Monday 22 May 2023

22-05-23 Monday

 Temp 11° to 22° C    Sun for much of the day, with some clouds early on, light wind from the N.   Tomorrow's Sunrise: 05:09 Sunset: 21:06

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
10 Starling - 3 families on the feeders, what a row the kids make.

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
4 Reed Warbler - all singing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station - WeBS:
22 Canada Goose + 7 juv, 3 Mute Swan, 11 Shelduck + 4 juv,3 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe + 4 juv, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Ringed Plover, 6 Dunlin, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine 

Oldbury Naite Rhine:
1 Cuckoo - calling

Aust Services:
1 Spotted Flycatcher

New Passage/Northwick:
2 Avocet, 34 Oystercatcher, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Black-headed Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker

Pilning Wetlands:
2 Swift, 13 Avocet, 3 Lapwing, 15 Dunlin, 1 Hobby

Severn Beach:
4 Sanderling - heading NE

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Rock Pipit + 1 juv , who was reluctant to feed

Backwell Lake:
8 Canada Goose + 2 broods 4 & 4, 11 Mute Swan + 2 broods 5 & 3, 8 Mallard, 3 Woodpigeon, 4 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull - opened and ate a freshwater oyster, 1 Jay, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Blackbird, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch

Nailsea:
5 Swift - screaming over the house

Bristol Airport:
2 Ringed Plover - over, heading North

Brockley:
3 Buzzard, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Mistle Thrush and 3 Yellowhammer.

Weston-super-Mare - garden:
Great Tit - family fledged and dispersed

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Spotted Flycatcher, 

Lyde Green:
8 House Martin - 2 nests underway, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, Starting - juv

Mangotsfield:
4 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk
22-05-23 Peregrine Bath (BUPP)
Bath - St John's:
4 Peregrine - 2 juv ringed today, AY (f), AZ (m)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake - WeBS:
12 Canada Goose + 3 goslings, 15 Mute Swan, 8 Gadwall, 53 Mallard + 10 juvs, 12 Tufted Duck, 79 Coot - 13 nests, 1 Cuckoo, 4 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, 27 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret - non-breeding plumage, 4 Buzzard, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Chew Valley Lake

No reports

Reported by: Phil Barlow, John Barnett, Phil Delve, Julian Eastoe, Tim Ford, Trevor Ford, Matt Hall, Robert Hargreaves, Annie, Robert & Nick Hawkridge, Adrian Hockey, Karen Jayne, Andy Middleton, Nige Milbourne, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Matt Scott, Larry Sweetland