Temp 14°C to 26°C - Sunny. The light breeze was mainly from the west only varying a point or two south and then north for an hour or so, with gusts after lunch to 19mph.
BRISTOL
Bishopston - garden:
the attack of the House Sparrow - 2 new families trying for the feeders and thankfully while queuing, eating the aphids on the apple tree.
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| 18-06-25 Peregrine Avon Gorge (Bri Thompson) |
5 Peregrine - 2 ad, 3 juv of which 2 (m) have fledged.
Clifton St Andrews/Hill View:
2 Swift, 2 Raven, 3 Coal Tit
Easton:
1 Red Kite - over low
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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| 18-06-25 Red Kite Yate (Chris Teague) |
6 Swift, 1 Red Kite - low over the garden
Yate Common, Road to Nowhere
1 Lesser Whitethroat - singing
NORTH SOMERSET
Long Ashton:
9 Swift - screaming around the house, lots of House Martin too!
Congresbury/Yatton, Cadbury Hill:
Woodpigeon, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Wren, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush - family party, 1 Dunock, 2 Bullfinch - pr, 4 Greenfinch
Banwell:
1 Red Kite - circling low over Summer Lane
BELOW M4 & BANES
Crew's Hole Woodland:
1 Tawny Owl, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush
Dyrham:
229 Jackdaw - in one flock, but many more - a tiny bit noisy!!
Saltford:
2 Red kite
Bath Hill:
1 Raven
Winford
1 Little Egret, 2 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Yellowhammer
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| 18-06-25 Sparrowhawk High Littleton (Steve Mackie) |
1 Sparrowhawk - in the garden
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
2 Gadwall, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cattle Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
300 Canada Goose - it's moult time, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler
Herons Green:
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 7 Cattle Egret,
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| 18-06-25 Tawny Owl CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
2 Tawny Owl
Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Shoveller, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Wagtail
Reported by: Ben Bird, Raoul Chandrasakera, Chris Craig, Duncan Evered, Trevor Ford, Ollie Fournier, Fermandez Francis, Andy Gibb, Nick Hawkridge, Steve Mackie, Steve Newland, Shaun Probert, Tony Scott, Anita & Chris Teague, Bri Thompson, Caron Thornton-Trippit, John Thorogood, Chris Vines, Karen Wilkinson
