Sunday, 16 June 2024

16-06-24 Sunday - Gannet

 Temp 7°C to 17°C - Plenty of sun, but still cool with a gentle breeze from the West.

Goshawk
Sandwich Tern
Gannet
Cuckoo

BRISTOL

Redland:
4 House Martin (around nest sites Redland Rd), 5 Starling (feeding on ground)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Powre Station:
1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 2 Reed Warbler

Littleton Brick Pits:
Cuckoo (male)

Yellowhammer, Hawkesbury (Christopher Teague)

Hawkesbury Upton:
8 Swift, 1 Goshawk, 3 Red Kite, 7+ Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 Raven, + Skylark, + Chiffchaff, + Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, + Linnet, + Corn Bunting, + Yellowhammer


Coal Tit, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Greenfinch, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar (garden):

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point (seawatch):
4 Kittiwake, 1 Sandwich Tern, (+1 Comic Tern), 7 Gannet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield (Shire Valley):
2 Spotted Flycatcher

Marshfield (Tennis Courts):
1 Spotted Flycatcher

Willsbridge (Siston Brook to river):
3 Swift, 1 Swallow, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat
(later 3 Red Kite, 7 Buzzard reported over Keynsham Rd. -cf Hanham Hills?)

Bitton (field between Meadow Wood and river)
5 Swift, 1 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat (singing), 1 Yellowhammer (singing)

Hanham Hills:
4 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard (on grass cutting)

Keynsham:
12+ House Martin (at least 6 active nests)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herriotts inc. Pool:
2 Black Swan, 2 Shoveler, 4 Teal, 30 Swift, 3 Black-headed Gull, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 15 House Martin, 1 Reed Bunting

Reported by: John Barnett, Nancy Barrett, ~Chris, Mark Coller, Mark Dadds, Lee Gardiner, Matt Hull, Nigel Kempson, Nick Page, Paul Sadley, Christopher Teague