Saturday 16 July 2016

Sightings 16/7/16

Marshfield:
Down Rd: 2 Spotted Flycatcher.

Oldbury Power Station:
1 adult Yellow-legged Gull this morning. Records away from Planet Chew are unusual.

New Passage-Northwick:
6 Teal, 1 Shoveler, 3 Tufted Duck broods, 3 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail, 10 Little Ringed Plover, 15 Lapwing, 24 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 25 Redshank, 2 Swift, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit.

Leigh Woods:
North Rd: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane end: 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 flyover Raven, 4 Goldfinch.
16/7/16 Dunnock brood (Alex Rhodes)
Nailsea:
Wookey Close: 1 Bullfinch pair + youngsters, in the garden.

Saltford:
A4 Copse Rd: 1 Hobby, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Yellowhammer, this morning.

Barrow Tanks:
3 Mute Swan, 120 Tufted Duck, 5 Cormorant, 19 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 7 Common Sandpiper, 3 BH Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 10 Sand Martin, 4 Grey Wagtail, 9 Pied Wagtail.

Blagdon Lake:
Little change, 52 Mute Swan, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 4 Common Sandpiper, 70+ BH Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Grey Wagtail.
16/7/16 Common Sandpiper (Mrs Trellis)
Dam end as usual
Reports: Pete Coslett, Alex Rhodes, Mrs Trellis, Chris Vines, Carolyn Westlake, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.