Not many birders out in the rain today.
Springwatch from Sherborne Park, Gloucester starts tonight BBC2
Red Kite still popping up in the region.
Barnacle Goose at Chew, I don't recall reports of them recently
Red-backed Shrike
Updated 19:42
BRISTOL
Longwell Green:
Barn Owl seen to make off hunting in the fields behind 'Sally on the Barn'.
Sneyd Park:
Sparrowhawk juv calling (begging for food probably) from the trees.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Horton:
Red-backed Shrike (m, Vinney Lane)
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| Red-backed Shrike (Dan@twit1144) |
NORTH SOMERSET:
Walton Common:
Tawny Owl (calling 11am)
Sand Bay:
Grey Heron, Reed Warbler, 2 Skylark, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Swallow, House Sparrow (chicks)
Starling (chicks)
Weston-super-Mare:
Red Kite
Worlebury Hill Road:
3 Starling, 3 Swift, 12 Jackdaw, 3 House Sparrow, 7 Chaffinch, 4 Blackbird, 3 Pied Wagtail, 6 Robin, 4 Carrion Crow, 12 Woodpigeon, 4 Dunnock, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Goldfinch, 3 Song Thrush,
2 Great Tit, 7 Swallow, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Blue Tit, 8 Magpie, 1 seemingly resident Buzzard,
1 Wren, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Coal tit, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Kestrel, 3 Feral Pigeon
Weston Airfield:
7 Little Egret, 3 Sedge Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail
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| Sedge and Reed Warblers (Paul Cousins) |
Langford:
2 Bullfinch (on garden feeder) https://www.flickr.com/gp/1246
Mendips:
2 Redstart
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| Redstart (George Stacey) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
Paulton:
Barn Owl, Kestrel, Jay, and 3 Mistle Thrush.
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
4 Ringed Plover (No 3 Tank)
Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
1 Hybrid Duck, 1 Cettis, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Heron's Green:
1 Cetti's, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Buzzard 100+ Swallows & Martins 30+ Swift
Moreton:
1 Marsh Harrier (11.05am), 2 Bullfinch, 4 Blackcap, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Chiffchaff
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Buzzard, 1 Jay
1 Black Swan (out on the lake with Mute Swans), 4 Goldfinch, 4 Great Black-backed Gull
2 Mistle Thrush, 50+ Swallows & Martins
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| Cuckoo (Ian Stapp) |
12 Shelduck, 2 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's, 2 Barnacle Goose, 3 Little Egret (on the pond, not seen that many Egret for some time)
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| Little Egret (Ian Stapp) |
4 Reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's, 2 Reed Bunting (feeding young), 1 Chiffchaff
SOMERSET LEVELS:
Red-fooded Falcon still.
Reports: Paul Milsom, Rob Purveur, David Goodliffe, Ian Stapp, Paul Cousins, Sean Davies, George Rabin, George Stacey, Patrick Hancock, Julia Roberts, Hugh Maynard, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
