Monday, 5 June 2023

05-06-23 Monday - Crossbill

Temp 10° to 21° C    Cloudy until 11am, then sun breaking through. Gusty NE wind giving wind chill of 3° C. Tomorrow's Sunrise: 04:56 Sunset: 21:22

Crossbill
Spotted Flycatcher
Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer

BRISTOL

Hotwells:
1 Red Kite - drifting towards the city centre at tea time

Knowle:
1 Red Kite - over at 16:45
05-06-23 GSW Redland Park (Mike Owen)
Redland Green Park:
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker - inc 'just out the hole' newly fledged juv    

Southmead Hospital:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
4 Tufted Duck - 2 pr
05-06-23 Green Woodpecker Willsbridge (Bonna Harvey)
Willsbridge:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Shelduck with 24 ducklings in a creche, 60 Ringed Plover, 3 Sanderling, 4 Dunlin, 2 Great White Egret - heading up river

Pilning Wetlands:
28 Ringed Plover, 1 Sanderling, 4 Dunlin
05-06-23 Grey Plover SB (Paul Bowerman)
Severn Beach:
20 Grey Plover, Ringed Plover, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Sanderling, Dunlin

Hawkesbury Upton:
1 Crossbill, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer

Nibley:
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Weston super Mare - garden:
Goldfinch in the garden with juv.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Stock Dove, 11 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Swift, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 3 Magpie. 15 Jackdaw, 36 Rook, 9 Carrion Crow, 26 Skylark, 16 Swallow. 7 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 7 Whitethroat, 7 Wren - + juv, 120 Starling - inc juv 70+50, 4 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 3 Pied Wagtail - food carry, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, 7 Corn Bunting, 6 Yellowhammer
05-06-23 Peregrine Bath (BUPP)
Bath - St John's:
2 Peregrine + 2 growing juv

Paulton:
2 Mute Swan, 28 Mallard, 5 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 15 House Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
05-06-23 Great Crested Grebe CVL (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:
Great Crested Grebe, many vocal birds - but few seen.

Picnic Site 2
Many Reed Warbler - singing, 2 Reed Bunting - feeding 
05-06-23 Cattle Egret CVL (George Stacey)
Herons Green:
2 Cattle Egret

Reported by: David Allward, Paul Bowerman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, BUPP, Mark Coller, Barry Dursley, Rob Emery, Patrick Hancock, Donna Harvey, Pete Hazelwood, Karen Jayne, John Lewis, Mike Owen, Dean Reeves, Rach Sharvell-Smith, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland
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