Saturday 14 July 2018

14-07-18 Saturday - Great White Egret

Temp 15 to 26℃. Cloudy on and off but bright sunshine later. 

Scaup
Great White Egret
Mediterranean Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Red Kite
Tree Pipit

BRISTOL
14-7-18 Peregrine, Avon Gorge (Keith Williams)
Avon Gorge (Peregrine Watch): 
2 Adult Peregrine (plus singles of juveniles), 1 Bullfinch

14-7-18 Peregrine, Avon Gorge (Bob Brewer)

Withywood:
5 Swift, 1 Jay, a "troop" of Long-tailed Tits, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit.

Crew's Hole:
1 House Sparrow (female; first seen there in four years!)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severn Beach: 
15 Oystercatcher, 22 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper. 

14-7-18 Common Sandpiper, Severn Beach (Ken Carruthers)
New Passage
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), c.500 BH Gull, 1 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 35 Black-tailed Godwit, c.45 Dunlin, 3 Raven.

Aust/New Passage/Severn Beach:
1 Ruff, 25 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Common Sandpiper, 3 Mediterranean Gull (inc. 2 juvs), 11 Little Egret(Highlights of WeBS count), 1 Sparrowhawk mobbing 1 Buzzard, 2 Curlew, 2 Kestrel, c.30 Linnet.

Littleton: 
5 Little Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwit (WeBS Count highlights)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Buzzard, 9 Swift, 4 Raven, 6 Swallow, family of Blue Tit, 10 Skylark, family of Long-tailed Tit, 5 Common Whitethroat, 1 Common Redstart (juv), 1 Whinchat, 1 Greenfinch, 10 Linnet, family of Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead Marina:
1 Cormorant
14-7-18 Tree Pipit, Sand Point (Paul Bowyer)
Sand Point and Bay:
78 Curlew, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Tree Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield - Shire Valley: 
2 Red Kite

Twerton:
1 Tawny Owl (calling last night), 1 Greenfinch (wheezing)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:
238 Canada Goose (27 - Dam; 64 - Lake;  68 - Heron's Green; 79 - Herriotts), 3 Shelduck, 34 Great-crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Buzzard, 25 BH Gull (juv), 11 GBB Gull (5 juvs; on the lake, Dam, Heron's Green and Herriott's), 3 Collared Dove, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 5 Raven, 8 Jackdaw, 3 Jay, 15+ Swallow (wires villages), 3 Sand Martin, 30+ House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler (lots), 7 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Song Thrush, 9 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 25 Pied Wagtail (most Juv), 21 Chaffinch, 8 Reed Bunting.

Dam:
2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (juv)

14-7-18 Yellow-legged Gull (Juv), Dam (CVL) (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green:
1 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull (juv), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (4th Summer), 2 Grey Wagtail

14-7-18 Mediterranean Gull (Juv), Heron's Green (CVL) (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
1 Scaup (female), 1 Great-crested Grebe (now with only one chick), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Treecreeper (calling)

Herriott's Bridge & Pond:
2 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 19 Lapwing, 1 Ruff (white one), 7 Green Sandpiper,  1 Greenshank, 1 Redshank, 2 Sandwich Tern (then flew to lake)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Bob Brewer, Karle Burford, Ken Carruthers, John Clark, Peter Coslett, Anne Crowe, Neil Delaney, Lee Gardiner, John Martin, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, Keith Williams