Wednesday, 10 July 2024

10-07-24 Wednesday - Bittern

Temp 12°C to 20°C - Early rain, then sunny intervals all day. The wsw wind was brisk and westerly after lunch, gusting to 36mph.

Bittern
Manx Shearwater
Razorbill
Sandwich Tern

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
12 Swift, 3 Kingfisher- juv

Knowle:
1 Red Kite - going over calling
10-07-24 House Martin Sea Mills (Pete Bunniss)
Sea Mills - Station:
House Martin - 2 families still being fed

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Common Sandpiper

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands:
6 Mute Swan - family party

NORTH SOMERSET

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

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Razorbill, 2 Manx Shearwater

BELOW M4 & BANES

No Reports

RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake

Out on the lake:
140+ Great Crested Grebe (in 2 large rafts out on the lake fishing with 5 G BB Gulls in attendance)
10-07-24 Common Sandpiper  (Dave Hughes)
Dam:

60 + Canada Goose, 80+ Swift, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 60+ Sand Martin, 4 Pied Wagtail,

Walley Bank Path:
50+ Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20+ Long-tailed Tit - lots of juv, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Wren, 4 Song Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin

Herons Green:
80+ Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose (+3 juv), 20+ Tufted Duck, 50+ Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 60 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 4 Magpie, 20+ Sand Martin, 20+ Swallow and House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 7 House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
2 Egyptian Goose, 100+ Swift, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl - hunting, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 30+ Sand Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
10-07-24 Kingfisher CVL (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:
1 Mute Swan + 5 cygnet, 1 Little Grebe, 140 Great Crested Grebe, 5 GBB Gull, 4 Cormorant, 1 Bittern - flew past the front of the hide, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Hobby, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Reed Warbler - family, 2 Reed Bunting

Herriotts inc. Pool:
50+ Swift, 6 Black-tailed Godwit - flew over pool then pushed off SE without stopping, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 G BB Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk - moving west, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard - together, high over the lake, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 4 Jackdaw, 40+ Sand Martin, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Siskin - moving north, calling, 2 Reed Bunting, 

Reported by: David Allward, Derek Angell, Pete Bunniss, Allan Chard,  Andy Davis, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, MJ, Nigel Povey, Rosemary Setter, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland