Tuesday 28 June 2016

Sightings 28/6/16

Spoon-billed Sandpiper: A hatching expected at Slimbridge tomorrow, updates: HERE.

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 6 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet.

Marshfield:
Downthorns Farm: 2 Spotted Flycatcher.

New Passage-Northwick:
Wetland stuff, 6 Teal, 5 Tufted Duck + 9 ducklings, 2 Little Egret, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Redshank, 50 BH Gull,

North Somerset;
3 recently fledged Peregrine, at a new site.

Lulsgate Airport:
1 fly-by Hobby this evening.

Compton Dando:
Village & environs stock-check by Ian: 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 4 Collared Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker + young, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 48 Jackdaw, 4 Raven, 24 Swallow, 2 House Martin nests, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Dunnock, 9 Wren, 14 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 40 House Sparrow (2 sites), 2 Grey Wagtail, 20 Chaffinch, 12 Goldfinch, 4 Yellowhammer.
28/6/16 Green Woodpecker (Ian Stapp)

28/6/16 Yellowhammer (Ian Stapp)
Barrow Tanks:
1 juv Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 8 Grey Wagtail.

Blagdon Lake:
45 Mute Swan + 10 cygnets in 3 broods, 21 Pochard, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Redshank, 2 BH Gull, 28 LBB Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Cuckoo.
Bickfield Farm: 3 House Martin nests active, 3 House Sparrow.

Planet Chew:
9 Common Scoter new off the dam this morning (Chris Craig).
Other stuff, 2 Shelduck + young, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Redshank.

Reports: John Barnett, Teresa Chard, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Mrs Trellis, severnsidebirds.