02-08-25 Saturday

Temp 12°C to 22°C - Sunny up to lunch time then some cloudy spells. a gentle breeze from the north west going round to west by tea time, but gusts strengthening during the day to a max of 24mph.

Hobby

Yellowhammer

Crossbill

BRISTOL

Bishopston:

2 Jay -squawking fit to bust 

Eastville Park:

2 Kingfisher, 80 Jackdaw

Montpelier - Boiling Wells Lane:

2 Sparrowhawk - calling and showing

Redland Green Allotments:

3 Sparrowhawk - juv, very noisy

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Ringed Plover, 5 Curlew, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Swallow, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Stonechat, 2 Bullfinch, 7 Greenfinch

02-08-25 Sparrowhawk Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar:

- Garden: 1 Sparrowhawk - looks like Blue Tit prey remains!

- Lower Woods: 2 Marsh Tit, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Bullfinch - juv    

- Stables: 2nd brood of Swallow

Ingleston Common:

Stonechat

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite, 4 Willow Warbler, 4 Redstart, 1+ Crossbill - heard flying over 

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Little Egret

Tickenham - Cadbury Camp:

1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 Spotted Flycatcher - inc ad feeding juv

Wraxall - Watercress Farm, BOC Walk:
inc - 4 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 3 Skylark, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

Yatton:
6 Swallow, 14 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 4 Stonechat, 3 Reed Bunting

Regil:
Cattle Egret - in among the milking herd

BELOW M4 & BANES

02-08-25 Yellowhammer Marshfield (Caron Thornton Trippit)

Marshfield:
3 Red Kite, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Skylark, 6 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Yellowhammer

Frenchey:

1 Ring-necked Parakeet

Kingswood - Station Road:

6 Raven - together

Saltford:
1 Little Owl 

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Hobby

Chew Valley Lake

02-08-25 Spotted Flycatcher CVL (Dave Hughes)

Villice:
1 Oystercatcher - over, 4 Cattle Egret, 2 Spotted Flycatcher - ad feeding juv

Herons Green:
10 Little Grebe - inc 2 juv, 3 Cattle Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 11 Great White Egret, 20 Little Egret, 

Stratford:
1 Tawny Owl

02-08-25 Lapwing - Cattle Egret CVL (Chris Teague)

Herriott's Bridge:
3 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 13 Green Sandpiper, 3 Cattle Egret, 8 Great White Egret, 11 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 5 Swallow

Reported by: Pete Allen, Graham Blacker, Geoff Blowfield, George Brock, Mark Coller, Anne Crowe, Julian Eastoe, Alastair Fraser, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Pete Hazelwood, Dave Hughes, Chrish Patch, Robert Proctor, Paul Sadley, Mark Savage, Caron Thornton-Tippit, Chris Teague, Jenny White
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