Sunday 19 June 2016

Sightings 19/6/16

Marshfield:
West Littleton: 2 Little Grebe, dam.

Oldbury Power Station:
5 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, 4 Curlew, 9 Chiffchaff. Whitethroat juveniles out and about here.

New Passage-Northwick:
1 Tufted Duck brood, 9 ducklings, 3 Little Egret, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Bullfinch.

Portbury Dock:
4 Shelduck broods 5-11-9-8, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 8 Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 6 Curlew, 1 Redshank, 75 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull (1st summer), 6 Rock Pipit, 10 Linnet.
Marsh Lane: 1 Sedge Warbler carrying food to nest.

Portbury Wharf:
Chicks: 5 Mute Swan cygnets, 4 Little Grebe (3 broods), 7 Moorhen (2 broods), 2 Oystercatcher (2 broods).
Other stuff, 42 Canada Goose, 1 female Wigeon, 40 Mallard, 2 Little Egret, 12 Redshank, 3 Cetti's Warbler.

Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 3 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose + 6 juvs, 40 Shelduck + 2 broods 9 & 18 (rather high number), 2 Teal, 90 Mallard, 5 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 8 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 6 Whimbrel (assumed to be over-summering), 12 Curlew, 26 Redshank, 12 BH Gull, 65 LBB Gull, 65 Herring Gull, 5 Swift, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 150 Starling, 20 Linnet, 1 Yellowhammer (unusual here).

Yatton 18/6/16:
Strawberry Line: 1 Barn Owl out hunting, evening.

Keynsham Park:
4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch.

Langford:
1 Bullfinch pair regular in the garden.
19/6/16 Bullfinch (Dave Goodliffe)
Blagdon Lake:
35 Mute Swan, 106 Canada Goose, 8 Grey Heron (new), 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 40 Swift.
Bickfield Farm: 12 House Sparrow.
19/6/16 Grey Heron (Mrs Trellis)
Planet Chew:
Herriott's end: 2 Cuckoo.

Reports: John Barnett, Teresa Chard, Mark Dadds, Dave Goodliffe, Andy & Iris Langson, Andy Middleton, Karin Rhodes, Harvey Rose, Chris Stone, Mrs Trellis, severnsidebirds.