Mostly nice but a few showers, heavy at times.
Oystercatcher, Turnstone, Mediterranean and Yellow-legged Gulls at Chew
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| Mistle Thrush - bulkier than Song Thrush (Bob Brewer) |
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| And has that grey face... Mistle Thrush at Chew (Bob Brewer) |
Stockwood Open Space:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Whitethroat, 8 Blackcap, 10 Goldfinch.
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| Sparrowhawk in a Stockwood garden (Mike Landen) |
Oldbury Power Station:
12 Tufted Duck (2 ad, 10 well-grown juv), 1 Peregrine, 3 Curlew, 7 Black-tailed Godwit (flying down channel), 3 Common Sandpiper, 12 Dunlin (Shepperdine, flying down channel), 15 Turnstone, 60+ House Sparrow (at Yacht Club).
Littleton Brick Pits (ringing station)
Good day with 105 birds caught - nice fall of warblers, 16 Willow Warblers and 14 Chiffchaff.
4 Common Sandpiper.
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Little Egret, 5 Little Grebe, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 25 Turnstone (200 reported), 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 50 Redshank, Swifts in transit.
Hawkesbury:
1 Redstart, 50 House Martin.
Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, c.30 Goldfinch (feeding on thistles), 1 Bullfinch.
Warmley:
1 Swift, 2 Raven.
NORTH SOMERSET:
Kenn Moor:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Reed Warbler, 9 Mistle Thrush, 2 Raven, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting.
Bristol Airport:
c.50 Swift (possibly moving ahead of a storm).
BELOW M4 & BANES
Newton St Loe:
1 Little Egret, 4 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove, 9 Swift, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kingfisher, 50+ Barn Swallow, 25+ House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Jay.
Paulton:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Reed Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff.
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Little Egret, 5 Little Grebe, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 25 Turnstone (200 reported), 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 50 Redshank, Swifts in transit.
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| Whinchat at Chipping Sodbury Common (Keith Williams) |
1 Redstart, 50 House Martin.
Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, c.30 Goldfinch (feeding on thistles), 1 Bullfinch.
Warmley:
1 Swift, 2 Raven.
NORTH SOMERSET:
Kenn Moor:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Reed Warbler, 9 Mistle Thrush, 2 Raven, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting.
Bristol Airport:
c.50 Swift (possibly moving ahead of a storm).
BELOW M4 & BANES
Newton St Loe:
1 Little Egret, 4 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove, 9 Swift, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kingfisher, 50+ Barn Swallow, 25+ House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Jay.
Paulton:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Reed Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff.
(Sewage Treatment Works) 1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Grey Wagtail, 40 House Martin.
RESERVOIRS:
Chew Valley Lake:
40+ Swift, 80+ Sand Martin, 40+ House Martin, 30+ Swallow (most in the villages).
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| An aberrant Coot in the Chew flock (Ian Stapp) |
40+ Swift, 80+ Sand Martin, 40+ House Martin, 30+ Swallow (most in the villages).
Woodford:
24 Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Oystercatcher (on the fish pen).
Heron's Green:
134 Canada Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 adult Turnstone on the dam wall, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 10 House Martin, 5 House Sparrow.
Moreton:
208 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 7 Jay (family group), 7 G BB Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, lots Reed Warbler. Marsh Harrier seen from here too.
Herriott's End:
1 Shelduck, 1 Garganey in eclipse plumage, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 1 Water Rail (channel), 1 Black-tailed Godwit (pond), 1 juv Mediterranean Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher (channel), 1 Grey Wagtail.
An aberrant black-and-white Coot (with the black ones).
Reports: Bob Brewer, Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, Andy Middleton, Vic Polley, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Keith Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds
24 Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Oystercatcher (on the fish pen).
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| Common Sandpipers at Herons Green (Ian Stapp) |
134 Canada Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 adult Turnstone on the dam wall, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 10 House Martin, 5 House Sparrow.
Moreton:
208 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 7 Jay (family group), 7 G BB Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, lots Reed Warbler. Marsh Harrier seen from here too.
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| juv Mediterranean Gull at Herriotts Pool (David Hughes) |
1 Shelduck, 1 Garganey in eclipse plumage, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 1 Water Rail (channel), 1 Black-tailed Godwit (pond), 1 juv Mediterranean Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher (channel), 1 Grey Wagtail.
An aberrant black-and-white Coot (with the black ones).
Reports: Bob Brewer, Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, Andy Middleton, Vic Polley, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Keith Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds
