Tuesday, 1 August 2023

01-08-23 Tuesday

 Temp 14°C to 18 °C - Dry with sunny intervals. A moderate breeze from the west to start, dropping and veering to southerly as the day progressed.

Pied Flycatcher

BRISTOL

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Swift, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Peregrine, OPS (Heather England)

Oldbury Power Station (& Yacht Club):
3 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Redshank, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (juv), 1 Peregrine (attacking the Kestrel), 1 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat , 2 Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear

Spotted Flycatcher, CSC (Raoul Chandrasakera)


Spotted Flycatcher (juv), CSC (Mark Coller)

Redstart, CSC (Mark Coller)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Peregrine, 20+ Swallow, 5 Willow Warbler, 15+ Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 8+ Whitethroat, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 3+ Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET

Leigh Woods:
2 Spotted Flycatcher

Portbury (Priors Wood - BOC walk):
18 Swift, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, c30 Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 6 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 7 Goldcrest, 8 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, Starling, Blackbird, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Robin, House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Clevedon - Yeo:
28 Canada Goose, 4 Mute Swan, 20 Shelduck (mostly juvs), 173 Mallard, 4 Coot, 55 Oystercatcher, 9 Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 85 Curlew, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 24 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 170 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 240 Black-headed Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 30 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 11 Little Egret, 2 Raven, 2 Wheatear, c20 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Spotted Flycatcher, Shire Vally (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield (Shire Bridge):
5 Red Kite, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

Willsbridge:


Keynsham, Memorial Park:
40 Mallard, 29 Rock Dove, 3 Moorhen, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 16 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Robin

Keynsham, Manor Road Community Woodlands:


Oldland Common:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Bittern Trail:
Mute Swan, Mallard, Blue Tit, Chiffchaff, Wren

Heron's Green:
++ Mallard, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, ++ Black-headed Gull, 1 Swallow

Herriott's inc Pool:
8 Shoveler, 60 Teal, 1 Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 25 Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret

Reported by: Pete Allen, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Jane Cumming, Heather England, Andrew Harrison, David Hughes, Andrew Middleton, Harvey Rose, Larry Sweetland