07-22 Spotted Flycatcher Horton (Alan Daniells)
Horton Bushes:
1 Pheasant, 2 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, Magpie, Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Spotted Flycatcher - family party, 1 Dunnock

NORTH SOMERSET

Bristol Airport:
1 Hobby - whizzed past

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common:
20 Swift - over

Willsbridge - Clack Stables:
2 Raven

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Villice:
3 Spotted Flycatcher 
29-07-22 Yellow-legged Gull CVL (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green:

80+ Canada Goose, 4 Gadwall (+3 Duckling), 1 Goldeneye (juv), 2 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult), 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 10+ Swallow & House Martin - skim drinking, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail,
29-07-22 LRP + Dunlin CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:

100+ Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Garganey, 1 Water Rail, 22 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 5 Common Sandpiper, 15 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 6 Jackdaw, 20+ Swallow & House Martin - over the pool, 3+ Reed Warbler, 7 Grey Wagtail - family party, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports: Derek Angell, Mark Collar, Mark Dadds, Alan Daniells, Tim Ford, Paul Francis, Chris Hall, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Adrian Hockey, Andy Mears, Matt Plenty, Tony Scott, Matt Scott, Ian Stapp, Graham Thomas blagdonlakebirdsCVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG