Wednesday 16 August 2017

16th August '17 Wednesday - Nightjar

Sun, cloud and a bit of wind.

Unexpected Nightjar at Hunstrete


BRISTOL

Stockwood Open Space:
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Bullfinch, 4 Whitethroat, 6 Goldfinch
2 Buzzard, 3 House Martin, 30+ gull (unspecified)

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Common sandpiper

Fishponds:
2 Swift


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
5 Yellow Wagtail, 7 Little Grebe, 2 Garganay, 109 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Kestrel, 6 Swift

Pilning wetland:
Sparrowhawk (juv)

Young Sparrowhawk at Pilning wetland (Bob Pepper)
Yate:
Kingsgate Park: Mandarin Duck (f)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Redstart, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5+ Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Swift


NORTH SOMERSET:

Kenn:
Grey Wagtail (juv, garden pond)

Weston-super-Mare:
Peregrine (flyover)


BELOW M4 & BANES

Hunstrete:
Reliable report of a Nightjar on Monday evening 14th watched by 4 people.

 
RESERVOIRS:

Barrow:
9 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Hobby, Greylag Goose, Little Egret

Chew Valley Lake:

Woodford:
4 Mistle Thrush, 3 Little Egret, 50 +  Martins (over the water), 2 Great Back-backed Gull

Villice:
7 Common Sands, 5 Lapwing, two Buzzards and more

Common Sandpiper and Lapwing (Bob Brewer)

Buzzard and Canada Geese (some of the Bob's others) Bob Brewer)

Heron's Green:
1 Yellow-legged Gull, only 2 Canada Goose (all at Blagdon I expect), 1 Little Egret, 14 Swallows (over pond), 16 Little Grebe

Moreton:
8 Great Black-backed Gull (on lake), 4 Little Grebe (in front hide), 2 Little Egret (hide)

Stratford:
1 Green Shank, 1 Little Ringed Plover


Greenshank (George Stacey)
Herriott's End:
4 Great-white Egret (pool), 5 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper (wall)
1 Kingfisher, 2 Oystercatcher (pool), 2 Black-backed Gull (pool),   200+ Martins most Sand some House & 2/3 Swallows with them over Stratford bay and some Sand 20+ over pool.

Late look round - Pool - 2 Great-white Egret, 7 Green Sandpiper and on the lake side a juv Little Ringed Plover.

Oystercatchers (Ian Stapp)
"Well, I'm not talking to you either!"
Hollow  Brook: 
4  Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper



Reports: Darren Pearce, Lisa Presland, Teresa Chard, Rob Purveur, Peter Coslett, Gary Hughes, John Martin, John Croxton, Bob Brewer, Ian Stapp, Bob Pepper, Larry Sweetland, George Stacey, Andy Mears  blagdonlakebirds,  CVRSnslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds