20-06-26 Saturday

Temp 18°C to 23°C - cloudy and muggy, with the odd drop of rain, more sun later. A moderate SW/SSW wind to start, moving to a light W/WSW later.

Black Tern

Norfolk Hawker- not a bird but a significant Avon record

Local birder, and long time contributor to this blog, Raoul C, has produced a lovely book of photos he has taken at Chew over the years. Well worth the £10 asking price. Available from Woodford Lodge if you visit Chew, or from him, if you bump into him out birding.

BRISTOL

Stoke Park:
50+ Swift, 1 juv Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Olveston:
2 Raven

Chipping Sodbury Common:
6 Stock Dove, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 3 Raven, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 14+ Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports.

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports.

Black Tern, CVL (Bri Thompson)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
Mandarin Duck, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Hobby

Redshank, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Dam:
1 Redshank

Cattle Egret, CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Stratford:
1 Black Tern, Cattle Egret, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Norfolk Hawker

Cattle Egret, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Cuckoo, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Marv Carlyon, Raoul Chandrasakera, Mark Coller, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson, 

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