31st August '17 Thurs - Woodchat Shrike

Lovely weather today, cool breeze about, some rain later

Woodchat Shrike
Quail, Redstart, Whinchat,
Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper,

31-8-17 Woodchat Shrike at Chipping Sodbury Common (Mike Trew)
A lot of people there today

BRISTOL

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

31-8-17 Wheatear on Northwick (Brian Lancastle)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Garganey, 1 juv Little Ringed Plover, 2 juv Knot, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Wheatear, 2+ Yellow Wagtail

31-8-17 Long-tailed Tit at Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)

Severn Beach:
Long-tailed Tit

31-8-17 Redstart & Woodchat Shrike  at CSC (NSL Birding)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Kestrel, 1 juv Woodchat Shrike, 4 Skylark, 2 Redstart, 9 Whinchat
TBOSG Video of Woodchat Shrike

NORTH SOMERSET

Uphill/Wallborough:
4 Stonechat (2m,1f,1j), flock Yellow Wagtails, 1 Meadow Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

31-8-17 Little Owl at Rushmead Lane (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield, Rushmead Lane:
1 Quail heard, 1 Little Owl, 5 Wheatear

Bath, Southdown, 14.00:
3 Swift flying East

31-8-17 juv House Martins in Bishop Sutton (Bob Brewer)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, 30th:

1 Little Egret, 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Snipe

31-8-17 Great White Egret in Stratford Bay from Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
Still 4 Great White Egret & 8 Little Egret, and 4 Hobby

Dam:
3 Common Sandpiper

Hollowbrook:
3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank
Woodford:
7 Little Egret seen, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Hobby, 10 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 30 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush (Rare bird this month)

31-8-17 Hobby at Villice (George Stacey)

Villice:
2 (1 f, 1 j) Hobby

Herons Green:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 30 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 4 House Sparrow, 14 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
2 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Stratford:
1 Hobby, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Wheatear

31-8-17 Lapwing at CVL (Bob Brewer)

Herriott's End:
2 Garganey, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 2 Ruff, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 11 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 2 Raven, 5 Swallow, 30 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler

31-8-17 CVL (Bob Brewer)

Reports: Bob Brewer, Karle Burford, Lee Dutton, Robert Hargreaves, William Hewitt, Rod Holbrook, Brian Lancastle, Andrew Mears, Oli Mockridge, Hazel Newman, Matt Pringle, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Paul Taylor, Mike Trew, Wayne Tucker, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

30th August '17 Wed - Cattle Egret

Wet morning, drier and overcast later with some light showers and odd sunny spell

Woodchat Shrike, Cattle Egret, Nightjar, Osprey, odd Swift still around

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
Grey Heron (on the lake), 2 Grey Wagtails, 1 Kingfisher (on the Frome in Snuff Mills)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick Warth:

Pilning wetland:
3 Mute Swan, 2 Garganay, c. 150 Canada Goose, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard,
5 Little Grebe late brood of 4 juv), c. 25 Coot, c. 10 Lapwing, 4 Ringed Plover,
1 Little Ringed Plover (juv), c. 150 Black-tailed Godwit, 45 Turnstone, 3 Knot,
2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Redshank, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, c. 40 Swallow & House Martin,
10 Wheatear, 20+ Yellow Wagtail, c. 25 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, flock c. 40 Linnet,
8 Goldfinch, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Swift

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Woodchat Shrike (Impaled corpse found by Mark Coller, then bird seen by Dave Poulton)

Evidence of a shrike? (Mark Coller)

And here it is - Woodchat Shrike (Mark Coller)

 9+ Redstart, 6 Whinchat, 4 Wheatear, Kingfisher, Spotted Flycatcher


NORTH SOMERSET:

Weston-super-Mare:

Sidcot:
2 Peregrine (pair, one with prey)

Worle:
1 Swift


BELOW M4 & BANES

Compton Dando:
Nightjar (A39/B3116 junction)

 
RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:

Osprey

Villice:

3 Hobby (with 2 young being fed), Little Egrets, Herons, Lapwing

Hobby at Chew (Bob Brewer)

Lapwing and Little Egret (Bob Brewer)

Heron's Green:
4 Redshank

Moreton:
Cattle Egret

Stratford:
3 Wigeon, 3 Great-white Egret

Herriott's Bridge:
6 Snipe, 3 Little-ringed Plover (juv)




Reports: Andy Davis, Mark Coller, Dave Poulton, Jon Angell,  Lois Price, Bob Brewer, Paul Bowerman, Adrian Hockey, John Martin, Steve Hale, Aravind Ramesh,  blagdonlakebirds,  CVRS, nslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds

