24th August '17 Thursday - Black Tern

Cool in morning, some showers, but a bit of sun later, nowt special as a day

Garganey, Great White Egret, Osprey, Hobby,
Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper,
Yellow-legged Gull, Black Tern,
Swift, Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart, Whinchat, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit

24-8-17 Black Tern at Chew Valley Lake (digi-scope)

BRISTOL

Avonmouth Docks:
1 Yellow Wagtail

Henleaze:

1 Tree Pipit

24-8-17 Peregrine on Stapleton Church (Allan Chard)

Stapleton Church:
1 Peregrine

Stockwood old tip field:
30 Swallow and House Martin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Frampton Cotterell:
1 Swift over the garden.

Aust/ Northwick Warth:
2 Willow Warbler, 2 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 

24-8-17 Wheatear at New Passage (Rod Holbrook)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
120 Canada Geese, 4 Gadwall, 2 Garganey, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cormorant, 7 Little Grebe, 35 Oystercatcher, 25 Lapwing, 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 180 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 juv Greenshank, 50 Redshank, 1 juv Common Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 5 Swift, 90 Sand Martin, 120 Swallow, 250 Starling, 3 Wheatear, 15 Yellow Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtail, 6 Linnet, 11 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
30 Shelduck, 6 Teal, 14 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 60 Oystercatcher, 190 Ringed Plover (Record is 770), 2 Whimbrel, 120 Curlew, 19 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Turnstone, 2 Sanderling, 320 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 10 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 240 Redshank, 200 BH Gull, 12 Herring Gull, 1 Raven, 10 Swallow, 3 Wheatear, 1 Rock Pipit

Walton Bay, 22nd:
4+ Common Porpoise

BELOW M4 & BANES

24-8-17 Redstart in the Shire Valley (TBOSG)

Newton-St-Loe:
1 swift

Marshfield, Shire Valley:
1 Redstart

Stanton Wick to Marksbury:

1 Buzzard, 110 Corvid, 20 Swallow, 100 Starling

Frome:
5 Swift

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Garganey, 5 Little Egret, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, Sand Martins

24-8-17 Water Rail at Villice (Bob Brewer)

Chew Valley Lake:
57+ Little Grebe, 1 Osprey, 2 Swift

24-8-17 Egyptian Goose at the Dam (Reuben Veal)

Dam:
3 Egyptian Geese, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 30 Sand Martin

Hollowbrook:
1 Greenshank, 7 Redshank

Denny Island:
3 Little Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 148 Cormorant

Woodford:
3 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 4 GBB Gull, 5 Black Tern, 5 Common Tern, 1 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail

24-8-17 All 24 Little Grebes at Villice (Robert Hargreaves)

Villice:

2 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 24 Little Grebe, 3 Buzzard, 4 Lapwing, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 60 Goldfinch

Heron's Green:
26 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 5 Common Tern over to Blagdon), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 50 Goldfinch

24-8-17 Sparrowhawk over Moreton (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Moreton:
2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 4 GBB Gull, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Song Thrush

Stratford:
4 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Black Tern

Herriott's End:
30 Teal, Shoveler, 1 f Goldeneye, 3 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 7 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 3 Water Rail, 1 B&W Coot, 5 Lapwing, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 3 Redshank, 2 GBB Gull, 5 Black Tern, 9 Common Tern, 2 Kingfisher, 2+ Sand Martin, 20 Swallow, 60 House Martin,  2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

24-8-17 Peregrine at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Jim Boyd, Bob Brewer, Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, Anthony Cook, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Matt Hobbs, Rod Holbrook, Wilf King, Lisegirl, John Martin, Mark Parsons, Lois Pryce, Harvey Rose, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Wayne Tucker, Reuben Veal, Jenny Vickers,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds