Friday, 4 July 2025

04-07-25 Friday

Temp 15°C to 22°C - A bright sunny day with a brisk, drying WSW breeze gusting to 31mph

Little Ringed Plover

BRISTOL

Sea Mills:
8 Redshank

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Kestrel (juv)

Lower Woods:
5+ Marsh Tit, 1 Spotted Flycatcher
Dunnock, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)
Almondsbury:
1 Goldcrest, 1 Dunnock (juv)

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES
Yellowhammer, Kilkenny Lane (Merv Carlyon)
Kilkenny Lane:
1 Whitethroat, 1 Yellowhammer

Burnett:
1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard

RESERVOIRS

Oystercatcher, Blagdon Lake (George Stacey)
Blagdon Lake:
1 Oystercatcher, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Redshank

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
280+ Canada Goose, 5 Egyptian Goose, 3 Great White Egret, 2 GBB Gull,  2 Grey Heron,  2 Little Egret, 12+ House Martin,  5 Pied Wagtail, 12+ Chaffinch

Bernard King Hide:
1 Black-tailed Godwit

Herons Green:
24 Canada Goose, 2 Gadwall (with 11 duckling), 4 Pochard, 2 Little Grebe (+ 4 pool),    
8 Great Crested Grebe (2 with 2 chicks riding on their back), 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Cattle Egret,  2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret,  1 Cetti's Warbler,  1 Sedge Warbler (singing),  2 Reed Warbler, 6 House Sparrow, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting
(Cormorant 80+ fly over towards Blagdon)

Moreton:
36 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Chiffchaff,  2 Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting (singing)

Stratford:
2 Mute Swan (+6 Cygnets one the Polish), 180+ Great Crested Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Hobby, 40+ House and Sand Martin, 4+ Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff (singing in car park), 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler (singing), 1 Treecreeper, 1 Reed Bunting,       

Redshank, Herriotts Pool (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose and young (pool), 12+ Gadwall (pool 1 with 6 duckling), 8 Teal (pool), 1 Oystercatcher (lake side), 2 Lapwing (pool later only 1),  2 Little Ringed Plover  (pool), 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper (pool), 10 Green Sandpiper (pool), 1 Redshank (pool), 2 GBB Gull (lake), 5 Grey Heron,  9 Great White Egret (pool), 7 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 1 Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier (f),1 Song Thrush (singing), 20+ House Martin, 6 Swallow, 3 Sand Martin, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5+ Pied Wagtail (pool),1 Reed Bunting           

Reported by: Di Bunniss, Merv Carlyon, Vera Carpenter, Mark Coller, Andy Davis, Nick Page, Martyn Smith, George Stacey, Ian Stapp
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