27-06-25 Friday

Temp 14°C to 28°C - overnight rain, then largely sunny, clouding over later. Very warm in the moderate W/SW wind, gusts to 23mph.

Pete Hazelwood, birder at Oldbury Power Station (OPS), and who runs the website, https://www.opsbirding.co.uk/, has written a book 'The local patch, the Ruff with the smooth', about birding at OPS. More details on his wesbite, or you can buy direct from ebay.

The water level at the reservoirs is dropping with more mud being exposed every day. Some new waders in today, so whilst it is a quiet time of year, hopefully not long til things get going again. Whilst the drought is not good for a lot of things, it does make for a possibly good few months for waders and other migrants ahead.

Being quiet also means it is a good time to submit all your records of breeding birds, things like house martin, swift and many others tend to get under reported, have a look at the Avon submission guidance here.

BRISTOL

27-06-25 Peregrine, Bristol (Stephanie Chadwick)

Avon Gorge:

3 Peregrine

Crew's Hole Woodland:

Possible Iberian Chiffchaff

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Shelduck, 21 Mallard, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Coot, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Carrion Crow, 7 Chiffchaff, 5 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 3 Reed Bunting

Coalpit Heath:
1 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 8 House Sparrow, 3 Yellowhammer

NORTH SOMERSET

Watercress Farm:

2 Red Kite, 6 Buzzard

Clevedon - Pill:

1 Little Egret - fishing the outfall, Sedge Warbler - posing, 1 Lesser Whitethroat - heard, 1 Greenfinch

Clevedon Marine Lake:

1 Peregrine, 1 Rock Pipit

27-06-25 Green Woodpecker, Banwell (John Thorogood)

Banwell:

Garden - 1 Green Woodpecker

Axe Estuary:
WeBS: 40 Shelduck (plus some young), 6 Mallard, 4 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 38 Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew, 50 BH Gull, 22 Herring Gull

BELOW M4 & BANES

27-06-25 Red Kite, Burnett (Ian Stapp)

Burnett:
1 Red Kite, 1 Raven, 5+ Skylark, 4+ House Martin

Oldland Common:

5 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

27-06-25 Greenshank, CVL (George Stacey)

Bittern Trail/Bernard King Hide:
1 Greenshank, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps

Herons Green:
12 Cattle Egret, 1 Red Kite

Stratford:
1 Curlew, 1 Kingfisher

Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Lapwing, 5+ Little Ringed Plover, 6+ Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cattle Egret, 6 Sand Martin

Reported by: Di Bunniss, Stephanie Chadwick, John Croxton, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Duncan Evered, Andy Gibb, Markas Gilmartin, Geoff Hardman, Colin Hawkins, Mike Jackson, John Lewis, Nick Page, George Stacey,  Ian Stapp, John Thorogood, 

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