Wednesday 4 July 2018

04-07-18 Wednesday - Avocet

Temp 16 to 24℃. 5℃ cooler and duller, with a good breeze, rain in the afternoon

Avocet
Little Ringed Plover
Ruff
Mediterranean and Yellow-legged Gull
Hobby
Redstart

4-7-18 Oystercatcher, Stratford (George Stacey)
BRISTOL

Bishopston:
Hobby - flying parallel down Gloucester Rd - 19:00 - with an entourage Swift

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

4-7-18 Avocet, New Passage (Paul Bowerman)
New Passage, 1st:
4 AvocetLittle Ringed Plovers, Black-tailed Godwits, a few Dunlin, flock Redshank, 100's BH Gull, 1 sum plum Mediterranean Gull

4-7-18 House Sparrow, New Passage (Lisegirl)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
15 Lapwing, 5 Redstart

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
9+ Corn Bunting, 4 Yellowhammer

4-7-18 Grey Heron, Keynsham (TtB)
Bath:
Peregrine, 2nd nest found for Sand Martins 50m upstream from Windsor Bridge

Bath, Lower Weston:
1 Tawny Owl 03.00, only 2 Swift pm, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 100 Blue Tits passing through before 08.00 with a few Coal Tits and Long-tailed Tits, 5 Goldfinch

Newton St Loe:
3 Mute Swan (6 cygnets), 5 Grey Heron, 2 Coot, 1 Lapwing, BH Gull, Kingfisher, Skylark, Blackcap m/f, Whitethroat, Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch, Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS
4-7-18 Black-tailed Godwit, Herriott's pond (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
200 Canada Geese, 77 Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck + 4 ducklings, 13 Shoveler, 55 Gadwall, 39 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 5 Buzzard, 1 ad Oystercatcher, 12 Lapwing, 4 ad Little Ringed Plover, 9 ad Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff (left 05.45)

4-7-18 Common Sandpiper, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 17 juv BH Gull, 1 1st sum Mediterranean Gull, 6 GBB Gull, 1 3rd year Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 5 Raven, 20 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chiffchaff,  1 Blackcap, 20 Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Reed Bunting

4-7-18 Nightjar nest, FOD (Ben Locke)
Out of Avon:
Nightjar in Forest of Dean
Pied Crow in Pembrokeshire
Spoonbill at Steart
4-7-18 Spoonbill, Steart (Paul Roberts)
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Karle Burford, Mark Coller, Anthony Cook, Richard Dobbins, John Griffiths, Robert Hargreaves, Rod Holbrook, Rob Laughton, Lisegirl, Ben Locke, Tim McGrath, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, TalkingtoBears, Brian Thompson, Severnsisdebirds