19th July '17 Wednesday - Temminck's

Heavy rain overnight - overcast and muggy today

Temminck's Stint,  Mediterranean Gull on Severnside
Garganey at Chew Valley Lake
Redstart and Whinchat at Chipping Sodbury Common 


BRISTOL
Clifton: 
30+ Swift in single party
Pill:

Sparrowhawk causing havoc over Pill allotments (Paul Milo)

Snuff Mills:
Family of Grey Wagtail-  2adults + 2juveniles

Grey Wagtail feeding juvenile at Snuff Mills (Nigel Tucker)

Eastville Park:

Juvenile Kingfisher (Allan Chard)

1 adult, 1 juvenile Kingfisher


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage:

1st year Mediterranean Gull 
Pilning Wetland:

Temminck's Stint at Pilning Wetland (John Martin)

Adult Temminck's Stint (found by County Recorder John Martin, subsequently reported by several observers) on Butts Pool - forced down by the thunderstorm maybe. Only third record for this site.
Also 2 Little Egret, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 25 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail.
Aust Warth:
Shelduck brood (12), 4 Redshank, 8 Swift,3 Sand Martin , 62 Starling, 30 Meadow Pipit

Littleton Warth: 

Juvenile Wheatear - Littleton Warth (Steve Hale)

Shelduck brood (13), 170 Black -headed  Gull, 8 Swallow, 1 juvenile Wheatear (first of the autumn here), 40 Linnet.


Yate:
Kingsgate Park: 2 Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Nuthatch (first for the patch this year)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
4 Whitethroat,  2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whinchat, 5 Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET:
Dundry:
Juvenile Nuthatches on feeders (first confirmed breeding in Dundry)
Clevedon:
1Little Egret + 3 Peregrine at Poet's Walk

2 Peregrines interacting over Poets' Walk, Clevedon (Chris James)

Another, closer shot of a Peregrine - Poets' Walk, Clevedon (Chris James)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bishop Sutton:

Buzzard at Bishop Sutton (Bob Brewer)

RESERVOIRS:

Berrow Tanks
1 Common Tern, I juvenile Wheatear before rain stopped play on the WeBS count.


Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
46 Canada Goose, 4 Goldfinch  (car park)
Woodford:
4 Greater Black-backed Gull, 20+ Swallow
Heron's Green:
78 Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Little Egret
Moreton:
1 Kestrel, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern (on buoys or flying up and down the lake),1 Tawny Owl (calling in wood by hide),1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler.

Green Sandpiper at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts End:
1 Little Egret,1 Garganey, 2 Common Tern, 12+ Swift, 1 Kingfisher , 30+ Sand Martin, 50+ House Martin, 20+ Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler.

Garganey at Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, Mark Coller, Michael Davies, Sean Davies, Steve Hale, Chris James, John Martin, Dave Nevitt, Paul Milo, Ian Stapp, Nigel Tucker, blagdonlakebirds,  CVRS, nslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds