Temp 16°C to 20 °C. Another wet and blustery morning with patches of blue sky in between the showers. Fresh SW wind. Cleared up before noon to a bright sunny afternoon, but still windy.
Spotted Redshank
Yellow-legged Gull
Wheatear
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| Black-tailed Godwits at Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp) |
BRISTOL
Clifton Suspension Bridge:
Kestrel
Kestrel
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| Hovering Kestrel (Matty England) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
no reports
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon - Yeo:
(WeBS) 6 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 35 Shelduck (mostly well-grown juvs, the adults have left to moult), 20 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 4 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 12 Oystercatcher (including a pair with young not seen), 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 90 Curlew, 26 Black-tailed Godwit 26 (west bank of Yeo), 42 Dunlin (all adults), 4 Common Sandpiper, 60 Redshank, 1+ Greenshank, 300 Black-headed Gull (including my first juvenile), 10 Herring Gull, 65 LBB Gull, 14 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Wheatear (juv. / imm,).
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| Kestrel at Clifton Bridge (Matty England) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge:
1 Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, 2 Swift, 5 Swallow, 1 House Martin.
Keynsham Memorial Park:
17 Mallard, 11 Feral Pigeon, 6 Woodpigeon, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Goldfinch.
Chew Magna - Winford Brook
1 Great White Egret (still on the Winford Brook), 1 Green Woodpecker.
2 Mute Swan, 19 Mallard, 7 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 25 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Nuthatch, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Linnet.
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| Black-tailed Godwits feeding in Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp) |
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Hobby.
Heron's Green:
2 Common Sandpiper.
Stratford:
Great Crested Grebe with juv.
Great Crested Grebe with juv.
Herriott's Bridge:
2 Shelduck, 2 Lapwing, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 ad. Spotted Redshank, 1 adult (or near-adult) Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher.
Reported by: Andy Davis, Matty England, Patrick Hancock, Andrew Harrison, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, all contributors to local WhatsApp groups, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
