Thursday 7 July 2016

Sightings 7/7/16

Walton Common NR: Dexter cattle now grazing this Avon Wildlife Trust reserve, details: HERE.

Ashton Court (Bristol):
Mansion House environs: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Chiffchaff.

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Tufted Duck broods, lake.

New Passage-Northwick:
Wetland stuff, little overall change, 5 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck broods, 3 Little Egret, 18 Little Ringed Plover, 20 Lapwing, 12 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 20 Redshank, 40 Sand Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail.

North Somerset:
2 Barn Owlets ringed at an undisclosed site.

Portbury Wharf:
1 juvenile Redstart, by the electricity sub-station opposite the middle hide.
Pools: 1 female Wigeon, 1 new Gadwall brood, 1 new Moorhen brood, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Sheepway Lane: 1 Barn Owl again, by the railway bridge fields.

North Weston (Gordano Valley):
How Ham Farm: 1 Kingfisher (Portbury Ditch), 1 Sand Martin, 2 Redstart.

Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 18 Canada Goose, 60 Shelduck + 29 young, 45 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine (adult + juv), 12 Oystercatcher, 1 Dunlin, 2 Whimbrel, 30 Curlew, 4 Common Sandpiper, 105 Redshank, 200 BH Gull, 30 LBB Gull, 20 Herring Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 3 Rock Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting.

Newton St Loe:
7 Mute Swan cygnets, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 5 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Yellowhammer.

Planet Chew:
2 Shelduck, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Song Thrush, 4 House Sparrow, 29 Pied Wagtail, 5 Reed Bunting.
7/7/16 Common Sandpiper (Dave Hughes)
2 on the dam, 2 at Heron's Green

7/7/16 Redshank (Dave Hughes)
Heron's Green
Very little mud exposed yet so the waders are currently forced to use the dam walls around the lake.

Reports: Robert Hargreaves, Melvin Hedges, Dave Horlick, Dave Hughes, Karin Rhodes, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Jason Williams, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.