Thursday, 27 July 2023

27-07-23 Thursday

 Temp 16°C to 21 °C. Wet start, but soon drying & even sunny later. Light southwesterly wind.

Whinchat

BRISTOL

Blaise estate:
2 Swift, 1 Buzzard, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Tree Creeper, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin

Clifton Downs:
1 Green Woodpecker with 1 or possibly 2 juvs, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 juv Robin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Mute Swan, 10 Shelduck, 1 Swift, 7 Curlew, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 10 Swallow, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

27-07-23 Whitethroat in a Wickwar garden (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar garden:
1 Whitethroat

Mangotsfield:
30+ Swift

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports


BELOW M4 & BANES

20-07-23 Kingfisher and Grey Wagtail, Keynsham Memorial Park (Matty England)
River Chew, Keynsham Memorial Park:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail

Stanton Drew:
1 Little Owl with 2 fledgling owlets, 1 Tawny Owl, 5 Yellowhammer

Paulton:
250 mixed corvids, 1 Whinchat, 1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

27-07-23 Common Sandpiper, Dam CVL (George Stacey)
Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper

Heron's Green:
1 Common Sandpiper

Stratford:
1 Hobby

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Green Sandpiper

Reported by: Di Bunniss, Matty England, Patrick Hancock, Pete Hazelwood, Nick Hudson, Dave Hughes, Rich Keel, Joe Sargent, George Stacey