Thursday, 20 June 2024

20-06-24 Thursday

Temp 10°C to 22°C - Sunny day. Light wind predominantly from northeast.

Cuckoo still calling
Red Kite & Buzzard in numbers over grass-cutting
Ring-necked Parakeet
Marsh Tit
Corn Bunting

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
4 Swift 
20-06-24 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

20-06-24 Lapwing, OPS (Pete Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Cuckoo (still calling), 27 BH Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Common Tern, 3 Oystercatcher chicks still ok, 4 Lapwing, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 1 Redshank, 1 Stonechat

20-06-24 Juvenile Chiffchaff (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar:
Juvenile Coal Tit & Chiffchaff

Harescombe, Yate:
1 Red Kite

Coalpit Heath:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, c10 House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

UWE Campus, Frenchay
1 Red Kite, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet 

NORTH SOMERSET

Brockley Coombe:
2 Marsh Tit 

Tall Pines golf club, Backwell
2 Red Kite

Bristol airport:
1 Hobby

BELOW M4 & BANES

Mangotsfield:
6 Swift 

Staple Hill:
1 Raven

Marshfield:
4 LBB Gull, 10 Jackdaw, 120 Rook, 20+ Skylark, 3 Swallow, 2 Whitethroat, 30 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 20+ House Sparrow, 3 Pied/White Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Linnet, 3+ Goldfinch, 13 Corn Bunting, 8 Yellowhammer

Chew Magna:
1 Red Kite

Chelwood roundabout:
2 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford + path to Dam:
30+ Swift, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 4 GBB Gull, 3 Raven, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Song Thrush

20-06-24 Grey Wagtail, Dam CVL (George Stacey)
Dam:
200+ Canada Goose, 1 Goldeneye (f), 1 Redshank, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

20-06-24 Gadwall with ducklings, Herons Green CVL (Nick Page)
Herons Green:
100+ Canada Geese + 5 gosling, Gadwall + 7 duckling, Mallard + 4 duckling, 1 Pochard, 12+ Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 2 Magpie, 5 Swallow, 11 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 7 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 House Sparrow, 3 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
6 GBB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (calling) 1 Hobby, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
1 Black Swan, 12+ Swift, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 4 GBB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 6 Buzzard, 4 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3+ Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

20-06-24 Redshank, Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc. Pool:
4 Shelduck + 5 ducklings, 4 Shoveler, 24 Teal, 40+ Swift, 3 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, 8 BH Gull, 9 GBB Gull, 6 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 7 Red Kite & 13 Buzzard (circling over grass cutting), 2 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby,  7 Jackdaw, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting, 

Reported by: Phil Barlow, Paul Bowdler, Allan Chard, Andy Davis, Ryan Frost, Pete Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Mike Jackson, Sue Kempson, Jean Oliver, Nick Page, Paul Sadley, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Teague, Bri Thompson, Nick Tippett