24-06-24 Monday

Temp 16°C to 23°C - Sun early, but cloud creeping over, however no let up in the heat with UV in the red zone. Light wind swinging from S to W,  finally settling in SW.

Bittern

Osprey

Barn Owl

BRISTOL

Clifton - Worrall Rd

8 Swift

Cotham:

25+ Swift 

Easton:

lots of Swift, 2 Buzzard - circling on high, 

Filton - Sainsbury's

5 Raven - early

Filton Park:

10 Feral Pigeon, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collar Dove, 2 GS Woodpecker - 1m, 1 juvenile, 3 Jay, 3 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Great Tit, 16 Starling inc 13 juvenile, 2 Robin inc a juv, 5 House Sparrow, 2 Greenfinch (m), 3 Goldfinch

Longwell Green:

1 Red Kite - over, 

Shirehampton:

15 Swift - swirling and calling at sunset

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

24-06-24 Bullfinch OPS (Mike Prior)

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Cuckoo - calling, Oystercatcher, 1 Great White - over, 1 Barn Owl, 3 Skylark, Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, Blackcap, Meadow Pipit, Bullfinch - 2 families, 8 Linnet, 

Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands:
Shelduck + 8 duckling, 2 Teal, 1 Swift, 2 Oystercatcher, 20 Lapsing, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 40 Curlew, 13 Green Sandpiper, 13 Redshank, 46 Black-headed Gull, 1 juv Great Black-backed Gull,  2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret - over to SE, 3 Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark - singing, 4 Sand Martin, 12 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap

Wickwar:

1 Red Kite

Yate Common:

5 Blackcap - singing, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Nuthatch

R Frome - Frampton C - Winterbourne

1 Green Sandpiper

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea - garden:

2 Blackbird inc juv, 12 to 15 Long-tailed Tit 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Grey Partridge

Chelwood:

2 Red Kite 2 Buzzard

Hallatrow:

4 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard - both intermittently foraging over freshly cut silage.

RESERVOIRS

24-06-24 Osprey CVL (Bri Thompson)

Chew Valley Lake

2 Osprey

Herons Green:
200+ Canada Geese + 5 gosling, 6+ Swift, 2 Little Grebe (Pool), 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Lapwing, 3 G-BB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Barn Owl - hunting 9pm, 1 Kestrel, 2 Magpie, 3 House Martin,1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtail, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Reed Bunting,

Moreton:
6 Canada Goose, 1 Great White Egret, 5+ House Martin,  2 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Blackcap

24-06-24 Bittern CVL (Bri Thompson)

Stratford:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Oystercatcher, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Bittern - flypass (f), booming (m),  4 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 Osprey (f&m), 13 Red Kite - one group over grass cutting field next to car park, 2 Buzzard,  2 Kingfisher (m), 1 Kestrel (m), 5 Hobby, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat (m)

24-06-24 Oystercatcher CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:

1 Black Swan, 1 Egyptian Goose, 4 Shelduck - down to 4 duckling, 2 Shoveler, 42 Teal, 6+ Swift, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Green Sandpiper, 9 Black-headed Gull - inc juv,  9 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Osprey (f&m), 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 6 Red Kite, 8 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel (m), 2 Hobby, 6 Jackdaw, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: John Barnett, Graham Blacker, Merv Carlyon, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Dave Hanks, Donna Harvey, Pete Hazelwood, MJ, Andy Leggatt, Howard Oakden, Tom O'Shea, Mike Prior, A Pym, James Richard, Katie Robson, Ann Rossiter, Paul Sadley, Joe Sargent, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Bri Thompson, Liza White 

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