28th July '17 Friday - Swifts

Always grey and chilly with periods of drizzle

Lots of Swifts
Sanderling at Oldbury Power Station
Garganey, Med Gull and Yellow-legged Gull at Chew

28-7-17  Swift at Heron's Green, Chew Valley (Ian Stapp)
Lots of Swifts around at  Chew today perhaps 250+: they will all be going abroad by the end of next month.

BRISTOL
no reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Sanderling downriver at HT in showers.

Chipping Sodbury Common:
25 Canada Goose, Little Egret, Kestrel, 2 Linnet, 3 Redstart, 2 Swifts, Swallows and House Martins

NORTH SOMERSET:

Clevedon-Yeo:
Wain's Hill:
2 Peregrine

28-7-2017 Peregrines at Wain's Hill (Simon Williams)

BELOW M4 & BANES


Newton St Loe:

27-7-17 Little Egret at Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)

Paulton:
Swift over Paulton Rovers FC


RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:

28-7-17 Black Swan at the Dam at Chew Valley (Bob Brewer)probably an escapee

A flock of Black Swans in South Australia (Bob Brewer)

Woodford:
1 Raven, 1 Common Sandpiper (boat slipway), 1 L Egret (Villice bay), 60 Swifts (over the lake),
2 G BB Gull

Heron's Green:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow legged gull (2nd summer),  2 Little Grebe,  1 Little Egret,
1 Egyptian Goose, 179 Canada Geese, 50+ Swift,  100+ House Martin

28-7-17 Yellow legged gull (2nd summer) at Heron's Green (Martin Tayler with thanks to Ian Stapp)

28-7-17 Yellow-legged Gull - always aggressive at Heron's Green (Ian Stapp)

28-7-17 LBB Gull and Common Sandpiper at Heron's Green (Martin Tayler)

Moreton:
3 Raven, 1 Marsh Harrier (2.15 pm in front of sailing club and Woodford Lodge), 1 Green sandpiper,
2 Jay. Lots of Reed Warblers(reeds in front of hide), 1 Reed bunting, 78 Great Crested grebe (all fishing together with 4 GBB Gull looking for a chance to take a fish)

Herriotts End:
1 Marsh Harrier (juv), 1 Garganey, 3 Lapwing, 1 Shelduck (duckling), 1 Yellow legged Gull (juv), Med Gull (juv), 2 G BB Gull, 80+ Swift, 100+ House Martin, 40+ Sand Martin

Other
Marksbury
50+ Swifts (over a maize field)

Reports: Bob Brewer, Andy Davis, John Hansford, Peter Hazelwood, David Poulton, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Simon Williams,
 blagdonlakebirds,  CVRS, nslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds