Thursday 4 August 2016

Sightings 4/8/16 - Storm Petrel

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Windy, blustery - no rain

Littleton Warth:

3 juvenile Wheatear

4/8/16 juvenile Wheatear (Vic Savery)
One of 3 sighted at Littleton Warth
New Passage-Northwick:
1 Fulmar, 2 Little Egret, 300 Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 65 Redshank

Severn Beach:
4 Storm Petrel

4/8/16 Storm Petrel (Dan White)
4 at Severn Beach today

Hawkesbury, Broad Hill: 
1 Red Kite (flew off to NW), 2 Redstart

Chipping Sodbury:
1 Peregrine flying through carrying young Magpie chased by adult Magpie (sighted twice)

Stockwood:
15 Goldfinch, 1 Buzzard

Keynsham: (Memorial Park)
1 Kingfisher

Newbridge, Bath:
6 Common Swift flew through south

Burnett:

1 Hobby

Portbury Dock:
3/8/16: 1 juv Ringed Plover

Weston-Super-Mare (sea front):
Yellow-legged Gull

Blagdon Lake:
1 Juvenile Green Woodpecker


4/8/16 Juvenile Green Woodpecker (Bob Brewer)
Near Blagdon

Planet Chew:
Herriots:  16 Teal, 1 Grey Heron, 300 Coot, 200+ BH Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 22 House Martins, 6 Swift, 
Heron's Green: 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper,
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 GBB Gull, 1 juvenile Yellow-legged Gull,  45 Mixed Martins-Swallows,
15 Pied Wagtail, 4 House Sparrows 
Moreton: 4 Swift, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Hobby, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker    
Stratford: 2 Bullfinch
Dam: 250+ Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Little Egret




Reports: Nicholas Beamson, Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, Theresa Chard, Peter Coslett,  Robert Hargreaves, Nick Page, Vic Polley, Rob Purveur, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Chris Vines, Dan White, Severnside Birds