Thursday, 8 June 2023

08-06-23 Thursday - Quail

Temp up to 22° C.  A clearer morning with little cloud, and a hot sunny afternoon.  Moderate E wind keeping the temperature fresh.

Quail
Sanderlings

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
30 juv. Starlings (after suet feeder)

Emersons Green:
6 House Martin

Redland:
3 Swift (over), 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Feral Pigeon, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Blue Tit, 7+ House Sparrow.

St Andrews:
15 Starlings (after suet-balls and bird bath)

Sefton Park:
1 Red Kite.

Stockwood Open Space:
6 Swift, 3 Buzzard, Bullfinch, Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
High tide at Shepperdine: 50 Ringed Plover, 6 Sanderling (latest OPS date by over a week), 10 Dunlin (latest OPS date).

Ridge Woods, Chipping Sodbury:
Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, 9 Rook, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Wren, Blackbird, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch.

Yate:
Red Kite (Westerleigh)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
second broods of fledglings this week of Robin and Blackbird

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Little Grebe in Shire Valley
Quail at Rushmead Lane

RESERVOIRS
no reports

Out of Avon
Quail calling at Shipham at dawn

Reported by:  Alan Daniells, Paul Francis, contributors to local WhatsApp groups