Friday 10 August 2018

10-08-18 Friday - lots of Rain

Temp 13 to 20℃. More rain, 9 mm so far, followed by some good sunny periods

Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Sanderling
Yellow-legged Gull
Hobby
Yellow Wagtail
Swift


10-8-18 Ringed Plover at Herons Green (Raoul Chandrasekera)
BRISTOL

St George:
1 Kingfisher on the Avon.
Kingfisher 10th Aug 2018 St George - R Avon (Lee Gardiner)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severn Beach:
Sanderling and mixed flock of  90 Ringed Plover with 140 Dunlin.

New Passage/Northwich Warth
8 Teal, 12 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, Lapwing - inc leucistic individual, 130c Black-tailed Godwit, some Ringed Plover, 1 Knot, 1 Ruff (j), 20 Dunlin,  5 Common Sandpiper, 130 Redshank, 2 Swift, 3 Raven, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, and a Garden Warbler.

Black-tailed Godwit flock 10th Aug 2018 NP-NW (John Martin)
John invited perkin to do a recount.
NORTH SOMERSET
no reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Twerton:
6 Long-tailed Tit after a long absence.

RESERVOIRS
10-8-18 Marsh Harrier at Stratford (Raoul Chandrasekera)
Blagdon Lake:
1 Mandarin Duck (m), 1 Little Ringed Plover (j), 5 Ringed Plover, 18 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 10 Great Black-backed Gull, 

Chew Valley Lake, mostly Herriotts:
1 juv Marsh Harrier, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 20 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover (Herons Green), 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Dunlin (10 at HG), 13 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 7 (3 juv 4ad) Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 12 Sand Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail


10-8-18 Dunlin at Herons Green (Raoul Chandrasekera)
Out of Avon - click one of the linksSteart Marshes 9th August by Bob Brewer

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Raoul Chandrasakera, Anne Crowe, Lee Gardiner, John Martin, 
blagdonlakebirds severnsidebirds