Monday, 15 June 2026

15-06-26 Monday

Temp 55°C to 25°C - a jolly nice day, the light breeze started off E/ENE, moving around to SW before the close of play.

Quail
Peregrine, Bristol (Pete Blanchard)
BRISTOL

Avon Gorge:
1 Peregrine

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
39 Canada Goose, 21 Shelduck, 48 Mallard inc 3 families, Little Grebe family, 7 Oystercatcher, 1 BH Gull,  2 GBB Gull, 3 Red Kite, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Little Egret, 13 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat, 6 Reed Warbler

Elberton:
Shelduck family

Horton:
1 Little Owl

NORTH SOMERSET

Abbots Pool:
1 Stock Dove, 3 Moorhen, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Coal Tit, 3 Marsh Tit, 12 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 3 Nuthatch, 16 Wren 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Song Thrush, 15 Blackbird, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Grey Wagtail
Buzzard, Goblin Combe (Emily Lomas)
Goblin Combe:
2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 9 Coal Tit, 6 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 5 Goldcrest, 11 Wren, 4 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch
Treecreeper, Goblin Combe (Emily Lomas)
BELOW M4 & BANES

Langridge:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
1 Hobby, 1 Raven, 2 Swallow nests, 10 House Martin nests, 4 Whitethroat(singing), 2 Greenfinch

Keynsham:
8 nests in House Martin colony

Burnett:
2 Quail, 3 Red Kite

Farmborough:
5+ nests in House Martin colony

Wellow:
6+ Buzzard, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon:
1 Mandarin (m)

Chew Valley Lake
Reed Warbler CVL (Ian Stapp)
Dam:
250+ Canada Goose, 1 Redshank, 2 GBB Gull,  2 Grey Heron, 20+ Swift, 1 Swallow, 12+ House Martin, 5+ Reed Warbler, 12+ Pied Wagatil
Redshank, CVL (George Stacey)
Pic site 1 to 2:
1 Reed Bunting
Reed Bunting, CVL (George Stacey)
Herons Green:
2 Little Grebe, 1 Great Whhite Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Whitethroat

Stratford:
2 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 3 Raven, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Reed Warbler

Herriotts inc. Pool:
Egyptain Goose family, 88+ Gadwall, 1 Shoveler, 5 Teal, 2 Gbb Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 

Reported by: John Aldridge, Pete Blanchard, Pete Brain, Staurt Evans, Geoff Hardman, John Lewis, Emily Lomas, Andrew Middleton, Nick Page, George Stacey, Ian Stapp