Saturday, 17 May 2025

17-05-25 Saturday

Temp 07°C to 22°C - Cloudy start but the sun won through by 9:45. A gentle breeze again from the north east with gusts to 20 mph.

Red Kite day

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
1 Raven - flying his boundary, calling

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
17-05-25 Kingfisher Damery Bridge (Paul Sadley)
Avening Green, Damery Bridge:
Juv of Kingfisher, Dipper and Grey Wagtail

Old Down - Cricket Club:
1 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET
17-05-25 G S Woodpecker Abbots Leigh (James Dickinson)
Abbots Leigh - Pool & Woodland:
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wren, Song Thrush, Spotted Flycatcher, Robin 

Clevedon - Kingston Seymour:
5 Red Kite - 3 in the morning and 2 after lunch.

Backwell - Lane:
1 Lesser Whitethroat - singing

Felton Common:
2 Red Kite

BELOW M4 & BANES

Downend:
1 Red Kite - mobbed by Carrion Crow

Kingswood:
1 Red Kite - over high, circling

Willsbridge - Keynsham Rd:
3 Swift

Bath, Odd Down, Kilkenny Lane:
1 Red-legged Partridge. 1 Red Kite, 2 Swallow - nesting 

Stanton Wick, Chelwood Bridge:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
1 Red Kite

Stratford:
1 Cuckoo - calling

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose +6 gosling, 3 Garganey (f&2m), 1 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Pete Allen. Paul Chapman, Chris Craig, James Dickinson, Barry Dursley, Stuart Evans, Chris Hall, Nick Hawkridge, Martyn Hayes, Adrian Hockey, Nick Page, Paul Sadley, Joe Sargent, Howard Taffs