Wednesday 30 August 2017

30th August '17 Wed - Cattle Egret

Wet morning, drier and overcast later with some light showers and odd sunny spell

Woodchat Shrike, Cattle Egret, Nightjar, Osprey, odd Swift still around

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
Grey Heron (on the lake), 2 Grey Wagtails, 1 Kingfisher (on the Frome in Snuff Mills)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick Warth:

Pilning wetland:
3 Mute Swan, 2 Garganay, c. 150 Canada Goose, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard,
5 Little Grebe late brood of 4 juv), c. 25 Coot, c. 10 Lapwing, 4 Ringed Plover,
1 Little Ringed Plover (juv), c. 150 Black-tailed Godwit, 45 Turnstone, 3 Knot,
2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Redshank, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, c. 40 Swallow & House Martin,
10 Wheatear, 20+ Yellow Wagtail, c. 25 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, flock c. 40 Linnet,
8 Goldfinch, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Swift

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Woodchat Shrike (Impaled corpse found by Mark Coller, then bird seen by Dave Poulton)
Evidence of a shrike? (Mark Coller)

And here it is - Woodchat Shrike (Mark Coller)
 9+ Redstart, 6 Whinchat, 4 Wheatear, Kingfisher, Spotted Flycatcher


NORTH SOMERSET:

Weston-super-Mare:

Sidcot:
2 Peregrine (pair, one with prey)

Worle:
1 Swift


BELOW M4 & BANES

Compton Dando:
Nightjar (A39/B3116 junction)

 
RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:

Osprey

Villice:
3 Hobby (with 2 young being fed), Little Egrets, Herons, Lapwing
Hobby at Chew (Bob Brewer)

Lapwing and Little Egret (Bob Brewer)

Heron's Green:
4 Redshank

Moreton:
Cattle Egret

Stratford:
3 Wigeon, 3 Great-white Egret

Herriott's Bridge:
6 Snipe, 3 Little-ringed Plover (juv)




Reports: Andy Davis, Mark Coller, Dave Poulton, Jon Angell,  Lois Price, Bob Brewer, Paul Bowerman, Adrian Hockey, John Martin, Steve Hale, Aravind Ramesh,  blagdonlakebirds,  CVRSnslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds