Red Kite
Little Ringed Plover, Ruff
Yellow-legged Gull, Mediterranean Gull
Little Owl
Yellow Wagtail
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| 09-07-18 A welcome garden visitor - male Green Woodpecker, Bishop Sutton (Bob Brewer) |
BRISTOL
Snuff Mills:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
OldburyPower Station:
I Hobby
Littleton -upon- Severn:
2 Little Owl
Pilning wetland:
9 Little Egret, 23 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Little Ringed Plover, increase in Redshank and Dunlin on shore, 2 Yellow Wagtail new in
New Passage - Northwick Warth:
NORTH SOMERSET
Kenn:
107 Lapwing feeding on a recently- cut grass field. 'The farmer alerted me, said that he hadn’t heard so many grasshoppers for years so perhaps that is the attraction. It’s an unusual record for Kenn Moor in July.'
Sand Point/Bay:
1 Whimbrel (new in today), 200+ Black-headed Gull (numbers building daily)
BELOW M4 & BANES
Oldland Common:
1 Red Kite - seen over the past week
Keynsham:
4 Swift
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| 09-07-18 Sand Martins at nest hole, Bath (Robert Hargreaves) |
At least 22 Swift above Twerton late evening (see photo below), 2 Sand Martin nests
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
3 juv Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Snipe, Lapwing, 4 Common Sandpiper
Chew Magna Reservoir:
2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Also 1 Lesser Emperor dragonfly
Chew Valley Lake
246 Canada Goose (64 - Dam; 72 -Woodford; 84 - Stratford; 26 - Herriotts) ,1 Black Swan, 87 Mute Swan, 34 Teal, 5 Shelduck ( + 4 ducklings), 45 Gadwall, 78 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 7 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 4 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite (Stanton Wick 7.08 am), 5 G BB Gull, 5 Stock Dove, 20+ Wood Pigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 4 Jay, 20+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin (most in villages), 3 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, lots Reed Warbler, 4 Goldcrest, 6 Starling, 4 Song Thrush, 15 House Sparrow (Blue Bowl), 11 Pied Wagtail, 3 Goldfinch, 16+ Chaffinch, 5 Reed Bunting
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| 09-07-18 Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, Dam, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
Dam: 1 Redshank, 1 juv Yellow-legged Gull
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| 09-07-18 Redshank, Dam, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
Heron's Green:
3 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper,
Moreton:
Great Crested Grebe here has only 2 chicks now, 1 Water Rail, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Also 1 Fox, 7 Silver-washed Fritillary
Herriott's Pool:
2 Oystercatcher , 5 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 moulting ad male Ruff, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 1 juvenile Mediterranean Gull, 1 juvenile Yellow-legged Gull,1 Kingfisher, c 20 Sand Martin
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| 09-07-18 Swifts after sunset above Twerton, Bath (Robert Hargreaves) |
