14-07-24 Sunday

Temp 9°C to 19°C - A sunny morning with cloud increasing as the day wore on. A gentle breeze from the west.

Osprey

Cattle Egret

Little Ringed Plover

Yellow Wagtail

Marsh Tit

Common Scoter

Whinchat

BRISTOL

Kestrel, Clifton (Mike Owen)

Kestrel, Clifton (Mike Owen)

Clifton (suspension bridge):

4 Kestrel (juvs)

Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Redland:
c8 House Martin

Eastville Park:

2 Kingfisher

Withywood (garden)::

4 Swift

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Wickwar:
1 Kestrel

Lower Woods:
1 Red Kite, 2 Marsh Tit, + Chiffchaff, + Blackcap, 9+ Spotted Flycatcher (2 family groups)

Chipping Sodbury (garden):

c5 Swift, 1 Little Egret

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
6 Goosander

Nailsea:
10 Swift

Clevedon (garden):
2 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw

Hewish (Oldbridge River):

1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 5+ Sedge Warbler, + Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield (Tormarton Rd):
2 Yellow Wagtail

Willsbridge (Keynsham Rd):
5 Raven (noisy interaction)

Coal Tit, Downend (Craig Lewis)

Downend (garden):
6 Swift, + Coal Tit, + Blue Tit, + Long-tailed Tit

Spotted Flycatcher, Newton St Loe (Wayne Tucker)

Newton St Loe:
2 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 2 Spotted Flycatcher

Norton Malreward: 

2 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl, 5 Raven, 8 Skylark, 5 Yellowhammer

Burrington Ham:

1 Jay, 1 Raven, c10 Coal Tit, 5 Willow Warbler (sounded young), 3+ Chiffchaff, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Mistle Thrush (juv), 2 Stonechat (pair), 1 Tree Pipit, 2 Linnet (1 juv)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
140+ Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 14 Swift, 1 Common Sandpiper, 52 Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 5 Magpie, 12+ Sand Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Pied/White Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Sutton Wick:
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Scoter (m), 1 Great Black-backed Gull - 1st juv, 9 Great White Egret, 10 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby

Nunnery:
1 Common Scoter (m)

Little Ringed Plover, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:
100+ Canada Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Little Ringed Plover - juv, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Magpie, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Whinchat - pr, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Pied/White Wagtail

Osprey/Peregrine, Moreton (Bri Thompson)

Moreton:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Osprey(in tree, then flying over Woodford), 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine (attacked BH Gull, then Osprey)

Goosander, Stratford (Mike Trew)

Stratford:
6 Goosander(several flyby's, not landing), 4 Cattle Egret - inc 1st juv, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, the Osprey, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel (m), 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 3 Sand Martin, 3 Greenfinch, 

Herriotts inc. Pool:

7 Egyptian Goose, 12+ Swift, 1 Little Grebe, 40+ Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull - inc 1st juv,  4 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Osprey (f), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 3+ Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel (m),1 Hobby, 6 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 4 Sand Martin, 7 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Reported by: John Allen, John Barnett, Nancy Barrett, Pete Brain, Allan Chard, ~Chris, Chris Craig, Mark Coller, Matt Coward, Neil Delaney, Rob Hawkridge, MJ, Craig Lewis, Nigel Milbourne, MJ, Mike Moxon, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Matthew Rogers, Paul Sadley, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, Gary Thorburn

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