20+ Great White Egret in Avon today
80+ Grey Plover at yacht club was a record Oldbury Power Station count!
1 Firecrest at Aust, 1 Bearded Tit at Chew Valley Lake
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| 8-10-16 Yellow-browed Warbler (Lee Gardiner) Hard to find at Aust Services |
Fishponds:
1 (female) Sparrowhawk
Stockwood Open Spaces:
1 Kestrel (1 year since seen here), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 8 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit,
2 (female) Stonechat, 20+ Goldfinch
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Pintail, 3 Little Egret, 80+ Grey Plover (at yacht club - record OPS count!), 31 Lapwing, 400 Dunlin,
1 Snipe, 3 Raven, 10+ Song Thrush, c30 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, c20 Skylark, 4 Stonechat,
5 Wheatear, 50+ Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 31 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting
Littleton Warth WeBS:
55 Grey Plover, 4 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 40 Knot
Aust/Littleton: very slow visual migration!
1 Kestrel, 12 Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest, 25 Chiffchaff, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 25 Song Thrush,
40 Redwing, 20 Mistle Thrush, 35 Robin, 2 Stonechat, 3 Reed Bunting
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| 8-10-16 Wheatear (David Hughes) Shaft Rocks, Severn Beach |
1 Pintail, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret (no rings), 1 Peregrine, 2 Grey Plover, 50 Lapwing,
80 Knot, 3 juv Little Stint, 30 Dunlin, 1 juv Ruff, 220 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 80 Redshank, 18 Swallow, 11 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Stonechat,
23 Siskin
Severn Beach, Shaft Rocks:
60 Oystercatcher, 20 Ringed Plover, 200 Dunlin, 25 Turnstone, 2 Wheatear
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| 8-10-16 Bullfinch (Higgy) Munching Honeysuckle Berries |
1 (male) Bullfinch. Only seen Bullfinches at one particular time of the year in the garden here when the Honeysuckle berries form. At first I get juvenile BF's on the freshly ripened fruit and then a few weeks later I get the adults just as the fruit is about to go over
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| 8-10-16 Kestrel (Martin Tayler) 1 at Sand Point |
1 Peregrine (with kill), 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear
Newton St Loe:
9 Teal, 4 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 60 BH Gull (high insect catching), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green and 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 6 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush,
27+ Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch
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| 8-10-16 Redwing (Robert Hargreaves) Sendacow car park field, Newton St Loe |
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Redwing, 3 Meadow Pipit
at the sewage works:
2 Grey Wagtail, 16 Pied Wagtail, 11 Meadow Pipit
Stanton Wick Stubble field:
200+ Linnets & mixed Finches on power lines crossing field
Bishop Sutton:
50+ Starlings (on wires)
Barrow Tanks:
3 Common Sandpiper, 1 juv Common Tern
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| 8-10-16 Great White Egret (Ian Stapp) some of the 15 at Top End, Blagdon |
1 Garganey, 15 Little Egret, 15 Great White Egret, 27 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine,
1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, lots of Lapwing & Meadow Pipit,
20+ Goldfinch
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| 8-10-16 Green Sandpiper (Ian Stapp) Moreton hide |
Reed cutting has improved visibility at Moreton and Stratford hides
Heron's Green:
1 Little Egret, 13 Great White Egret, 10 Little Grebe (bay), 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Sandpiper,
10 House Sparrow
Moreton:
2 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Tawny Owl (calling in trees by cottage), 1 Green and 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 20 + Goldcrest & Tits, 1 Cetti's Warbler
Stratford:
1 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 4 Lapwing, 3 Stock Dove (lane to Moreton), 1 Kingfisher,
1 Cetti's Warbler
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| 8-10-16 Yellow-browed Warbler (CVRS) |
8 Goldcrest, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Reed Warbler, 5 Cetti's Warbler
Herriotts End:
4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 6 Common Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 1 (female) Bearded Tit,
1 Cetti's Warbler
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| 8-10-16 Ruff (David Hughes) In case you wondered where their photo had gone |
Yesterday the Spoonbill flock reached 60! The largest flock ever seen in the UK
Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Higgy, Matt Hobbs, David Hughes, John Martin, Trevor Riddle, Gill Sapsed, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Mrs Trellis, Ferran Pujol Vila , blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
