17-07-24 Wednesday - Black Tern

Temp 14°C to 23°C - Sunny intervals all day. A gentle wsw wind turning sw after lunch. 

Black Tern
Yellow-legged Gull

BRISTOL

Hallen Marsh -Survey:

3 Pheasant + 6 flying juv, 1 Swift, 3 Stock Dove, 9 Woodpigeon, 2 Black-headed Gull - juv, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 5 Magpie, 1 Rook, 8 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 13 Skylark - inc family party,
10 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 9 Blackcap, 10 Whitethroat - 1nc 3 juv, 7 Wren, 2 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Blackbird, 5 Dunnock - inc 2 juv, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 3 Linnet, 16 Goldfinch + 6 juv, 2 Reed Bunting

Whitchurch - garden:

Swift, Greenfinch, a few Linnet

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Yate:

10 Swift, 100 Gull - enjoying the flying ants, 1 Buzzard

Filton:

50+ Swift, many Gull - another ant bonanza, 1 Hobby - high over the garden

NORTH SOMERSET

Leigh Woods:

2 Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Swallow, 12 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Wren, 2 Robin, 1 Goldcrest

Long Ashton:

18 Swift, House Martin - eating the flying ants

Clevedon - garden:
5 Woodpigeon, 3 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common - garden:

23 Swift - soaring together making lots of noise

Warmley, North Common, The Holly Bush:

13 House Martin - gorging on flying ants

Mangotsfield
20 Swift

Cadbury Heath:

6 Swift - over

Hanham:

27 Swift - eating flying ants, 30 Gull too

Chelwood:

1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard

Compton Dando:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 4 Skylark, 1 Whitethroat,
8 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Linnet, 10 Goldfinch, 7 Yellowhammer

Burnett:

1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
8+ Swift - over screaming, 40+ Starling - flock, 2 Blackbird +3 juv, 5 Goldfinch, 

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
80+ Canada Geese, 5 Egyptian Goose +3 gosling, 6 Swift, 2 Little Grebe - nest, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 2 G-BB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 4 Magpie, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 5 House Sparrow, 3 Pied Wagtail

17-07-24 Black Tern CVL (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
140+ Great Crested Grebe - large raft, 7 G-BB Gull, 1 Black Tern, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 3 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6+ L TT, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
2 Mute Swan + 5 cygnet, 6+ G BB Gull - eating a fish, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Common Tern, 1 Black Tern, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff,  7+ Reed Warbler - inc 4 chicks, 2 Reed Bunting

17-07-24 Lesser Whitethroat CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:

2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Little-ringed Plover - ad & juv, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 11+ G-BB Gull, 1 Yellow legged Gull - pool, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 

2+ Kingfisher, (pool) 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Reed Bunting, 20+ Swift,

Reported by: Graham Blacker, Pete Brain, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Tim Fell, Tim Ford, Paul Francis, Nick Hawkridge, Rob Laughton, John Lewis, Brian Mulgrew, Nigel Povey, Lois Pryce, Andy Pym, Ian Stapp, Nick Tippett, Roger White, Karen Wilkinson

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