Temp 14°C to 20°C - Overnight rain cleared for a bright morning followed by showers in the afternoon. Westerly winds from 8mph gusting to 25mph
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Ruff
Wood Sandpiper
Shag
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
White-tailed Eagle
BRISTOL
Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Redstart
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
10 Shag(upriver), 5 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Black Redstart
New Passage/Northwick:
130 Canada Goose, 300 Ringed Plover, 80 Curlew, 3 Turnstone, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel
Pilning Wetlands:
160 Canada Goose, 11 Teal, 360 Ringed Plover, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 86 Redshank, 3 Turnstone, 27 Dunlin
Severn Beach:
17+ Shag
Chipping Sodbury Common:
6 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 3 Redstart, 5 Yellow Wagtail
NORTH SOMERSET
Pilning Wetlands:
160 Canada Goose, 11 Teal, 360 Ringed Plover, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 86 Redshank, 3 Turnstone, 27 Dunlin
Severn Beach:
17+ Shag
Chipping Sodbury Common:
6 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 3 Redstart, 5 Yellow Wagtail
NORTH SOMERSET
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Wheatear, Clevedon Pill(Wayne Pannell) |
Clevedon - Pill:
30+ Starling, 1 Wheatear
BELOW M4 & BANES
BELOW M4 & BANES
Keynsham,
1 Red kite (getting "loads of grief" from 2 Ravens)
RESERVOIRS
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Osprey, Blagdon Lake (Chris Teague) |
Blagdon Lake:
3 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Osprey
Chew Valley Lake
Picnic Site 1:
3 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Osprey
Chew Valley Lake
Picnic Site 1:
4 Egyptian Goose
Woodford Lodge:
1 Swift, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 1 White-tailed Eagle, 2 juv Peregrine(f+m)
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White-tailed Eagle, Bernard King Hide (Steve Rea) |
1 White-tailed Eagle
Villice:
5 Glossy Ibis
Nunnery Hide:
15 Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Arctic Tern, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret
Herons Green:
22 Little Grebe (4 on pool), 1 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 1 Ruff, 1 BH Gull (leucistic), 4 GBB Gull, 6 Glossy Ibis, 4 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 12 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard (white) 60+ Swallow, 30+ House Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 50+ Pied Wagtail
Stratford:
14 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 4 Greenshank, 8 GBB Gull, 1 Common Tern, 500+ Cormorant (with large flock of BH Gull and Great Crested Grebe), 6 Grey Heron, 11 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 White-tailed Eagle, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 2 Peregrine, 50+ Swallow, 20+ mixed Sand and House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff
14 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 4 Greenshank, 8 GBB Gull, 1 Common Tern, 500+ Cormorant (with large flock of BH Gull and Great Crested Grebe), 6 Grey Heron, 11 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 White-tailed Eagle, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 2 Peregrine, 50+ Swallow, 20+ mixed Sand and House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff
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Goldfinch, Herriott's Bridge (Ian Stapp) |
Herriott's Bridge:
10 Lapwing(pool), 14 Black-tailed Godwit(lake), 2 Ruff(lake), 4 Snipe(pool), 2 Common Sandpiper(pool), 8 Green Sandpiper(pool), 1 Wood Sandpiper (pool), 8 Greenshank(lake), 6 GBB Gull, 8 Grey Heron, 9 Great White Egret(pool and lake), 3 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher(pool), 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 60+ Swallow, 50+ mixed flock of Sand and House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail(pool), 4 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch
Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Mark Coller, Stephen Curtis, Matt Hall, Rob Hargreaves, MJ, Wayne Pannell, Matt Plenty, Steve Rea, Carol Rushton, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Christopher Teague, Karen Wilkinson,
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds