Temp 11°C to 19°C - Gusty winds and light showers. Winds up to 40mph from the west blew many seabirds up to Severn beach.
Little Ringed Plover
Storm Petrel
Fulmar (blue morph)
Cory's Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Spotted Redshank
BRISTOL
No Reports
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
"Blue Morph" Fulmar, Severn Beach, (Aravind Ramesh) |
Severn Beach:
1 Storm Petrel, 1 Fulmar (1st recorded sighting of a "blue morph" here), 1 Cory's Shearwater, 1000+ Manx Shearwater
Yate (garden):
2 Bullfinch (m+f)
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
100+ Manx Shearwater (being blown up the Bristol Channel) and 200+ battling their way back down.
Anchor Head, Weston-s-Mare:
1000+ Manx Shearwater
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
1 Quail (heard singing on Down Road)
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Rock Pipit, Herons' Green (Bri Thompson) |
Heron's Green:
130+ Canada Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Magpie, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 20+ House Sparrow, 10+ Pied/White Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting
Moreton:
100+ Swift, 20+ Woodpigeon, 8+ Great Crested Grebe, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Rook, 30+ Carrion Crow, 30+ Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Reed Warbler, 12+ Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting
Spotted Redshank/Black-tailed Godwit, Herriotts Bridge (Merv Carlyon) |
Herriott's inc Pool:
3 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 35+ Gadwall, 30+ Teal, c150 Swift, 4 Little Grebe, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 13 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (3rd year), 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (form Intermedius), 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 7 Jackdaw, 6+ Sand Martin, 20+ Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Pied/White Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting
Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Merv Carlyon, Jane Cummings, Andy Davis, Matthew Hall, Linda Moysey, Darren Pearce, Aravind Ramesh, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson,