08-07-26 Wednesday

Temp 16°C to 30°C - mist to start then sunny with light air wind boxing the compass until midday before settling to west north west, gusting to 18 mph towards tea tim

Yellow Wagtail

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:

2 Raven - over, 1 Blackcap - singing round the bounds 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

08-07-26 Marsh Harrier OPS (Pete Hazelwood)

Oldbury Power Station:
Oystercatcher - inc 3 chicks being fed, 1 Dunlin, 1 Black-headed Gull - ring, White 24X1, 1 Marsh Harrier - juv, 30 Swallow

Wickwar 

- garden: 1 Barn Owl - early hours

- Lower Woods: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay 7 Marsh Tit, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 7 Bullfinch

Rangeworthy - harvesting:

1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard

Latteridge - hey cutting:

1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard

Horton:

1 Little Owl

08-07-26 Jackdaw Yate (Chris Teague)

Yate - garden:
2 Jackdaw - inc juv

NORTH SOMERSET

Wraxhall - Watercress Farm:

2 Stock Dove, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Swallow, 4 Blackcap - singing, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Treecreeper - singing, 3 Greenfinch

Portishead Down:
4 Swift - after flying ant

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath - Lyncombe Hill:
6+ Swift

Lower Littleton - Winford Brook

4 Mute Swan, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
200+ Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 16 Tufted Duck, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Magpie, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8+ Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
2 Stock Dove, 4 G BB Gull, 1 G W Egret, 12+ Cattle Egret - over, 2 Grey Heron, 1 G S Woodpecker,  2 Chiffchaff - singing, 1 Song Thrush - singing

Herons Green:
20+ Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 G BB Gull, 1 G W Egret, 20+ Cattle Egret, 1 Grey Heron,  2 Reed Warbler - singing, 1 Whitethroat - singing, 3 House Sparrow, 4 Grey Wagtail, 14 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

08-07-26 Common Tern CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
Mute Swan family with a Polish Cygnet, 6+ Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Tern, 6+ Cattle Egret - over, 2 Grey Heron, Marsh Harrier (f), 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose +4 Gosling,  20+ Tufted Duck, 44+ Gadwell, 6+ Teal, 3 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 G W Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Reed Warbler - singing, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Paul Chapman, Peter Coslett, Nick Hawkridge, Olwen Jones, Mark Lillico, Rich Mielcarek, Paul Sadley, Ian Stapp, Chri Teague, Martin Wightman

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