Friday 8 July 2016

Sightings 8/7/16

New Passage-Northwick:
Mostly wetland stuff, 1 Little Egret, 20 Oystercatcher, 13 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Lapwing, 6 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 80 BH Gull, 1 Yellow Wagtail.

Barrow Tanks:
1 Kestrel.

Blagdon Lake:
36 Mute Swan + 11 cygnets, 12 Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 174 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 21 BH Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 3 Goldcrest.
Bickfield Farm: 14 House Martin (7 active nests), 9 House Sparrow.
8/7/16 House Martin (Mrs Trellis)
Bickfield Farm and ready to go...

8/7/16 Hare (Mrs Trellis)
2 in Home Farm fields
Planet Chew:
1 Barnacle Goose (Whalley Bank), 2 Egyptian Goose (Dam), 2 Shelduck + 3 surviving young, 21 Teal, 7 Shoveler, 1 Goldeneye, 6 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 3 Hobby, 1 Lapwing, 50 BH Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 8 GBB Gull, 1 Raven, 7 Sand Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 6 House Sparrow, 31 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting.
8/7/16 Hobby (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green end
8/7/16 Yellow-legged Gull (Keith Vinicombe)

8/7/16 Reed Bunting (David, Lakeside Optics)
Bittern Trail

Reports: Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Keith Vinicombe, severnsidebirds.