16-07-18 Monday - Mandarin Duck

Temp 18 to 26℃. Just a little cooler today, a nice breeze at the lake, some rain in the afternoon

Mandarin Duck
Great White Egret
Red Kite
Whimbrel, Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank
Mediterranean, Common and Yellow-legged Gull
Sandwich Tern
Hobby
Redstart

16-7-18 Dipper, ad and juv, Snuff Mills (Allan Chard)

BRISTOL

Snuff Mills:
1 + 1 juv Dipper

Whitchurch towards Hursley Hill, 11.30:
1 Red Kite

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

16-7-18 Wood Sandpiper, Pilning Wetland (Paul Bowerman)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
30 Shelduck, 2 Red Kite, 16 Oystercatcher, 15 Lapwing, 1 Whimbrel, 5 Curlew, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 40 Redshank, 1 Wood Sandpiper (DR), 300 BH Gull, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 1 dark mantle fuscus or intermedius LBB Gull, 60 flock of Linnet (100+ about)

16-7-18 Redstart on Sodbury Common (Karle Burford)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo WeBS:
4 Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan 30 Shelduck ~ mostly juvs, 60 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 12 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 6 +6 juv Coot, 6 Oystercatcher, 12 Lapwing, 2 Whimbrel, 85 Curlew, 45 Dunlin, 1 ad Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Ruff, 3 Common Sandpiper, 125 Redshank, 600 BH Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 10 LBB Gull, 4 Raven, 15 Swallow ~ moving SW, 3 Reed Warbler 'singing', 20 Pied Wagtail, 30+ Linnet

Sand Point:
1 Whimbrel, 95 Curlew, 2 Mediterranean Gull still

Bleadon:
2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret (first for  awhile), 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marksbury:
100 Starling

RESERVOIRS

16-7-18 Mandarin, Blagdon Lake (Rob Hargreaves)

Blagdon Lake WeBS:
136 Canada Goose, 67 Mute Swan, 1 Mandarin Duck, 1 Gadwall, 367 Mallard, 13 Pochard, 264 Tufted Duck, 13 Little Grebe, 27 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 12 Cormorant, 4 Buzzard, 22 Moorhen, 825 Coot, 58 Lapwing, 2 m Ruff, 8 Common Sandpiper, 25 BH Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Sedge Warbler, 11 flock Grey Wagtail

16-7-18 Red Kite, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
236 Canada Goose, 1 Black Swan, 56 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Shelduck + 4 Duckling, new Tufted Duck brood at HP, 4 Little Grebe, 160+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 7 (3juv) Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 15 Lapwing, 3 m Ruff, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 7 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 27 juv BH Gull, 1 juv Mediterranean Gull, 1 ad Common Gull, 8 GBB Gull

16-7-18 Yellow-legged Gull, Herons Green (Brian Thompson)

4 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Sandwich Tern, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 Raven, 12 Swallow, 14 House Martin, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, Reed Warblers, 1 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 16 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 24 Pied Wagtail, 6 Chaffinch, 5 Reed Bunting

16-7-18 Buzzard at Villice (Bob Brewer)

Out of Avon:
White Stork over Uley Bury and Uley Village, nr Dursley, about midday. Anybody have further info?

Reports: Chris Bolton, Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Bob Brewer, Karle Burford, Allan Chard, Robert Hargreaves, Bill Hewitt, Nigel Milbourne, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, Geoffrey Suter, Brian Thompson