25-06-26 Thursday

 Temp 22°C to 37°C (37.6°C reported in Totterdown in Bristol) - sunny all day - even hotter than yesterday with a RED extreme heat warning again. A gentle breeze from the east north east veering to easterly in the afternoon, gusting to 23mph.

BRISTOL

Kingswood:

15 Swift & 3 Red Kite over

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

25 Shelduck, 5 Little Grebe, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 3 Little Egret, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 4 Stonechat

New Passage/Northwick:

11 Shelduck (8 ducklings), 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Heron

Pilning Wetlands:

2 Gadwall, 1 Tufted Duck (m), 9 Lapwing, 12 Redshank, 2 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, Skylark, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting

Severn Beach:
41 Shelduck (creche of 19 ducklings), 2 Oystercatcher, 53 Curlew, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, Reed Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat

25-06-26 Moorhens in a stand-off in the heat, Kingsgate Park (Mark Coller)

Kingsgate Park, Yate:
2 scrapping Moorhens, Coot with juvs, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 5 Goldcrest inc juvs

NORTH SOMERSET

Cadbury Camp, Tickenham:
1 Stock Dove singing, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap

Watercress Farm, Wraxall:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Kestrel (inc juvs), Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail

Banwell:
1 juv Great Spotted Woodpecker

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

25-06-26 Oystercatcher at Dam (Merv Carlyon)

Dam:
Oystercatcher and Redshank

25-06-26 Redshank at Dam (Merv Carlyon)

Herons Green:
1 Buzzard

25-06-26 Buzzard, Herons Green (Lee Patch)

Reported by: Pete Allen, Phil Barlow, Paul Bowerman, Merv Carlyon, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Pete Hazelwood, Rob Laughton, Mike Moxon, Lee Patch

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