Friday, 28 June 2024

28-06-24 Friday - Garganey

Temp 13°C to 19°C - Cloudy from 10am until 3pm and the rest was sunshine. The fresh west wind gusted to 26mph

Garganey
Spotted Flycatcher
Barn Owl
Cattle Egret
Common Scoter
Yellow Wagtail
Osprey

BRISTOL

Ashton Court:
A healthy number of Swallow

Durdham Down - Water Tower:
1 Peregrine, 4 House Martin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Yate - garden:
20 Starling - mostly juv, 3 Goldfinch - juv

Chipping Sodbury - Ridge Wood:
2 Peregrine

Coalpit Heath:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Little Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Yellowhammer.

NORTH SOMERSET
27-06-24 Spotted Flycatcher Failand (Fermandez Francis)
Failand - Ashton Hill Plantation:
1 Spotted Flycatcher

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

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Yellow Wagtail

Burnett:
1 Red Kite, 20 covid and gulls

Hunstrete: 
1 Osprey - from the car

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
2 Black Swan

Woodford:
300+ Swift, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 2 G-BB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 G-S Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff 2 Blackcap, 3 Song Thrush
28-06-24 Canada Goose CVL (George Stacey)
Herons Green:

200+ Canada Goose - inc white headed, 100+ Swift, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 G-BB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 3 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw,  12+ Swallow. 5+ House Martin. 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail

Stratford:
1 Egyptian Goose, 3 Common Scoter (m), 300+ Swift, 2 Water Rail - calling, 6 Great Crested Grebe - inc pr nesting again - one egg, 4 G-BB Gull, 3 Cattle Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher (m), 2 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

Blue Bowl:
House Martin - doing ok

Ringing Station:
2 Red Kite - over
28-06-24 Black-tailed Godwit CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck + 4 duckling, 1 Garganey (m),  2 Shoveler, 44+ Teal, 198 Tufted Duck, 200+ Swift,  3 Little Grebe, 9+ Great Crested Grebe, 11 Lapwing, 6 Black tailed Godwit - only one landed, 5 Green Sandpiper, 7 G-BB Gull - one ringed bird, possible D:11), 4 Grey Heron, 9 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 5 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel (m), 2 Hobby, 5 Swallows, 12+ House Martin, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush - singing, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting,  

Reported by: John Barnett, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Fermandez Francis, Mike Jackson, MJ, Lee Patch, Nigel Povey, Joe Sargent, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Wayne Tucker,