02-07-24 Tuesday - Wheatear

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

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