Monday 27 June 2016

Sightings 27/6/16

Martin Tayler Bird Blog: https://martinsbirdblog.com.

Bath Peregrine: Latest update: HERE.

Oldbury Power Station:
33 Canada Goose, 31 Shelduck + 8 ducklings, 1 Tufted Duck + 8 ducklings, 1 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 4 Curlew, 71 BH Gull, 1 juv Stonechat (possible local breeder).

New Passage-Northwick:
Mostly wetland stuff, 5 MS cygnets, 2 Tufted Duck broods, 1 Little Egret, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 12 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper new (shore-side), 5 Redshank.

Abbots Leigh:
Church Rd: 2 House Martin nests.
Sandy Lane: 2nd Blackbird brood out today.

Portbury Wharf:
1 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall broods 6 & 1, 24 Mallard, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 35 Redshank.

Clapton-in-Gordano:
27/6/16 Marsh Tit (Melvin Hedges)
worst Marsh Tit photo we've ever seen
Sand Pt:
27/6/16 Stonechat (Martin Tayler)
Newton St Loe:
3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Whitethroat, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, 14 Goldfinch, 4 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer.

Planet Chew:
2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Shelduck + 5 ducklings, 40 Gadwall, 11 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 6 Pochard, 55 Tufted duck, just 2 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 4 Little Grebe + 4 young, 100+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 8 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 5 BH Gull, 1 adult Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 14 GBB Gull (all in view at same time), 1 Jay, 7 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat family, 2 Song Thrush, 6 House Sparrow, 19 Pied Wagtail, 4 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting.
Chew Magna: 1 Hobby.
27/6/16 Hobby (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green
Reports: Robert Hargreaves, Melvin Hedges, Andy Middleton, Alex & Karin Rhodes, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Martin Tayler, Keith Vinicombe, severnsidebirds.