Thursday, 21 July 2016

Sightings 21/7/16

21/6/16 Tufted Duck at Litton Res (Mrs Trellis)
Otter: 2 Otter seen at a (new) undisclosed site in north Somerset this evening. Info passed on to Otter Gill who is thrilled to bits. We birders are a rich source of all her Otter records apparently....so please send in all sightings. Thanks everyone.

Avon Birds: Wow!!...we had 1,400 page-views yesterday, one of our best days ever.
Unfortunately, 1,370 of these were due to Mrs Trellis logging back in to the site to correct typos and mistakes in her earlier posts. Bummer.

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Whimbrel, 1 Mediterranean Gull.

New Passage-Northwick:
Mostly wetland again, 38 Canada Goose, 5 Teal, 5 Little Egret, 35 Oystercatcher, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 40 Lapwing, 1 Little Stint, 55 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 20+ Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Whimbrel, 20 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 75 Redshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail.
21/7/16 Mediterranean Gull (John Martin)
Severn Beach:
Tesco Pool: 1 Stonechat.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane end: 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 3 Goldfinch.

Portbury Dock:
32 Shelduck young, 130 BH Gull.

Portbury Wharf:
1 female Wigeon, 1 Tufted Duck brood, 1 Little Grebe brood, 5 Redpoll.

Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 18 Canada Goose, 25 Shelduck + 33 young, 50 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck brood, 14 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 29 Oystercatcher, 18 Dunlin, 4 Whimbrel, 160 Curlew, 7 Common Sandpiper, 140 Redshank, 300 BH Gull, 60 LBB Gull, 25 Herring Gull, 2 Swallow, 1 Reed Warbler, 20 Linnet.

Blagdon Lake:
43 Mute Swan, 200+ Canada Goose, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Grey Wagtail.
Bickfield Farm: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, 1 Swallow, 3 House Martin nests active, 30 Starling, 40+ House Sparrow.

Litton Res:
7 Mallard, 27 Tufted Duck (22 young), 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe (+ 2 young), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
21/7/16 Little Grebe on nest (Mrs Trellis)
Planet Chew:
Heron's Green: 1 ringed juv Yellow-legged Gull. Bird ringed at Sempach, Switzerland (Andy Davis).
Other stuff, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Dunlin, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Redshank, 7 Common Sandpiper.


Reports: Sean Davies, Andy Davis, Ian Hayes, John Martin, Harvey Rose, Vic Savery, Chris Stone, Mrs Trellis, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.