03-08-23 Thursday - Spoonbill

 Temp 15°C to 20°C. Sunshine and showers. Moderate north-westerly wind.

Spoonbill

Ring-necked Parakeet

Pied Flycatcher

Whinchat

BRISTOL

03-08-23 Jays in a Coombe Dingle garden (Pete Bunniss)

Coombe Dingle garden:

3 Feral Pigeon, 2 Wood Pigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 5 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 10+ Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 12 Long-Tailed Tit, 3 Robin. 2 Dunnock. Fledglings boosting the numbers.

Clifton Downs:

7 Swift, 2 House Martin (flying at foot level), and a good-sized roving flock of juvenile birds: 1 Coal Tit, 4-5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 5+ Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest

03-08-23 Peregrines, High Kingsdown (Keith Williams)

High Kingsdown:

2 Peregrine

Bishopsworth:

5+ Swift

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:

1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Yate Rocks:
1 Sparrowhawk (m), 2 Peregrine, 1 Greenfinch

03-08-23 Chiffchaff family group, Chipping Sodbury Common (Chris Teague)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff (inc 3-4 juvs), Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Little Grebe, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, Linnet

Portishead:
1 Spoonbill circling over the Vale, Portishead
Dunlin & 1 Little Egret off Portishead Marina

Goblin Coombe:
1 Spotted Flycatcher

03-08-23 Whinchat, Congressbury Moor (Mark Savage)

Strawberry Line Yatton onto Congressbury Moor:
40 Swift, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 4 Raven (juvs), 20 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler,1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat

Kingshill Nailsea:
2 Swift, 20 Long-tailed Tit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley:
15 Swift

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 1 Hobby

Chew Valley Lake:

Woodford:
1 Pied Flycatcher (f)

03-08-23 Common Sandpiper, Herons Green (David Allward)

Heron's Green:
2 Little Grebe, lots of Juv BH Gulls, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Magpie, 6 Pied Wagtail  

03-08-23 Reed Warbler, Herriotts Bridge (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's inc Pool:
48 Mute Swan, 250+ Coot, 45+ Great Crested Grebe, Juv BH Gulls, 2 GBB Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 20+ Swallows & Martins, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: David Allward, Andrew Archer, Pete Bunniss, John Croxton, Andy Gibb, Nick Hudson, Joe Sargent, Mark Savage, Ian Stapp, Geoff Suter, Larry Sweetland, Chris Teague, Keith Williams 

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