Monday 29 July 2024

29-07-24 Monday

Temp 13°C to 25°C - Pretty much wall to wall sunshine for a change. A very light wind from the South.


BRISTOL

Henbury (garden):
1 Tawny Owl (heard 0600hrs), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit (juv), 5 Wren (2 ad+3juv), 6 Robin (all juv), 1 House Sparrow (m)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine:
17 Shelduck, 19 Dunlin, 5 Grey Heron

Oldbury Power Station (Pillhead Gout & Yacht club):
33 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Lapwing, 13 Dunlin, 7 Redshank

Charfield:
Unconfirmed report: "Brown raptor with a white rump circling at 500'"

Aust STW:
5 Little Egret, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat

Aust Warth:
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear (juv)


Ringed Plover/Turnstone, New Passage (Geoff Daniels)

New Passage:
1 Ringed Plover, 22 Turnstone, 2 Sanderling, 46 Dunlin

Yate (garden):
2 Peregrine (over - high and calling), 2 Bullfinch (m+f)

NORTH SOMERSET

No Reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

No Reports


RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
4 Common Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Barnacle Goose, 6 Egyptian Goose

Sutton Wick:
2 Shelduck (pair), 13 Great White Egret, 11 Little Egret, 1 Osprey (fem), 1 Sparrowhawk (m), 1 Peregrine (juv)

Herons Green:
64 Canada Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 3 Magpie, 3 Sand Martin, 6+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 Pied/White Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
120+ Great Crested Grebe, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 5 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Hobby, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 Reed Bunting


Juvenile Marsh Harrier, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Oystercatcher, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Black Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 10 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 13 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult), 5 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Osprey (fem), 3 Marsh Harrier(2 juv and 1 2cyr male) , 3 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel (m+f), 1 Hobby, 3 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 7 Sand Martin, 12+ House Martin, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Greenfinch, 3 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Stephen Curtiss, Geoff Daniels, MJ, Andrew Middleton, Mike Moxon, Linda Moysey, Nick Page, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen