29th June '17 Thursday - Common Scoter

Brightest in morning but became very dull

Common Scoter, Black-tailed Godwit 

29-6-17 Swifts coming low on dull day (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Patchway:
1 Garden Warbler singing, 16.30

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Frampton Cotterall:
70 Swifts 17.00

Shepperdine:
3 Common Sandpiper

Tytherington, W of M5 bridge:
1 Red Kite 17.35

29-6-17 Pied Wagtail on theA38 (Vera Carpenter)

Almondsbury:
Pied Wagtail taking the A38, 1 Song Thrush, 1 juv Robin

NORTH SOMERSET:

Portishead, garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush (2nd record in 5 years), 1 Greenfinch, 1 Bullfinch (a first here) - and all unusual here

29-6-17 Swallows begin to group on the coast (RH)

Clevedon-Yeo, lower half:
60+ & creche of 16 Shelduck, 2 Little Egret, 9 Oystercatcher, 1 Dunlin, 1 Whimbrel, 111 Curlew, 150+ BH Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 15 Swift, 20+ Swallow, Skylarks, 7 Starling, 3 Pied Wagtail, 12 Linnet

Hewish:
1 Green Woodpecker

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, Manor Rd:
15 Wood Pigeon,  61 Jackdaw, 11 Rook, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Chaffinch

29-6-17 Swans on tiny nest and Sedge Warbler (NSL birding)

Newton St Loe:
6 Cygnet Mute Swan, 3 Jay, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 5 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Yellowhammer + 3 Mink

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:
5-600 Swifts over lake as weather became duller

29-6-17 Common Sandpiper at the  Dam (Ian Stapp)

Dam:
3 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 20 Swallow, 4 House Sparrow, 6 juv Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
98 Mute Swan, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Raven, 50 Swift, 50 Swallow/House Martin, 1 Song Thrush

Herons Green:
122 Canada Geese, 1 Hobby, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Barn Owl, C1 Whitethroat, 7 juv Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
5 (4m, 1f) Common Scoter, 1 Buzzard, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Jay, 10 Sand Martin, 30 Swallow/House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush

29-6-17 Little Egret past Stratford Hide (Bob Brewer)

Stratford Hide:
1 Little Egret, 100+ Great Crested Grebe, 200+ Swift, 4 Reed Warblers

29-6-17 Black-tailed Godwit at Herriotts (RH)
Practicing record shots

Herriotts:
1 Shelduck duckling alone, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 (sum plum) Black-tailed Godwit (evening), 6 GBB Gull, 20 Sand Martin, 30 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Reports: Bob Brewer, Vera Carpenter, Teresa Chard, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Mike Jackson, Stuart Mathews, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds