Friday, 5 August 2016

Sightings 5/8/16

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Dry and warm but rather grey in the morning. Sunny and more windy in the afternoon.

5/8/16 juv Shelduck (Mrs Trellis)
Braving the Avon waters for Mrs Trellis
Blaize Castle, Bristol:
Hazel Brook below Stratford Mill:

1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail

Leigh Woods:
North Road:
1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch

Stoke Park:
Duchess Pond:
1 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen and 2 chicks, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 House Martin.

Oldbury Power Station:
32 Canada Goose, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 6 Oystercatcher,
5 Dunlin, 1 Whimbrel, 4 Curlew, 3 Common Sandpiper, 12 Turnstone, 45 Goldfinch, 2 Chiffchaff,
6 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler, 4 Starling, 15 Linnet

Oldbury Coast:
Yacht Club end:
23 Canada Goose, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 3 Oystercatcher, 230 BH Gull, 35+ Starling

Portbury:

1 Ringed Plover

5/8/16 Ringed Plover (Mrs Trellis)
Portbury
Chipping Sodbury:Sodbury Common:
2 Redstart

Little Stoke/Bradley Stoke:
9 Swift

Stockwood:
2 (flyover) Raven

Clevedon:
3 Turnstone (1 in full breeding plumage)

Sand Pt-Bay:
8 Ringed Plover, 70 Dunlin, 15 Oystercatcher, 1 Whimbrel, 40+ Curlew, 300+ BHG, 2 Med Gull,
10 Chiffchaffs, 3 Whitethroats, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 (newly-fledged) Stonechat with adults, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Crossbill

Newbridge Bath:
2 Sparrowhawk, 17 Swift

Bristol Water has put combination locks on some of the gates to its reservoirs - beware

Litton Reservoir:
2 Tufted Duck and their ducklings, 4 Cormorants, 1 Great Crested Grebe and chicks,
4 Little Grebe with 1 chick, 2 Moorhen, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 5 Grey Wagtail

5/8/16 Great Crested Grebe and chicks (Jessica Killey)
Littleton Reservoir
Barrow Tanks:
 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven

Planet Chew:
Herriots:  1 Shelduck, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Swift
Heron's Green: 1 White Buzzard, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, 
12 House Sparrow, 10 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 45+ mixed Swallows and Martins
Dam: 3 Egyptian Goose
24/7/16 juv Yellow-legged Gull (G Sapsed)
Same one at Herriots Bridge, CVL 
today?
Ring No 01255
Reports from: Adrian Adams, Paul Bowyer, Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, William Earp, Lee Gardner, Andy Gibb, Paul Gregory, Jessica Killey, Andy Middleton, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Mrs Trellis