08-08-18 Wednesday - Sanderling

Temp 14 to 18℃. Rain at last, 1.8mm so far, but cool and a lot of cloud

Great White Egret
Red Kite, Marsh Harrier
Sanderling
Yellow-legged Gull
Hobby
Pied Flycatcher
Redstart

8-8-18 Sanderling, Dam (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Cumberland Basin, Rownham Mead:
Welcome back to 3 Sparrows after years

Finzels Reach, 11.30-14.30:
1 Peregrine

Avonmouth, Kings Weston Lane, Access 18 - ponds:
2 Mute Swans, 2 Mallard, 1 Coot

Coombe Dingle/Blaise
1 Tawny Owl - this evening

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine:
50 Ringed Plover, 1 Sanderling, 20 Dunlin

8-8-18 Redstart in the Glen, NP (Aravind Ramesh)

New Passage:
199 Canada Geese, 72 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 2 Common Sandpiper, 149 Redshank, Raven, 60 Hirundine, 2 j Willow Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 1w m Redstart

Hawkesbury Upton, Upton Warren:
1 Red Kite

Chipping Sodbury Common:
30 Swallow, 10 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 7 Redstart, 2 Hare and a Roe Deer

8-8-18 Barn Owl (Mark Coller)
Found by Mark and returned to nest by @Hawkandowluk

NORTH SOMERSET

8-8-18 Pied Flycatcher in Clevedon (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon garden, 17.10:
1 Pied Flycatcher passing through in afternoon

BELOW M4 & BANES

7-8-18 Hen Harrier at Rushmead Lane (Martin Smith)

Marshfield, 7th:
1 juv Hen Harrier down Rushmead Lane

Bath:
1 Peregrine

RESERVOIRS

8-8-18 Marsh Harrier Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake, mostly Herriotts:
200 Canada Geese, 65 Mute Swan, 1 Shelduck, 2 Little Grebe (Herons Green), 87 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier (Moreton), 6 Buzzard, 19 Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Sanderling (Dam), 3 Dunlin,

8-8-18 Common Sandpiper at Dam (George Stacey)

3 Common Sandpiper (2 HG, 1 D), 10 Green Sandpiper, 31 juv BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 5 (4 juv 1ad) Yellow-legged Gull, 11 GBB Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 10 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 ad +1juv Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 3 Jay, 4 Raven (M), 100 Hirundines, 14 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 10 Reed Warbler (M), 3 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 19 Pied Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch (M)

8-8-18 Black-tailed Godwit at Herriotts (George Stacey)

Reports: Derek Angell, Mark Coller, Alastair Fraser, Richard Giles, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Vic Polley, Aravind Ramesh, Martin Smith, George Stacey, Ruth Stanton, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs