06-12-24 Friday - Lesser Scaup

Temp 06°C to 13°C - Early sun turned to drizzle then rain by 2pm. The light breeze from the west south west turned southly with gusts to 50 mph by nightfall - - - Storm Darragh on its way.  

Red Warning of wind overnight and into Saturday has closed access to BG, BL and CVL on 7th.

Lesser Scaup

Glossy Ibis

Slavonian Grebe

Ring-necked Duck

Hawfinch

BRISTOL

06-12-24 Kestrel Ashton Court (Lee Patch)

Ashton Court:

3 Kestrel

Bishop Road / Horfield Common:

22 Feral Pigeon, 14 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 9 Crow, 1 Raven, 9 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 29 Starling, 4 Redwing, 7 Blackbird, 10 Robin, 18 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock

06-12-24 Dipper EP (Rich Scantlebury)

Eastville Park:

10 Mute Swan, 31 Mallard, 100+ Feral Pigeon, 10+ Woodpigeon, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Collared Dove, 4 Moorhen, 29 Coot, 35 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 8 Cormorant, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 19 Magpie, 10+ Jackdaw, 20+ Carrion Crow, 8 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 10+ Starling, 1 Song Thrush,4 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 1 Dipper, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock , 2 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Wickwar, West End garden:

1 Barn Owl

NORTH SOMERSET

06-12-24 Purple Sandpiper Battery Point (David Minshall)

Portishead - Battery Point:
6 Purple Sandpiper

Clevedon - Highdale garden:

4 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 10 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Robin

Clevedon - Yeo:
90 Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 50 Shelduck, 15 Wigeon, 12 Mallard, 4 Oystercatcher, 20 Curlew, 360 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 260 Redshank, 10 Black-headed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel

BELOW M4 & BANES

06-12-24 Kingfisher Keynsham (Paul Tompkins)

Keynsham - park:

1 Kingfisher

Newton St Loe:
inc - 3 Mute Swan, 1 Wigeon (f), 55 Mallard, 7 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 5 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 55 Black-headed Gull, 150 Common Gull, 27 Herring Gull, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 70 Jackdaw, 40 Rook, 2 Raven, 3 Coal Tit, 14 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Wren, 2 Mistle Thrush, 40 Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Hawfinch, 16 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch

06-12-24 GS Woodpecker Radstock (Merv Carlyon)

Radstock - Writhlington garden:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

RESERVOIRS

06-12-2024 Lesser Scaup BL (Bri Thompson)

Blagdon Lake:
1 Lesser Scaup (f)

Chew Valley Lake

Villice:
1 Glossy Ibis, flock of Starling, a few Redwing, 120 Fieldfare

06-12-24 Scaup CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Moreton:
8 Wigeon, 13 Pintail, 2 Scaup, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Snope, 2 Marsh Harrier

Stratford:
8 Wigeon, 16 Pintail, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 2 Scaup, c20 Goldeneye, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 10 Lapwing, 4 Dunlin, 29 Snipe, 1 Herring Gull - hybrid - 1 ad (presumed HGxYLG), 1 Glossy Ibis, 4 Cattle Egret, 20 Great White Egret, 12 Little Egret, 5 Marsh Harrier (4f+m), 1 Kingfisher, 20 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare

Herriotts inc Pool:
8 Lapwing, 1 Glossy Ibis - then flushed, 15 Great White Egret, 

Reported by: John Budd, Merv Carlyon, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Marc Hunt, MJ, Lucy Masters, Nige Milbourne, David Minshall, Lee Patch, Nigel Povey,  Harvey Rose, Paul Sadley, Rich Scantlebury, Bri Thompson, Paul Tompkins, Wayne Tucker

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