Thursday, 6 June 2024

06-06-24 Thursday

Temp 10°C to 18°C. Some cloud. Feeling warm when sun came out. Gentle south-westerly breeze.

BRISTOL

06-06-24 Tawny Owl fledgling meets Carrion Crow (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
2+ Tawny Owl chicks

Ashton garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Wickwar:
9 Swift, 1 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 3 Magpie, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Blackbird, 3 Robin

Banwell garden:
1 juv Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1st juv of the year here. On background of 2 pairs Great Spotted Woodpeckers visiting feeders in recent weeks.

Yatton - Strawberry Line:
4 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier (f) - hunting, 5 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker - yaffling, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 6 House Martin, - -  singing warbler : - 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 

BELOW M4 & BANES

06-06-24 Whitethroat, Newton St Loe (Wayne Tucker)
Newton St Loe:
2 Adult Mute Swan & 3 Cygnets (first here since 2021), 3 Little Grebe, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Swift, 3 Stock Dove, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel,1 Jay,  21 Rook, 1 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 7 Skylark, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch
 14 Barn Swallow,

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

06-06-24 Spotted Flycatcher, CVL (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:
6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Spotted Flycatcher 

06-06-24 Shoveler, CVL (George Stacey)
Herons Green:
Pair Shoveler 

06-06-24 Black Swans with Mute Swan, CVL (George Stacey)
Herriotts inc. Pool:
2 Black Swan with Mute Swan  

Out Of Area:
Slimbridge, Glos - White-spotted Bluethroat
Tealham Moor, Somerset - American Golden Plover
Shapwick Heath, Somerset - Gull-billed Tern

Reported by: Allan Chard, Pete Coslett, Gary Hudd, Nigel Povey, Dean Reeves, Paul Sadley, Nigel Sluman, George Stacey, John Thorogood, Wayne Tucker, Robert Webber,