Short video from the Gwent Birding website: HERE.
Presumably it is the same bird that was seen in Belgium recently.
Lammergeier like mountainous/hilly country and in view of its incredible rarity status, we've organised a specially co-ordinated Lammergeier watch around Avon to be carried out as soon as possible by the local birding groups:-
Group
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Watch-point
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Oldbury birders
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Almondsbury Tump
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TBOSG birders
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Two Mile Hill
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Severnside birders
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Blackhorse Hill
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Clevedon birders
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Wain’s Hill
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W-s-M/Sand Pt birders
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Worlebury Hill
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Planet Chew birders
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Burledge Hill
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Mrs Trellis
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Barton Hill
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Date and time of your choosing. Thanks everyone.
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Bishopsworth (Bristol):
Manor Rd Woods: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch.
St Phillips (Bristol):
Feeder Rd: 6 Sand Martin.
Marshfield:
Shire Valley: 2 Tufted Duck, local rarity apparently.
Inglestone Common:
1 Garden Warbler.
New Passage-Northwick:
1 Pintail, 1 drake Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 80 Ringed Plover, 8 Knot, 4 Sanderling, 1 Curlew Sandpiper again, 300 Dunlin.
Portbury Wharf:
10 Mute Swan, 3 Canada Goose, 1 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Cetti's Warbler.
Clevedon coast:
Ladye Bay: 15 Black Tern up, 20 Common Tern.
Blackstone-Dowlais: 2 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing, 9 Dunlin, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 12 Whimbrel, 2 Redshank, 1 Cuckoo, 4 Swallow, 1 Pied Wagtail.
Sand Pt:
2 Sanderling, 1 Knot, 10 Dunlin, 5 Whimbrel, 1 Turnstone, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Tree Pipit, 1 Siskin, 4 Redpoll, 4 Bullfinch, 1 Yellowhammer.
Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Whitethroat very numerous.
W-s-M:
Anchor Head: 7 Gannet, 2 Black Tern, 5 Arctic Tern (Dave Gibbs).
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| 15/5/16 Gannet (Dave Gibbs) |
Barrow Tanks:
No.2 Tank: 1 Greenshank.Bath:
Weston: 1 flyover Red Kite to south-east 11.20am (Derek Angell).
Planet Chew:
Osprey: 1 flyover 11.20am (Mike Jenkins).
Spotted Redshank: 1 briefly at Herriott's Pool early this morning, our first of the Spring (Mike Jenkins).
Other stuff, 2 Barnacle Goose, 23 Shelduck, 1 drake Wigeon, 8 Gadwall. 2 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 22 Buzzard (inc 18 at HG Bay), 2 Kestrel, 3 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Cuckoo, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5+ Cetti's Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat.
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| Race Equality in Nature Conference at Bristol Zoo, 3 June 2016 organised by Mya-Rose Craig, BirdgirlUK, details: HERE |
Reports: Derek Angell, Des Bowring, Teresa Chard, Sean Davies, Dave Gibbs, Adrian Hockey, Nick Hudson, Mike Jenkins, Harvey Rose, Howard Taffs, Mrs Trellis, Keith Vinicombe, Jason Williams, TBOSG.
