Osprey flyover
Garganey at Dowlais
acro warblers still arriving
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| Peregrine over the Gorge (Adam Rawson) |
Stockwood:
Barn Owl on the hunt in the usual fields
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
3 Swallow, 12 Sand Martin, 2 Reed Warbler.
Aust Warth:
1 Short-eared Owl.
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| Osprey over Northwick Warth today (Paul Bowerman) |
1 Osprey (flew over at 11:25),
4 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Canada Goose, 12 Gadwall, 20 Teal, 30+ Shoveler, 2 Pintail, 9 Tufted Duck, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kestrel, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Lapwing, 2 Black-headed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Little Owl, 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 White Wagtail, 30 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 1 House Martin.
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| female Redstart at Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman) |
Severn Beach:
2 Swallow, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Wheatear, 1 f. Redstart (in railway scrub). 1 Redpoll.
Orchard Pools:
2 Cetti’s Warbler. 1 Reed Warbler. 1 Lesser Whitethroat.
Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Swallow, 7 Wheatear, 2 Redstart, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Linnet, 1 m. Reed Bunting.
NORTH SOMERSET:
Portbury Wharf:
1 Sedge Warbler singing.
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| Rock Pipit in Portishead (Dave Horlick) |
1 Rock Pipit, 1 f. Wheatear.
Clevedon-Yeo:
135 Shelduck, 10 Wigeon (Kenn), 100 Teal, 1 Garganey (Dowlais), 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 23 Oystercatcher, 4 Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 1 Common Snipe, 25 Curlew, 250 Redshank, 9 Turnstone, 5 Swallow, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 5 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Wheatear, 30 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 45 Linnet.
Congresbury (Strawberry Line);
4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler.
Uphill:
WeBS count: 4 Little Egret, 25 Mute Swan, 64 Shelduck, 8 Mallard, 2 Teal, 33 Oystercatcher, 3 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 140 Redshank, 22 LBB Gull, 66 Herring Gull, 25 Swallows counted in 5 mins, all heading north, 2+Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting.
RESERVOIRS:
Blagdon Lake:
155 Tufted Duck, 205 Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Swallow and 200 Sand Martin, 1+ House Martin, 64 Rook nests.
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| The Scaup flock still hanging on at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
Chew Valley Lake:
9 Cattle Egret and 4 Little Egret roosting, 5 pairs Teal, 10 Scaup, 3 Goldeneye, 1 m. Little Ringed Plover, 9 Common Sandpiper (8 summer plumaged migrants plus one of the wintering birds still present), 450 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 singing Reed Warbler.
Woodford:
Egyptian Goose with 2 chicks.
Heron's Green:
2 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff.
Moreton:
2 Buzzard, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay.
Stratford:
2 Shelduck, 5 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Raven.
Herriotts End:
8 Shelduck, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff.
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| Just a really nice photo of a Chiffchaff (Rod Holbrook) |
