Temp 17°C to 32.5°C - started warm with some mist, once the sun had burnt that off it became a scorcher and not very pleasant in the moderate SE to SW breeze.
Still quiet but things definilteyl on the move with a lot more waders today, gull and egret numbers also building.
Quail
BRISTOL
Bishopton:
1 Red Kite
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull
New Passage:
20 Oystercatcher, 39 Lapwing, 4+ Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Redshank, 2 Great White Egret
BRISTOL
Bishopton:
1 Red Kite
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull
New Passage:
20 Oystercatcher, 39 Lapwing, 4+ Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Redshank, 2 Great White Egret
Little Badminton:
1 Quail singing, 60 Swallow
Little Sodbury:
4 Corn Bunting, 5 Yellowhammer
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
c15 Swift- some fledglings included
Clevedon:
30 Mallard, Moorhen on nest, 22 Swift, BH Gull, Herring Gull, 1 Little Egret, 4 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail
BELOW M4 & BANES
Burnett:
2 Red Kite
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
4 Egyptian Goose, 1 Lapwing, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 13 Cattle Egret
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
300+ Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Egyptian Goose, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Pied Wagtail, 12+ Chaffinch
Bittern Trail/Bernard King Hide:
6 Greylag Goose, 1 Redshank, juv BH Gull
Herons Green:
2 Little Grebe, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
Moreton:
3 Great White Egret, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting
Stratford:
200+ Great Crested Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30+ Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting
Herriotts inc. Pool:
Egyptian Goose family, 12+ Teal, 20+ Gadwall, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Lapwing, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 5 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kingfisher family, 3 Grey Wagtail, 8+ Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting
Reported by: John Budd, Chris Craig, Andy Gibb, Richard Giles, Pete Hazelwood, Andrew Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Mike Moxon, Fiona Neate, Nick Page, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Reuben Veal
30 Mallard, Moorhen on nest, 22 Swift, BH Gull, Herring Gull, 1 Little Egret, 4 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail
BELOW M4 & BANES
Burnett:
2 Red Kite
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
4 Egyptian Goose, 1 Lapwing, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 13 Cattle Egret
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
300+ Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Egyptian Goose, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Pied Wagtail, 12+ Chaffinch
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| 30-06-25 Greylag Geese, CVL (George Stacey) |
6 Greylag Goose, 1 Redshank, juv BH Gull
Herons Green:
2 Little Grebe, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
Moreton:
3 Great White Egret, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting
Stratford:
200+ Great Crested Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30+ Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting
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| 30-06-25 Tawny Owl, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
Egyptian Goose family, 12+ Teal, 20+ Gadwall, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Lapwing, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 5 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kingfisher family, 3 Grey Wagtail, 8+ Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting
Reported by: John Budd, Chris Craig, Andy Gibb, Richard Giles, Pete Hazelwood, Andrew Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Mike Moxon, Fiona Neate, Nick Page, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Reuben Veal