Thursday 23 June 2016

Sightings 23/6/16

June 2016 special agent Horrocks
extract from this week's North Somerset Times newspaper
very well done again special agent!
Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 10 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap (good numbers for a while here), 2 Song Thrush, 10 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch.

Avon Gorge (Bristol):
BOC watchpoint: 2 flyover Yellowhammer towards Leigh Woods (Chris Jones), a really good record for here.

Aust Warth:
1 Kestrel.

New Passage-Northwick:
5 Mute Swan, 1 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck + brood, 4 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 13 Little Grebe (inc juvs), 1 Kestrel, 21 Oystercatcher, 6 Little Ringed Plover (wetland), 20 Lapwing, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew, 7 Redshank, 41 BH Gull, 5 Swift, 3 Skylark, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 19 House Sparrow.
23/6/16 Black-tailed Godwit (Mrs Trellis)
fantastic photo
Severn Beach:
Orchard Pools: 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 4 Coot + 7 juvs, 1+ Water Rail, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 7 Reed Warbler, 2 Song Thrush.

Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 4 Mute Swan, 25 Shelduck + 2 broods, 60 Mallard, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, 9 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 8 Oystercatcher (pair with 3 eggs), 4 Ringed Plover, 8 Lapwing, 1 Dunlin, 4 Whimbrel, 52 Curlew (birds returning), 34 Redshank, 60 BH Gull, 55 LBB Gull, 70 Herring Gull, 5 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Rock Pipit, 3 Reed Bunting.

Dundry:
2 flyover Curlew 7.15am.
Some signs of returning birds today with these + the 52 at Clevedon.

Banwell:
A371: 1 Yellowhammer.

Pensford:
10 Jackdaw, 2 Grey Wagtail + 5 well grown juveniles.
23/6/16 Grey Wagtail (Ian Stapp)
rubbish photo
Planet Chew:
1 Shelduck brood, 2 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 flyover Curlew, 2 Herring Gull (nesting abandoned), 1 GBB Gull, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 50 Swallow, 30 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warbler, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Reed Bunting.
23/6/16 Reed Bunting (Bob Brewer)
another rubbish photo

Reports: Bob Brewer, Teresa Chard, Andy Davis, Adrian Hockey, Chris Jones,  Rich Miles, Dave Nevitt, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, severnsidebirds.