30-05-26 Saturday

Temp 13°C to 24°C - sunny then light cloud. Still in the morning, a light to moderate WNW to SW wind later.

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Quail

BRISTOL

Mute Swan cygnet, EP (Les Williams)

Eastville Park:

Mute Swan

House Martins, Sea Mills (Pete Bunniss)

Sea Mills:

House Martins: success story with the colony - many nests in use and new being built

Grey Wagtail, Snuff Mills (Les Williams)

Snuff Mills:

1 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning:
1 Red Kite, 7 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel

NORTH SOMERSET

30-05-26 Mandarin Abbots Pool (Jamie Buchan)

Abbots Leigh - Abbots Pool:
2 Mandarin (f&m) - returned after a month away

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Quail, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Red Kite

Swallow & House Martins, Burnett (Ian Stapp)

Burnett to Compton Dando:

2 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 11 Wren, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Chaffinch

Buzzard, Dundry (Lee Patch)

Dundry:

10+ Red Kite, 6 Buzzard

Stanton Drew:
6 Red Kite

Folly Farm:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Coal Tit,
1 Skylark, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest,
2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet, 1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon:
2 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
1 Pochard, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Pied Wagtail catching damselflies

Stratford:
1 Mandarin, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Reed Bunting

Herriotts inc. Pool:
6 Egyptian Goose, 2 Lapwing, 1 Great White Egret,

Reported by:Pete Brain, Jamie Buchan, Pete Bunniss, Merv Carlyon, Andy Davis, Steve G, Rich Keel, Nick Page, Lee Patch, Ian Stapp, Simon Stuart, Gary Thoburn, Bri Thompson, Les Williams

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