Monday, 26 June 2023

26-06-23 Monday - Wheatear

 Temp 16° to 21° C   Sunny in the afternoon, cloudy before, with a blustery W wind 

Wheatear
Spotted Redshank
26-06-23 Great Crested Grebe CVL (Lucy Masters)
BRISTOL


Clifton Down - PE watch point
3 Peregrine - ad providing food for 2 fledglings

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetlands:
6 Green Sandpiper - together

Severn Beach:
1 Wheatear - juv on its way south

Yate - Common:
2 Skylark

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Buzzard, 4 Skylark, family of LT Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch, family of Greenfinch.

NORTH SOMERSET

Weston-super-Mare - Ashcombe:
1 Kestrel

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common:
1 Red Kite

Warmley - Webbs Heath:
1 Red Kite

Bath St John's Church:
2 Peregrine - juv, back on the nest platform

Stantonbury Hill:
2 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel plus 8/10 Rook Carrion Crow kicking off.

RESERVOIRS

26-06-23 Common Tern CVL (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake


Dam:
30+ Swift, 2 GBB Gull, 1 GS Woodpecker, 60+ Swallow and House Martin - over the lake, 12+ LT Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 9 Pied Wagtail, 12+ Chaffinch,

Herons Green:
134 Canada Goose, 2 Mallard + ducklings, some Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 40/50+ Swallow and House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 6 House Sparrow, 18 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
8 Great Crested Grebe, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Common Tern - sat on a buoy, 6 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Raven, 80+ Swallow and House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Reed Bunting

Blue Bowl:
6 Swallow, 8 House Martin

Stratford:
c100 Swift, Great Crested Grebe, 3 Raven
26-06-23  Spotter Redshank CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc Pool:
Mute Swan + 3 cygnets, 1 Garganey (m), 5 Shelduck + 2 ducklings, 14 Shoveler, 50+ Gadwall, 36+ Teal, 30+ Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Lapwing, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 GBB Gull - 3 with yellow rings, 1 Common Tern, 4 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Jackdaw, 2/3 Sand Martin, 30+ Swallow and House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, BUPP, Andy Davis, Anthony Goodwin, Craig Lewis, Andy Mears, Dean Reeves, Tony Scott, Don Smith, Ian Stapp