Friday 12 August 2016

Sightings 12/8/16 - Yellow-legged Gull

juv Yellow-legged Gull at both Heron's Green and Weston-Super-Mare
3 adult Yellow-legged Gull Herriott's Pool
Ruff and Garganey yesterday

11/8/16 juv Yellow-legged Gull (Lee Gardiner)
Awful, distant views of Swiss bird at CVL, no ring 
Shepperdine:

NewPassage/Northwick:
Pilning Wetlands pm: 2 Mute Swan + 5 cygnets, 80 Canada Geese, Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Egret, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 3 Lapwing, 25 Dunlin, 1 Ruff, Redshank, 380+ BH Gulls, 50 mixed Swallows & House Martin, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 120 Linnet, 15 Goldfinch.
11/8/16: 90 Canada Geese, 12 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 3 Little Egrets, 3 Grey Herons, 10 Little Grebes,
35 Lapwing, 140 Dunlin, 1 Ruff (different bird to 2 days ago), 1 Snipe, 1 Greenshank, 4 Turnstone, Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Swift, 7 Yellow Wagtails,

Royal Portbury Dock:
90 Ringed Plover, 1 Mediterranean Gull (2nd summer)

Weston Super Mare:
1 juv Yellow-legged Gull (Princess Royal Square at 4:30pm)

12/8/16 Long-tailed Tit (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
Shire Valley: 4 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Nuthatch,1 Green.Woodpecker,
6 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, Long-tailed Tit
Siston Lane: Dead adult Tawny Owl
Drifton Hill: Ed Drewitt reported a Harrier spp, pos Hen, prob Marsh
Bath, Twerton:
2 Tawny Owl having a hoot 10pm

Blagdon Lake:
11/8/16:  1 Garganey (Wookey Point) , 1 Little Egret (Wood Bay), 5 Common Sandpiper (Long Bay, Home Bay and dam), 2 Green Sandpipers (Bell's Bush, Top End hide),

Planet Chew:
Heron's Green:
1 juv Yellow-legged Gull
Herriott's Pool:
2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 adult Yellow-legged Gull
Chew Valley Ringing:
35 new birds ringed this morning including Kingfisher, Willow Warbler and Lesser Whitethroat.

11/8/16 Yellow-legged Gull (lee Gardiner)
Ring was underneath
Report: Paul Bowerman, Peter Coslett, Anne Crowe, Sean Davies, Rob Emery, Lee Gardiner, Mark Hynam, Lois Pryce, Chris Stone, Blagdon Birds, CVL Ringing, Opsbirding, Severnside Birds