Temp 20°C to 31°C - overcast early, clearing to sunshine later. Hot and sultry after a fresher start. The light and variable breeze has shifted mainly to the south and east.
Mediterranean Gull
Little Ringed Plover
Marsh Harrier
Crossbill
Crossbill
Too hot to do anything but count Swifts, apparently! Montpelier (c.20), Warmley (three), Yate (8), Keynsham (16, probably including juvs. now on the wing), Stroud yesterday (11), North Worle (17+), Cheddar (12) and Burnham-on-Sea (4-5).
BRISTOL
Bishopston:
Crossbill (flying east at 7:30 a.m.)
Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
Common Sandpiper
Vassals Park and Snuff Mills:
Vassals Park and Snuff Mills:
(early morning walk before it got too hot!)
3 Mallard, 7 Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 3 Jay (juvs. bathing in the River Frome together), 7 Magpie, 14 Jackdaw, 32 Carrion Crow, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 11 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 5 Song Thrush, 6 Blackbird, 9 Robin, 1 juv. Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Mediterranean Gull (and a sunbathing Grass Snake)
NORTH SOMERSET
Pilning Wetland:
Marsh Harrier
BELOW M4 & BANES
BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
6 adult Egyptian Goose
Herons Green:
Gadwall family (female with four ducklings), 4 Cattle Egret, 1 Kingfisher.
Stratford:
Cuckoo
Herriotts inc Pool:
1 m. Garganey, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Hobby.
Reported by: Andy Davis, Chris Holloway, David Hughes, Nick Page, Mark Smith, contributors to the local WhatsApp groups, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds
