Oldbury Power Station:
2 Little Egret, 3 Wigeon, 1 f Tufted Duck, 1 Peregrine, 1 Curlew
Sandpiper, 3 Little Stint, 6 Sanderling, 2 Black-tailed
Godwit, 340 Dunlin, 36 Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 50 Turnstone, 30+ House Martin.
3 Wheatear.
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| Elusive Pectoral Sandpiper (you're not kidding!) (Brian Lancastle) |
1 Pintail, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier (1st yr), juv Pectoral Sandpiper, 90 Knot, 6 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 3 juv Little Stint, 1 Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 juv Greenshank, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 250+ Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 (winter) Mediterranean Gull, 1 (1W) Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Black Tern. 1 White Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wheatear.
Lansdown, Bath:
2 Hobby chasing Swallows, 2 Whinchat, family of Marsh Tit.
105 Canada Goose, 20 Teal, 7 Common Sandpiper.
Blagdon Lake:
1 Great White Egret, 5 Ringed Plover (Top End), 2 Common Sandpiper (dam).
Chew Valley Lake:
2 Sandwich Tern (all day), and a record movement of 31 Turnstone (between 11 a.m.and 11.35 to the south-west in 3 groups of 15,4 and 12). 9 Wigeon, 1 Pintail, 2 female Goldeneye, 2 Little Egrets, 2 ad Hobbies with two juvs, 1 juv Ringed Plover, 4 Green Sandpipers, 2 Kingfishers, 1 Wheatear, 1000+ Gulls (mostly mid lake but 400+ at Herriotts)
Dam:
3 Egyptian Goose, 16 Cormorant (flying in from North), 26 Pied Wagtail, 3 Chaffinch
Villice:
15 Little Grebe, 3 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby. 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Heron's Green:
1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Sandwich Tern, 16 Starling (to roost), 1 Whinchat, c.100 Swallow (roosting), Stratford:
6 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Tawny Owl
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| Common Sandpiper (George Stacey) |
1 Great White Egret, 5 Ringed Plover (Top End), 2 Common Sandpiper (dam).
Chew Valley Lake:
2 Sandwich Tern (all day), and a record movement of 31 Turnstone (between 11 a.m.and 11.35 to the south-west in 3 groups of 15,4 and 12). 9 Wigeon, 1 Pintail, 2 female Goldeneye, 2 Little Egrets, 2 ad Hobbies with two juvs, 1 juv Ringed Plover, 4 Green Sandpipers, 2 Kingfishers, 1 Wheatear, 1000+ Gulls (mostly mid lake but 400+ at Herriotts)
Dam:
3 Egyptian Goose, 16 Cormorant (flying in from North), 26 Pied Wagtail, 3 Chaffinch
Villice:
15 Little Grebe, 3 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby. 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Heron's Green:
1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Sandwich Tern, 16 Starling (to roost), 1 Whinchat, c.100 Swallow (roosting), Stratford:
6 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Tawny Owl
Reports: Derek Angell, Paul Bowerman, Mark Dadds, Andy Davis,
Robert Hargreaves, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, Andy Middleton, Rich
Mielcarek, George Stacey, Chris Stone, Keith Vinicombe, opsbirding,
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