Temp 04°C to 17°C - Sunny at times, with more cloud later in the pm. A moderate breeze from the north east with gusts to 27mph made for a chilly feel when out of the sun.
Marsh Tit
Osprey
Cuckoo
BRISTOL
Avonmouth - King's Weston Lane:
2 Mute Swan + 7 cygnets
Eastville Park:
1 Pink-footed Goose
Frenchay - nest site:
8 House Martin - back in residence
Henbury:
1 Swift, 1 Red Kite
Henleaze - garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove. 2 Blue Tit - feeding young, 2 Great Tit - incubation. 11 Starling
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Cromhall - Sodam Mill:
2 Pheasant, 2 Tawny Owl - f&m, calling at 1730, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker. 2 Mistle Thrush
Wickwar - inc Lower Woods:
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04-05-25 Marsh Tit Lower Woods (Paul Sadley) |
1 Red Kite - over grass cutting,1 Marsh Tit
Tortworth Lake:
5 Greylag Geese, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Mallard + 5 ducklings, 6 Tufted Duck (1f+5m), 3 Moorhen + 3 chicks, 12 Coot + broods of 2 and 3 chicks, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant - over, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great TitOlveston - pond:
2 Moorhen + 3 chicks
Pilning Wetlands:
2 Swift, 1 Little Stint, 8 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank
Severn Beach - Orchard Pools - Western Distribution - Central Park:
6 Canada Goose + 5 goslings, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Gadwall, 1 Cuckoo - singing,
Yate - garden:
2 House Martin
Stoke Gifford:
2 Swift, 1 Little Stint, 8 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank
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04-05-25 Gadwall SB (Vic Savery) |
6 Canada Goose + 5 goslings, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Gadwall, 1 Cuckoo - singing,
Yate - garden:
2 House Martin
Stoke Gifford:
2 Blue Tit - and a box full of juv
NORTH SOMERSET
NORTH SOMERSET
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BELOW M4 & BANES
BELOW M4 & BANES
1 Red Kite 12 Swallow - in and out the barn, 1 Lesser Whitethroat,
Oldland Common:
Oldland Common:
2 Red Kite
Mangotsfield:
Mangotsfield:
20+ Swift, 2 Raven
Keynsham, Priory Rd & Queen Charlton fields, Somerdale:
2 Coal Tit - feeding nestlings, 18 Swallow - feeding over sheep field, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Mistle Thrush
Bath - St Johns Church:
2 Peregrine - brooding 2 eggs
Burnett:
Keynsham, Priory Rd & Queen Charlton fields, Somerdale:
2 Coal Tit - feeding nestlings, 18 Swallow - feeding over sheep field, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Mistle Thrush
Bath - St Johns Church:
2 Peregrine - brooding 2 eggs
Burnett:
1 Red Kite
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
3 Common Sandpiper
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04-05-25 Reed Bunting CVL (Paul Tompkins) |
Canada Goose - inc 3 gosling, Mallard - inc ducklings, several Swift - screaming, Reed Bunting - feeding juv by the look!
Stratford:
30+ Swift, 1 Osprey - away towards Litton res after going over Herriotts - 17:30
30+ Swift, 1 Osprey - away towards Litton res after going over Herriotts - 17:30
Herriotts inc Pool:
Canada Goose - inc c5 gosling, 2 Shoveler - pr, 35 Gadwall, several Mallard inc ducklings, 1 Pochard, 2 Swift, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull, 2 Hobby
Reported by: Dru Brook-Taylor, Alan Daniells, Tim Ford, Richard Giles, Vernon Holmes, Nigel Jones, Brian Lancastle, Pam Marsden, Chris Mott, Fiona Neate, Nick Page. Paul Sadley, Vic Savery, Rich Scantlebury, Hamish Smith, Larry Sweetland, Nick Tippitt. Paul Tompkins
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