03-07-24 Wednesday - breeding record submissions - part one

Temp  14 °C to 19 °C - Cloudy with some rain, A moderate to strong wind from the SW/W with gusts up to 30mph. Blog will be updated later with any further reports that come in on this quiet day.

Osprey

Common Tern

Egyptian Goose family

Siskin

If you know of any Avon breeding records of any of these species, and have not submitted them via Birdtrack/eBird/County Recorder/BOC, please do send them in, so that we can gain a fuller picture in our area.

Mute Swan	Moorhen	Treecreeper
Canada Goose	Coot	Mistle Thrush
Shelduck	Buzzard	Pied Wagtail
Swift	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Meadow Pipit
Collared Dove	Green Woodpecker	Bullfinch
Stock Dove	Jay	Linnet
Grey Heron	Nuthatch	Greenfinch

BRISTOL

03-07-24 Little Egret, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Eastville Park:

1 Little Egret

03-07-24 Cute little aliens, Sea Mills (Di Bunniss)

Sea Mills:

2 House Martin nests with young

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

No reports.See this link for the results of the 'Big Bash' that took place over last weekend.

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Chew Magna - Winford Brook:
1 Little Egret

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
100 Swift, 1 Red Kite, 3 Raven (2 juv), 1 Hobby, 30 House Martin

Stratford:
pr Egyptian Geese with 6 young, 1 Common Tern, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Osprey, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Red Kite, 3 Hobby, 1 Siskin

Herriotts inc. Pool:

5 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Green Sandpiper

Reported by: 

John Angell, Di Bunniss, Allan Chard, Andy Davis, Nigel Povey,  Bri Thompson blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

02-07-24 Tuesday

Temp 11°C to 28°C - Sunny intervals, light cloud after lunch, with a gentle breeze from the Northwest keeping temperatures down.

Wheatear & Redstart (more returning individuals)

Little Ringed Plover

Osprey

BRISTOL

No Reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Great White Egret, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Red-legged Partridge (at Cowhill with 8 chicks), 1 Great White Egret

New Passage:

1 Wheatear (on rocks)

Yate (garden records) :

1 Swift, 1 Greenfinch,2 Siskin (1 adult+1 juv)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon (garden):
6 Magpie, 1 Robin

Tyntesfield:
1 Stock Dove, 3 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 1 Raven, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied/White Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch

Weston Moor:

1 Redstart (female)

Long-tailed Tit, Banwell (John Thorogood)

Banwell (garden):
1 Stock Dove, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (m+f+juv), + Long-tailed Tit (small group), 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch (inc 1 juv)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Filton:
5 Raven

Compton Dando (BOC Walk):

1 Mallard, 13 Swift, 1 Rock Dove, 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 25 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 6 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Blackbird, 1 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Pied/White Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
200+ Canada Goose, 150+ Swift, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Pied/White Wagtail

Woodford:
2 Mute Swan (+6 Cygnet), 150+ Swift, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird

Common Sandpiper, Herons Green (George Stacey)

Herons Green:
150+ Canada Goose, 100+ Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Osprey (reported as "over with fish"), 

1 Buzzard, 3 Magpie, 2+ Swallow, 3 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Pied/White Wagtail

Great White Egret, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
150+ Swift, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Osprey (reported as "over with fish" and "in tree viewed from Herriots and Sutton"), 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler

Stratford:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 3 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine

(Notes submitted by viewer - "regarding the recent ospreys, today confirmed we have had 4 different ospreys over the last 9 days - the 'regular' female, a male, an unsexed ringed bird and this current osprey, an unringed female with a clearly different moult to our 'regular' bird" & "NOT our regular bird, assumed same bird as above")

Redshank, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:

1 Black Swan, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, 55 Teal, 200+ Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 48 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Lapwing, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank (ad+juv), c50 Black-headed Gull (inc 4 juv), 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret (inc 4 juv), 1 Marsh Harrier (male 2cy), 1 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jackdaw, 5+ Swallow, 24+ House Martin, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 12 Pied/White Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Peter Hazelwood, MJ, John Lewis, Linda Moysey, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Andy Pym, Rosemary Setter,  George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, John Thorogood, Christobel Tymko

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

01-07-24 Monday

Temp 13°C to 19°C - Sunny to start and finish with some light rain in the middle. An moderate wind from the W/WSW with gusts to 25mph.

Osprey

Mediterranean Gull

BRISTOL

No reports.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

43 Shelduck, 1 Little Grebe, 8 Oystercatcher (1 juv), 4 Curlew, 184 BH Gull, 2 Little Egret

Aust Services:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Whitethroat, 12 Mistle Thrush

Pilning Wetlands:

2 Mediterranean Gull

Yate:

4 Peregrine

Filton Garden:

3 Jay, 6 House Sparrow, 1f Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:
Garden- 3 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
200+ Canada Goose, 50+ Swift, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Pied Wagtail

Herons Green:
150+ Canada Goose, 150+ Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 6 Pied Wagtail

01-07-24 Ringed GBB Gull (D:JM), CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Water Rail, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Osprey, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby

01-07-24 Black-tailed Godwit, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:

4 large Shelduckling, 2 Shoveler, 32+ Teal, 200+ Swift, 3 Little Grebe, 12 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 8 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 5 GBB Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Red Kite, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kingfisher, 8 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: 

Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Paul Francis, MJ, Andy Middleton, Linda Moysey, Nigel Povey, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, Liza White,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG