28th August '17 Monday - Kittiwake

Good weather for birding again with lots of people around

Garganey, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Hobby
Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Kittiwake, Little Gull, Black Tern
Garden Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit

28-8-17 Hobby at Villice, CVL (Bob Brewer)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

1 j Peregrine, 1 Dipper, 3 Grey Wagtail

28-8-17 Dipper at Eastville (Rich Scantlebury)

Fishponds:
1 Dipper

Finzels Reach:
1 ad, 1 j Peregrine, with House Sparrows and feral pigeons on the menu

Henleaze, Lake Rd - Badock's Wood:
Tawny Owl calling
Holy Trinity, Stapleton:
1 j Peregrine (one from Finzels?)

Pomphrey Hill:
2 Green Woodpecker

28-8-17 Kingfisher unusual on the Avon (Lee Gardiner)

Sea Mills:
9 Redshank, 10 House Martin

St Annes:
3 juv. Mute Swan, 3 Cormorant, 3 Kingfishers.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

28-8-17 Goldcrest in Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Sparrowhawk, 56 Ringed Plover, 68 Dunlin, 50 Turnstone, 1 Willow Warbler, 10+ Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Lagoons 1 & 2), 2 Wheatear, 1 Tree Pipit

28-8-17 Garganey at NP (John Martin)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 juv Garganey, 1 juv Peregrine, 1 juv Kestrel, 75 Ringed Plover, 2 Knot, 1 Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 juv Greenshank, 1 (1st w) Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 15 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat,  1 m Redstart, 35 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Tree Pipit

28-8-17 Redstart at CSC (Lee Dutton)

28-8-17 Redstart at CSC (Paul Woolams)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Red Kite, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 7 Whitethroat, 9 Redstart, 7 Whinchat

28-8-17 Whinchat at CSC (Peter Coslett)

NORTH SOMERSET

Weston Airfield:
5 Swift

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, Shire Valley:
3 Redstart

28-8-17 Dipper at Willsbridge for 10 secs (Brian Thompson)

Bath, Lansdown Battlefields:
2 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 11 Wheatear

Bath, Southdown, 28th, 08.30:
1 Swift

Bath, Southdown, 27th, 10.30:
1 Little Egret, 1 Swift

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Little Ringed Plover, 14 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper

Blagdon Lake:

2 Sandwich Tern (Wookey Point)

Chew Valley Lake:

28-8-17 Marsh Harrier at Villice (David Hughes)

Villice:

1 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 f  Marsh Harrier, 3 (2 j) Hobby

28-8-17 Hobby at Villice (NSL Birding)

Herons Green:
1 Little Egret, 18 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 12 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 House Sparrow, 9 Goldfinch

Moreton:
130 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 j Kittiwake, 1 j Little Gull, 6 GBB Gull, 6 Black Tern, 4 Common Tern, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  1 Reed Bunting

28-8-17 Snipe at Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's End:
4 Great White Egret, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Ringed Plover. 1 j Ruff, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, 1 Greenshank, 3 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher, 12 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler

28-8-17 Great White Egret at Herriotts (Bob Brewer)

28-8-17 The Red Kite at CSC (Craig Lewis)

Reports: Rich Andrews, Derek Angell, Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, Vera Carpenter, Nigel Coldicott, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Sean Davies, Lee Dutton, Lee Gardiner, Anthony Goodwin, Patrick Hancock, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, Lisegirl, John Martin, Andy Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Newman, Lois Pryce, Gill Sapsed, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, Wayne Tucker, Paul and Claire Woolams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds