Temp 16°C to 25°C. Sun and cloud, with sun winning as the afternoon wore on. Light southerly breeze gusting to 18mph max.
Avon Gorge Peregrines in good form
Arctic Skua at Severn Beach
Green Sandpiper back at CVL
BRISTOL
Peregrine family inc 3 juv. & "a few" Kestrels
Redland:
1 Hobby over
Eastville Park Lake:
1 Gadwall
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Severn Beach:
1 Arctic Skua (ad, pale)
1 Arctic Skua (ad, pale)
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Little Grebe & Coot all with young,
1 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 1 Kestrel, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff
Tutshill Sluices (River Yeo):
1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzards mobbed by crows, 1 Kestrel
BELOW M4 & BANES
North Stoke:
4 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 6 Swallow, 5 House Martin,
2 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Bullfinch (inc 2 juvs)
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
17 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 9 Cattle Egret, 1 Red Kite
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
200+ Canada Goose, 1 Canada x Greylag Goose hybrid, 2 GBB Gull, 8+ Cattle Egret (fly over), 2 Grey Heron, 20+ Swift, 30+ H Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting
Herons Green:
1 Pochard (m), 4 Little Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 12+ Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler (singing), 20 Swallow 30+ House Martin, 2 Whitethroat (singing), 2 Reed Bunting
Stratford:
2 Mute Swan (+one Polish cygnet), 1 Pochard (m), 1 Cuckoo (calling), 8 Great Crested Grebe (one nest), 2 GBB Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 20+ Cattle Egret (crossing over lake), 20+ Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, 6+ Reed Warbler (some chicks), 12+ Swallow, 50+ House Martin (high up in the showers), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose (+4 goslings), 72+ Gadwall, 1 Shoveler (m), 2 Teal, 1 Green Sandpiper, Common Tern, 2 BH Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 10+ Swift, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 12 Grey Heron, 1 Hobby, 4 Jackdaw, 3+ Reed Warbler (some singing), 10 Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail
2 Egyptian Goose (+4 goslings), 72+ Gadwall, 1 Shoveler (m), 2 Teal, 1 Green Sandpiper, Common Tern, 2 BH Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 10+ Swift, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 12 Grey Heron, 1 Hobby, 4 Jackdaw, 3+ Reed Warbler (some singing), 10 Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail
Blue Bowl Pub:
10 House Martin
10 House Martin
Reported by: Pete Brain, Andy Davis, Brian Lancastle, Lucy Masters, Ruth Muir, Steve Newland, Mike Owen, John Rossetti, Ben Searle, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Caron Thornton-Trippit, Devin Vaghela, Jack Wylson