Tuesday, 8 July 2025

08-07-25 Tuesday

Temp 10°C to 22°C - Continuously sunny, but not too hot, with a gentle breeze from the west.

Dunlin
Crossbill

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Pink-footed Goose

Ring-necked Parakeet, Stoke Park (~Graham)

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
4 Black-headed Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Sand Martin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station (yacht club):
3 Curlew (~70 on the otherside of the river), 1 Marsh Harrier (f)

Yate (Kingsgate Park):
3 Swift, 1 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 5+ Blackcap

Coalpit Heath (BOC walk):
2 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 11 Swallow, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

NORTH SOMERSET

Kenn (Duck Lane):
24 Swallow

Sand Point/Middlehope:
3 Swift, 40 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 1 Little Egret, 5 Sand Martin, 14 Swallow, 19 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 16 Blackcap, 32 Whitethroat, 37 Starling, 7 Stonechat, 3 Tree Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 12 Crossbill (St Thomas's Head), 5 Siskin.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
3 Red Kite (over Shire Bridge)

Willsbridge:
4 Chiffchaff (fledglings)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
2 Common Sandpiper

2 Redshank+1 Greenshank+1Black-headed Gull,
BK Hide (George Stacey)

Greenshank, BK Hide (George Stacey)

Greylag, BK Hide (George Stacey)

Bernard King Hide:

5 Greylag Goose, 2 Redshank, 1 Greenshank

Moreton:
3 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, (10+ House & Sand Martin), 1 Chiffchaff, 5+ Reed Warbler

Stratford:
80+ Great Crested Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 8+ Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 18+ Little Egret (entrance to Villice bay), 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Swallow, (20+ House & Sand Martin), 1 Chiffchaff, 9+ Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

Dunlin, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:

2 Egyptian Goose, 8+ Gadwall, 8 Teal, 1 Lapwing, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 11 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 9 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 10+ Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied/White Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting


Reported by: Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, John Croxton, Alan Daniels, Matt Hull, Nigel Kempson, Andrew Middleton, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson
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