Temp 16°C to 23°C. Clear, hot and sunny with a moderate-to-fresh SW breeze.
Cuckoo, Pied Flycatcher
Arctic Tern, Black Tern
Redstart, Yellow Wagtail
BRISTOL
Eastville:
Ring-necked Parakeet (over Glenfrome Road - a garden tick)
Greenbank Cemetery:
juv. Cuckoo (species nr 99, see below).
Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Garden Warbler, 1 f. Pied Flycatcher (at bottom of slope below BT tower, and species nr 100 for those dedicated patch-watchers at Eastville/Stoke Park).
Whitchurch:
Red Kite.
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Green Woodpecker juv. at Dyrham (Caron Thornton-Trippit) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
4 Oystercatcher, 4 Turnstone, 1 Common Sandpiper, 8 Redshank, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Whitethroat, 2 Greenfinch.
Chipping Sodbury Common inc. golf course:
NORTH SOMERSET
(7:30-10:30, 57 species)
3 Swift, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 4 Raven, 23 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 13 Blackcap, 12 Whitethroat, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Redstart, 1 Yellow Wagtail.
NORTH SOMERSET
Kenn:
1 juv. Grey Wagtail (visiting garden pond)
Kenn Moor: Buzzard, Kestrel.
6 Swift plus 250+ Swallow & 180 Starling - pre roosting on high voltage cablers before flying south.
Weston-Super-Mare:
3 Swallow south off the beach.
Congresbury Moor:
4 Swallow, 5 Whitethroat, 3 Stonechat (1 juv.), 2 Reed Bunting.
3 Swallow south off the beach.
Congresbury Moor:
4 Swallow, 5 Whitethroat, 3 Stonechat (1 juv.), 2 Reed Bunting.
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A Wren, probably a fledgling, at Dyrham (Caron Thornton-Trippit) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
(yesterday, 24th)
2 Garganey, 1 Greenshank, juv. Yellow-legged Gull, 30 Little Egret, 9 Great White Egret, 20+ Cattle Egret.
Chew Valley Lake
Bernard King Hide:
1 ad. Arctic Tern
Herons Green:
1 Common Sandpiper
Stratford:
m. Garganey in flight, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 ad. Black Tern (in full summer plumage), 3 Common Tern, 1
Marsh Harrier. 3 small waders flew over, probably Dunlin.
Herriott's Bridge:
4 Lapwing, 11 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 ad. Cattle Egret.
4 Lapwing, 11 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 ad. Cattle Egret.
Out of Area
Slimbridge WWT, Glos:
Caspian Tern