Temp 17°C to 23°C - Mostly overcast, dull and muggy with little wind. The sky cleared a bit at times and the SE wind gusted more strongly as the day wore on. Warm, dry.
Quail
Black Tern
Firecrest
Grasshopper Warbler
Whinchats
Yellow Wagtails
Grasshopper Warbler
Whinchats
Yellow Wagtails
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| Grasshopper Warbler ringed at CVRS (Chris Craig) |
Crews Hole:
1 Swift, 1 singing Stock Dove,1 Swift, Buzzard, Tawny Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, singing Coal Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 LT Tit, 4 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 imm. Firecrest (ringed today), Treecreeper, 3 Wren.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Quail, 1 moulting adult Black Tern upriver, 1 Great White Egret, 8 Sand Martin upriver.
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| Redstart on CSC (Les Williams) |
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, many Swallow, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 m. Redstart.
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| Spotted Flycatcher at CSC (Keith Williams) |
NORTH SOMERSET
Easton in Gordano:
1 Marsh Tit (on seed feeder in garden)
Sand Point/Bay:
1 Greenshank, 7 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 14 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 8 Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Corn Bunting (patch tick for the regular watchers).
Worle:
1 Hobby
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath, Englishcombe Lane:
3 Collared Dove, 2 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk
Chelwood:
1 Red Kite.
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| Green Sandpipers & Snipe at Herriotts Pool (Ian Stapp) |
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Nunnery:
10 Swift.
Stratford:
3 Swift, 3 Cattle Egret. 1 Hobby, c.20 Sand Martin, 1 Wheatear.
CVRS:
1 Grasshopper Warbler (ringed)
Herriott's Bridge:
1 Water Rail, 5 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff, 9 Snipe, 4 Common Sandpiper, 13 Green Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 18 Great White Egret, 11 Little Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 9 Grey Heron, 1 f. Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 2 Kingfisher, 50+ Sand & House Martin, 20+ Pied Wagtail.
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| Great White Egret at Chew (George Stacey) |
Out of Area
Cheddar Reservoir:
3 Ringed Plover, 3 Ruff, 2 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sandwich Tern, 3 Common Tern, 1 Glossy Ibis.
Tealham Moor:
2 Snipe, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Whinchat, 2 Yellow Wagtail.
Reported by: Bryan Cook, Judy Copeland, Andy Davis, Duncan Evered, Ian Stapp, Les Williams, all contributors to local WhatsApp groups, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding
