Tuesday 7 August 2018

07-08-18 Tuesday - Red Kite

Cooler and windier but still good for birding...

Mandarin Duck
Great White Egret
Red Kite
Yellow-legged Gull
7-8-18 Redshank, Dam CVL (Bob Brewer)

BRISTOL


No reports. 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Hobby pair with young.

Bradley Brook LNR:
1 f Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Jay, 90 Rook, 2 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 8 Mistle Thrush , 2 Bullfinch.

Wickwar, Lower Woods:
5 Spotted Flycatcher

Northwich Warth/Wetlands
highlights from this pm.
40c Lapwing (inc 1 leucistic bird), 1 Ruff (j), 2 Common Sandpiper, Swift, 1 Sand Martin.

Severn Beach:
No sign of the juvenile Cuckoo.

NORTH SOMERSET

Winford Manor (BOC Walk):
3 Buzzard, 2 Herring Gull, 9 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 15 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 4 Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 12 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 15 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 4 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 10 House Sparrow, 7 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 5 Bullfinch, 14 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer.

Wemberham Lane, Yatton (evening of 06.08.18):
Sparrowhawk, 2 Swift, 250 Swallow, 200 Starling.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marksbury:
4 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite.

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 f Mandarin Duck, 2 (mobile) Little Egrets, Turnstone, Dunlin (juv?),  3+ Common Sandpipers, 3 Green Sandpipers, Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull.
7-8-18 Yellow-legged Gull, Herriot's Pond CVL (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
3 Egyptian Goose (Dam), 1 Shelduck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret (Herriot's), 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 1 Coot (leucistic), 23 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 9 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 1 Redshank (Dam), 8 GBB Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 3 Raven, 16 Jackdaw, 2 Jay, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Swallow, 9 House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 5 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 23 Pied Wagtail (mostly Juv), 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Reed Bunting. 

7-8-18 Redshank, Dam CVL (George Stacey)
7-8-18 Great White Egret, Chew Valley Lake (Robert Hargreaves)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, blagdonlakebirds, Peter Coslett, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Mike Jackson, Brian Lancastle, David Poulton, Trevor Riddle, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp.