Saturday, 15 July 2023

15-7-23 Saturday - Goshawk

Temp 15°C to 19 °C - Sunny with rain at times first thing, then rain with sun at times later. Strong SW wind with hefty gusts up to 35mph.

Goshawk
Bittern
Spotted Flycatcher
Arctic Skua 
Storm Petrel

BRISTOL
15-07-23 Kestrel Clifton (Mike Owen)
Clifton Down - Observatory:
4 Kestrel - inc juv, 1 Peregrine - passed close overhead
15-07-23 Greenfinch Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Mute Swan, 51 Mallard - inc 4 juv, 2 Swift, 27 Feral Pigeon, 11 Woodpigeon, 18 Moorhen - inc 10 juv, 7 Coot - inc 2 juv, 2 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-headed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpigeon, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 11 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 7 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 House Martin, 11 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Wren, 24 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Blackbird, 1 House Sparrow, 4 Greenfinch, 25 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
Swift, Curlew, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, Swallow, 

Severn Beach:
1 Arctic Skua - pale morph, 1 Storm Petrel, 3 Little Egret, 4 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush
15-07-23 Green Woodpecker Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar:
1 Little Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker
15-07-2023 Goshawk Lower Woods Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Lower Woods:
1 Goshawk - juv, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Boating Lake
1 Mediterranean Gull - sum plum

Wraxall - Watercress Farm:
5 Stock Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Raven,  5 Swallow, 40 House Martin, 16 Whitethroat, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Bullfinch,  6 Yellowhammer, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hunstrete - Lords Wood
1 Kingfisher

Marksbury:
1 Red Kite - hunting low at 07:10

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Stratford:
1 Bittern, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 1 Hobby

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Raoul Chandrasakera, Andrew Commins, Greg Elliott-Moustache, Alastair Fraser + team, Malcolm Gibbs, Jonathan Margetts, Mike Owen, Robert Proctor, Aravind Ramesh, Patrick Richards, Paul Sadley
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