Temp 14°C to 32°C - sunny all day with a scattering of high cloud and a light southerly breeze doing little to keep the temperature down. Drought conditions continue.
Garganey
Black Terns
Wood Sandpipers
Whinchat
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| Greenshank, Green & Wood Sandpiper on Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp) |
BRISTOL
no reports
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Chipping Sodbury Common:
120+ Swallow, 14 House Martin, 6 Sand Martin, 2 Whinchat, 1 Redstart, 5 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer (locally rare).
120+ Swallow, 14 House Martin, 6 Sand Martin, 2 Whinchat, 1 Redstart, 5 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer (locally rare).
NORTH SOMERSET
Hewish:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Great White Egret.
Banwell:
Spotted Flycatcher, Nuthatch.
Banwell:
Spotted Flycatcher, Nuthatch.
BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports
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| Buzzard at CVL (Ian Stapp) |
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
30 Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 G BB Gull, 120+ Cormorant (fishing flock), 2 G W Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Magpie, 8 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 12+ Chaffinch.
Woodford:
4 Cattle Egret (on Denny Island), 8+ Little Egret (on Denny I.), 5 G W Egret (on Denny I.), 2 Buzzard, 5+ Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff.
Villice:
3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier 2 Hobby.
Herons Green: (there is a little area of mud in the bay now)
1 Garganey, 5 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 Black Tern, 3 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Hobby.
Moreton:
Mute Swan family with the 'Polish cygnet', 5 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 G W Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2+ Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler.
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| Barnacle Geese at Stratford (Ian Stapp) |
6 Barnacle Goose (flushed from in front of hide and flew towards dam), 68 Mute Swan, 58 G C Grebe (together on the lake), 7 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 9 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 7 Greenshank (flushed by Marsh Harrier), 7 G W Egret, 9+ Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 5 Cattle Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 G S Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler.
Herriotts Bridge:
69+ Gadwall, 30+ Teal, 2 G BB Gull, 11 Lapwing, 9 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 5 G W Egret, 9 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Cattle Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kingfisher, 6 Jackdaw, 20+ House Martin, 30+ Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 7 Pied Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.
Reported by: Ian Stapp, John Thorogood, contributors to local WhatsApp groups, opsbirding severnsidebirds
