13-07-24 Saturday - Osprey

Temp 11°C to  21°C - a sunny and warm day, with a light wind that came from every compass point.

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Osprey
Mediterranean Gull
Hobby

13-07-24 Osprey & Hobby, CVL (Wayne Tucker)

BRISTOL

Clifton Observatory:

Kestrel - 2 newly fledged, another successful year.

Eastville Park:

1 Teal, 6 Black-headed Gull

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Teal (presumed same as Eastville), 5 Swift, 3 House Martin, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 3 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
1 f Kestrel

Pilning Wetlands:
2 Stock Dove, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whitethroat

New Passage/Northwick Warth:

5 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull

13-07-24 Kestrel, Orchard Pools (Lee Gardiner)

Orchard Pools:
1 Kestrel

Yate:

11+ Swift, 1 Red Kite, 7 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest

Chipping Sodbury:
c5 Swift over garden, 1 Little Egret

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:
Garden: 4 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Robin

Watercress Farm:

8 Stock Dove, 6 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 3 Skylark, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 11 Yellowhammer

BELOW M4 & BANES

Mangotsfield:

1 Lesser Whitethroat- first garden record

Keynsham:

30 Swift- so looks like juveniles have fledged- a week later than last year

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Villace:
3 Hobby

Stratford:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Osprey, 2 Hobby

Reported by: 

John Allen, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Mark Coller, Lee Gardiner, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Joe Sargent, Larry Sweetland, Chris Teague, Nick Tippett, Wayne & Lauren Tucker, Bri Thompson, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG