Thursday, 27 June 2024

27-06-24 Thursday - Manx Shearwater

Temp 15°C to 19°C - Cloud cover but with some nice breaks. The strong west wind, gusting to 33mph kept it feeling cool.

Kittiwake
Fulmar
Manx Shearwater

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
2 Swift

Temple Back:
1 Peregrine

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Oystercatcher plus 3 juv, 43 Curlew, 1 GBB Gull, 2 Little Egret, 4 Kestrel plus 3 juv, 2 Swallow, 1 Cettie's Warbler plus one juv, 7 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting

Severn Beach:
1 Kittiwake, 1 Fulmar, 12 Manx Shearwater

Westerleigh - Church:
1 Peregrine - east face of the tower

Yate:
1 Red Kite - north

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Hill:
1 Red Kite    

Clevedon - garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 3 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Robin

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
6 Manx Shearwater

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield - Rushmead Lane:
1 Curlew

Wick - Tog Hill:
1 Red Kite
27-06-24 Treecreeper Keynsham (Paul Tompkins)
Keynsham, Lock and Weir:
1 Grey Heron, 3 Blackcap - singing, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Wren, Robin, 

Radstock, Writhlington, School:
8/10 House Martin - visiting nests

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
9 Mute Swan, 6 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret,  26 Little Egret, Sand Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake
27-06-24 Kingfisher CVL (Chris Teague)
Stratford:
Swift, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kingfisher

Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Black Swan, lots of Swift - on high, 14 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker

Reported by: John Barnett, Mark Coller, Pete Coslett, Kasia Everett, Andy Gibb, Nick & Robert Hawkridge, Matt Hull, Nigel Jones, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Cliff Smith, Andy Stockhausen, Chris Teague, Paul Tompkins