Wednesday 5 July 2017

5th July '17 Wednesday - Whinchat

Warm upgraded to scorchio

Whinchat and Redstart at Chipping Sodbury
Goldeneye bred at Chew

BRISTOL

New Cut/Lock:
20 LBB Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Moorhen, 1 Greenfinch (calling)

Henbury:
2 Rooks on Crow Lane (really!)

Bristlington:
Peregrine hunting over the garden for the second day, and 150 + gulls 'anting'

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Whinchat, 3 Redstart, Yellow wagtail, lots of Whitethroat & Lesser Whitethroat

NORTH SOMERSET:

Sand Bay:
Male Peregrine in unsuccessful hunt on Collared Dove, couple of Skylark in song


BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports


RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:

Herriotts
1 Goldeneye F with Duckling, 2 Little Egret, 1 Lapwing, 12 + Swallows, 2 Sand Martin
17 House Martin, 1 Cetti's, 4 Pied Wagtail

Heron's Green
18 Pied Wagtail (wall), 7 House Sparrows (wall), 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 72 Canada Goose
2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Crow (with lots of white wing feathers)
2 Little Grebe

Woodford
1 G S Woodpecker, 5 Song Thrush (3 Juv), 2 G BB Gull, 6 Swallows, 11 Pied Wagtail

Moreton
2 Blackcap, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay, 2 Buzzard, 2 G S Woodpecker
4 Reed Warbler (reeds in front hide young birds), 49 Great-crested Grebe
1 Tern SP (too far out to ID without a telescope) may be the Little Tern? 97 Canada Goose (on lake)

2 Buzzard over Bishop Sutton & 2 Collared Dove on the road in village.

1 White Buzzard on power pole Stanton Wick

Goldeneye (Herriots), Crow with white wing feathers (Heron's Green), Reed Warbler (Moreton) ( Ian Stapp)


Reports: Mark Coller,  Rob Purveur, Ian Stapp, Lois Price, Alastair Fraser, Paul Francis, Chris Stone,  blagdonlakebirds,  CVRSnslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds