11th July '17 Tuesday - Waders

Good weather first thing then very wet later, cool

Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Waders!

11-7-17 Green Sandpipers at Moreton (Bob Brewer)

BRISTOL
Swifts screaming at 06.20

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Common Sandpiper, 3 small waders (one reddish?), 1 ad Common Gull, 300 BH Gull,

Horton:
1 Little Owl, see Little Owl Project

NORTH SOMERSET

11-7-17 Wigeon pair now in moult (Chris Stone)

Portbury Wharf:
2 Wigeon, 1 m Pochard, Tufted brood 3 week old + fully grown, Coot brood 2, 1 Common Sandpiper, 100 Swift, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler

Dolebury Warren (BOC Walk):
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 3 LBB Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 4 Green Woodpecker (3 juv), 1 Kestrel, 5 Magpie, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Swallow, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 3 Wren, 7 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 8 Linnet, 3 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, South Stoke:
2 Raven, 2 Spotted Flycatcher feeding 2 fledged young

Bath, Combe Hay:
1 Red Kite (1st seen here by observer)

Bishop Sutton and Chelwood:
1 Buzzard and 1 white Buzzard

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 juv Little Ringed Plover, 22 Common Sandpiper

Blagdon Lake:
♂ Osprey white 'YA', who visited Blagdon Lake in March 2013, has raised 3 youngsters (a ♂ and 2♀) at Kielder Water this year. They were ringed on 26th June and are not far off fledging.

11-7-17 Little Egret at Moreton (Bob Brewer)

Chew Valley Lake:
24 Teal, Tufted duck brood of 8(rare at CVL), 1 Oystercatcher, 2 ad Common Sandpiper, 30 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler

Dam:
2 Egyptian Geese

Moreton:
1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Jay, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, 1 Mistle Thrush

11-7-17 juv Mediterranean Gull at Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:
166 Canada Geese, 10 Pochard, 5 Buzzard, 1 ad Peregrine, 1 Redshank, 1 2nd yr Yellow-legged Gull, 1 juv Med Gull, 3 Raven, 1 Whitethroat,

Herriott's Bridge:
58 Canada Geese, 17 Teal, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 2 GBB Gull, 25 Swift, 20 Sand Martin, 30 House Martin

11-7-17 Reed Warbler at CVL (Bob Brewer)
Is there enough info on the ring to trace this bird?

Reports: Bob Brewer, Teresa Chard, Sean Davies, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, Vic Polley, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Keith Vinicombe,  blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds