7th July '17 Friday - Great White Egret

Another hot day, clouding over at end and getting cooler

Great White Egret, Red Kite, Little Ringed Plover, Mediterranean Gull, Marsh Tit

7-7-17 Great White Egrets back at CVL (Wildwood Photography)

BRISTOL

Cumberland Basin, New Cut entrance, 21.00:
6 Black-Headed Gulls in summer plumage, on the tidal mud shortly after high water

Warmley Forest Park:
2 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 8 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch, 6 Bullfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Yellow Wagtail

Yate, Kingsgate Park:
Little Egret, Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Blackcap

NORTH SOMERSET

Sea Mills:
Avon west of station: 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 7 Lapwing, 1 Chiffchaff.
Station building: 17 House Martin nests that appeared to be current + equivalent numbers of birds

Backwell, Uncombe Close:
1 juv Marsh Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 13 species today

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath Twerton, 21.20:
3 Swifts screaming over house

Compton Dando, Bickfield Farm:

5 active House Martin nests

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Common Sandpiper, 8 (6 juv) Grey Wagtail

Litton Reservoir:
6 Tufted Duck + 1 brood, 2 Little Egret, 5 Little Grebe + 1 juv, 1 GC Grebe + 3 juvs, 27+ Pied Wagtail, 11+ Grey Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake:

7-7-17 Redshank at the Dam (Wildwood Photography)

Dam:
1 Redshank

Herriott's Bridge:
2 yellow billed Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite at 14.10, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 juv Mediterranean Gull, 6 Raven

Reports: Derek Angell, Dru Brooke Taylor, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, Peter Hazelwood, Robin and Sue Lambert, Chris Perry, Lois Pryce, George Stacey, Mrs Trellis, Jean Tye, @BirdingSGlos, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds