Sunday 25 June 2023

25-06-23 Sunday - Little Tern

Temp 15° to 27° C   Sunny for most of the day, a little cloud when the wind shifted from SSE to SW - with gathering strength from mid-afternoon - gusting to force 7. 

Little Tern
Spotted Redshank
Common Scoter

BRISTOL

Clifton Down & Avon Gorge:
1 Peregrine juv, fledged and landed on Leigh Woods side

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Reed Bunting - singing from the reeds

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
7 Mute Swan, 89 Shelduck - inc duckling, 30 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 3 Swift, 1 Little Grebe, 51 Lapwing, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Curlew, 4 Green Sandpiper

Pilning Wetlands:
2 Mute Swan + 5 cygnets, 6 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Swift, 31 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Green Sandpiper, 11 Redshank, 160 Black-headed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 GS Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Whitethroat

Severn Beach:
6 Shelduck, 2 Common Scoter, 21 Oystercatcher, 80 Curlew, 40 Black-headed Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Bullfinch

PoW Bridge:
1 Mediterranean Gull - sum plum 

Wickwar - garden:
1 Red Kite

Lower Woods
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, I Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Bullfinch

Badminton:
1 Red Kite

Yate Rocks:
1 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine - circling, 6 Swallow - flying around the house

Yate:
1 Red Kite
25-06-23 Grey Heron 3 Brooks LNR (Vic Savery)
Bradley Stoke - 3 Brooks LNR:
1 Grey Heron - surviving on Stickleback

NORTH SOMERSET

Banwell - garden:
2 Swift, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl - calling early, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (f&m), 1 Mistle Thrush - singing, 1 Bullfinch (m), 9 Goldfinch 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Downend - garden
5 Greenfinch - inc 3 juv, first for ages

Mangotsfield - Rodway Common:
1 Goldcrest - early morning

Hanham Hills:
17 Greenfinch inc juv

Pucklechurch, Park Farm - BBS:
40 Rook, 4 Skylark plus 3 juv, 6 Swallow inc fledglings, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 

Pucklechurch centre:
10 Swift - wheeling around

Warmley, North Common, Jarretts Meat Processing:
2 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks - inc WeBS:
14 Canada Goose 14, 19 Mute Swan, 2 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 68 Mallard, 1 Pochard, 70 Tufted Duck, 119 Coot, 31 Great Crested Grebe - 1 nest with egg, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 G-BB Gull, 16 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 15 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, c 25 Sand Martin - inc 1 juv

Chew Valley Lake
25-06-23 Common Tern CVL ( Raoul Chandrasakera)
Over the Lake:
6 Common Tern

Dam:
1 Shelduck, 8 Pochard, 100+ Swallow and House Martin - over the lake, 2 Reed Warbler, 7 Pied Wagtail, 12+ Chaffinch, 

Walley Bank Path:
60 Canada Goose, 6 Coot, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Garden Warbler,  2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Blackbird

Villice:
1 Barn Owl - hunting 04:30

Nunnery:
1 Little Tern

Herons Green:
130 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Garganey,  6 Mallard, 5 Coot, 7 Magpie, Sedge & Reed Warbler, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail - juv, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch (f)

Moreton:
6 Common Tern - over the lake, 2 G-W Egret, 2 Raven, 100+ Swallow and House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Reed Bunting
25-06-23 Spotted Redshank CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc Pool:
Mute Swan + 3 cygnets, 5 Shelduck, 1 Garganey (m), 18 Shoveler, 50+ Gadwall, 35+ Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Lapwing, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 G-BB Gull - plus 2 juv with yellow rings D:JM & D:JA or B:JM & B:JA , 6 Common Tern, 4 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Cormorant, 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting
25-06-23 Common Tern CVL (Ian Stapp)
Reported by: Rich Andrews, Jon Angell, Raoul Chandrasakera, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Tim Ford, Anthony Goodwin, Pete Harrison, Dave Hughes, Nigel Jones, John Lewis, Jonathan Margetts, Lucy Masters, Linda Moysey, Gareth Roberts, Paul Sadley, Vic Savery, Paul Sawyer, Ian Stapp, Helen Strong, John Thorogood
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