18-07-24 Thursday - Wigeon

Temp 15°C to 27°C - Sunny intervals all day. A gentle sse wind turning s and then ssw by the end of the day, gusts up to 22mph after tea. 

Osprey

Wigeon

BRISTOL

Bedminster - St Aldhelm's

5 Swift

18-07-24 House Sparrow Easton (Howard Oakden)

Easton:

House Sparrow

18-07-24 Med Gull Sims' Hill (Ricky Seery)

Stoke Park - Sims' Hill:

1 Mediterranean Gull - ad, feeding on flying ants

Snuff Mills:

1 Red Kite - drifted over

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

18-07-24 Great White Egret - (Bob Medland) (Pete Hazelwood)

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Great White Egret - from this years, a brood at Shapwick Heath, Reed Warbler, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting

Wickwar - Lower Woods:
1 Buzzard, 3 Swallow, 2 Nuthatch - pr, 2 Spotted Flycatcher - pr, 2 Bullfinch - pr

Westerleigh Crematorium:
20 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk - hunting them

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Black Rock Quarry:
1 Red Kite,  1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Peregrine, 

Clevedon - garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 2 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Dunnock

North Worle:

35 Swift

BELOW M4 & BANES

Kingswood:

10 Swift, 1 Raven

Chew Stoke:
17 Swift 

Chelwood:

1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Sutton Wick
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Great Crested Grebe - 1st juv, 2 Common Tern, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret

Herons Green:
1 Shoveler, 3 Wigeon, 4 Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret

Moreton Lane:
1 Osprey

Stratford:
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Tern, 3 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Osprey - same (f), 2 Red Kite, 1 Hobby, 1 Greenfinch

18-07-24 Green Sandpiper CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:

1 Black Swan, 5 Egyptian Goose, 1 Shelduck, 5+ Swift, 1 Little Grebe (pool), 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 8 Green Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull - inc 15 juv, 7+ G-BB Gull (pool & Lake), 1 Yellow legged Gull 3 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Osprey (f), 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine,  4 Jackdaw, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Phil Barlow, Chris Craig, Heather England, Martyn Hayes, Pete Hazelwood, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, MJ, Olwen Jones, John Lewis, Lucy Masters, Linda Moysey, Nigel Oakden, Nick Page, Nigel Pover, Ricky Seery, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, 

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