Friday 9 June 2023

09-06-23 Friday - Spotted Redshank

Temp 13° to 27° C  Cloudy until 9am, then sun all the way. Gusty E wind but only a little wind chill. Tomorrow's Sunrise: 04:54 Sunset: 21:25

Spotted Redshank
Cuckoo
Quail
Spotted Flycatcher

BRISTOL

Ashton - Victoria Park:
3 Blackcap - food carry by (f)

Bedminster Bridge
1 Reed Warbler

Clifton Down:
2 Swift, 2 Blue Tit + 2 fledglings, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Wren

Downend - garden:
11 Swift, 1 Red Kite

Old Sneed Park - garden:
1 Red Kite - low and leisurely drifting over - due east at 16.25

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
09-06-23 Whitethroat OPS (Chris Teague)
Oldbury Power Station:
3 Mute Swan, 4 Shelduck + 4 young, 7 Mallard +6 young, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Moorhen + 5 young, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 10 Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail +3 juv, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Linnet.

Oldbury on Severn:
8 House Martin - nesting, 3 Chaffinch

New Passage/Northwick:
2 Canada Goose, 40 Shelduck, 45 Oystercatcher,     

Pilning Wetlands:
2 Barnacle Goose, 2 Avocet, 2 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Black-headed Gull

Severn Beach:
2 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 8 Kittiwake
09-06-23 Tawny Owlet  Lower Woods (Mike Jackson)
Wickwar - inc a BBS square
3 Buzzard, 2 Little Owl - ad. 1 Tawny Owl +2 chicks, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 Raven, 2 Marsh Tit, 6 Swallow (five, as HO took the other as I watched), 4 Treecreeper, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Bullfinch

Horton:
1 Red Kite

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
1 Red Kite - over to the west

Old Sodbury - BBS
25 Rook, 7 Skylark, 2 House Martin, 4 Whitethroat, 3 Mistle Thrush - ads feeding juv, 6 Chaffinch

Tormarton - BBS:
1 Collared Dove, 2 Great Tit, 15 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Chaffinch, 4 Corn Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Quail
- calling

Warmley, North Common, The Holly Bush
1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard

Bath - Northend and Chilcombe combined BBS:
12 Swift, 5 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 3 Woodpeckers, 3 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 12 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 10 Whitethroat, 3 Goldcrest, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 13 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin

Chew Magna:
1 Red Kite - circling @ 4pm

Hunstrete to Compton Dando Lanes & Village:
7 Mallard, 9 Stock Dove, 60+ Woodpigeon, 2 Cormorant - over, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Magpie, 10 Jackdaw, 2  Raven, 6 Skylark, 6 Swallow, 9 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 5 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 2 Dunnock, 20+ House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail - feeding chicks, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Greenfinch, 5 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Mallard with 2 duckling, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 G-BB Gull, 6 Jackdaw, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Pied Wagtail, 4 Goldfinch

Nunnery:
8 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie - +3juv, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap

Herons Green:
12+ Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, 2 L-BB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 4 Carrion Crow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 6+ House Sparrow, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
2 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 12+ Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting
09-06-23 Spotted Redshank CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc Pool:

5 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 16 Teal, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Spotted Redshank - sum plum, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Phil Barlow, Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Patrick Haigh, N Hawkridge, Mike Jackson, John Lewis, Vic Polley, Lois Pryce, Paul Sadley, Joe Sargent, Ian Stapp, Chris Teague, Chris White