29th August '17 Tuesday - Little Gull

Duller day, dry, not too windy, odd spots of rain

Garganey, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Hobby
Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Little Gull
Redstart, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail

BRISTOL

Stockwood Open Space:
50+ House Martin (feeding up over the reserve this evening and 4 Bullfinch.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Sedge Warbler, 1 j/f Redstart, 1 Whinchat

Aust Warth, Cake Pill:
200 Canada Geese and 1 Egyptian Goose flying South, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank

29-8-17 juv Ringed Plover and Dunlin at New Passage (Vera Carpenter)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
200 Canada Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shoveler, 2 juv Garganey, 1 Hobby, 30+ Ringed Plover, 2 Knot, Dunlin, 115+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 juv Greenshank, 15 Sand Martin, 1 Wren, 2 Wheatear, 35 Yellow Wagtail

29-8-17 Wheatear at Severn Beach (Brian Lancastle)

Severn Beach:
2 juv Wheatear

29-8-17 Whinchat at CSC (Lee Dutton)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Whinchat

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Kilkenny Place:
4 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch inc 3 juv

Kenn Moor:

1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 2 Whinchat, 5 Stonechat, 16! Reed Bunting

29 -8-17 juv Green Woodpecker at Bleadon (William Hewitt)

Bleadon Allotments:
1 juv Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Mistle Thrush

Weston-Super-Mare:
1 Swift

BELOW M4 & BANES

29-8-17 Newton St Loe (Suk kam Trippier)

Newton St Loe:
8 Mute Swan (5 juv), 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Green and 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 4 Goldcrest, 50+ Tits inc Blue, Great, Coal, and Long-tailed, 50+ Hirundine, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warbler group, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Wren, 20 Starling, still no Thrushes, 75 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 80 (1 flock 60) Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

4 Little Egrets, 2 (ad & juv) Ringed Plovers, 6 Black-tailed Godwits, 15 (10 ad & 5 juv) GBB Gulls

29-8-17 Swallows in Bishop Sutton (Bob Brewer)

Chew Valley Lake:
4 Great White Egret today & 8 Little Egret, 50+ Swallows & Martins

20+ H Martins & 12+ Swallows in the Villages

Hollowbrook:
2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank

Woodford:
2 Great White Egret, 13 GBB Gull

28-8-17 Hobby at Villice (NSL Birding)

Villice:

3 (1 f, 2 j) Hobby

Herons Green:
1 Buzzard, 22 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Yellow-legged Gull

Moreton:
1 Little Egret, 4 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 1 juv Little Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker,  1 Jay, 1 Raven

29-8-17 juv Little Gull at Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 juv Little Gull

Herriott's End:
1 Garganey, 4 Great White Egret, 1 juv Marsh Harrier 12.45, 4 juv Little Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing, 1 Ruff, 19 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 11 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper flew to Stratford Bay, 2 Snipe, 1 Greenshank, 1 White Sand Martin

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, Vera Carpenter, Mark Coller, John Croxton, Andy Davis, Lee Dutton, Paul Francis, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, William Hewitt, Brian Lancastle, Lisegirl, John Martin, Andy Mears, Nigel Milbourne, Rob P, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

28th August '17 Monday - Kittiwake

Good weather for birding again with lots of people around

Garganey, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Hobby
Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Kittiwake, Little Gull, Black Tern
Garden Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit

28-8-17 Hobby at Villice, CVL (Bob Brewer)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

1 j Peregrine, 1 Dipper, 3 Grey Wagtail

28-8-17 Dipper at Eastville (Rich Scantlebury)

Fishponds:
1 Dipper

Finzels Reach:
1 ad, 1 j Peregrine, with House Sparrows and feral pigeons on the menu

Henleaze, Lake Rd - Badock's Wood:
Tawny Owl calling
Holy Trinity, Stapleton:
1 j Peregrine (one from Finzels?)

Pomphrey Hill:
2 Green Woodpecker

28-8-17 Kingfisher unusual on the Avon (Lee Gardiner)

Sea Mills:
9 Redshank, 10 House Martin

St Annes:
3 juv. Mute Swan, 3 Cormorant, 3 Kingfishers.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

28-8-17 Goldcrest in Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Sparrowhawk, 56 Ringed Plover, 68 Dunlin, 50 Turnstone, 1 Willow Warbler, 10+ Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Lagoons 1 & 2), 2 Wheatear, 1 Tree Pipit

28-8-17 Garganey at NP (John Martin)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 juv Garganey, 1 juv Peregrine, 1 juv Kestrel, 75 Ringed Plover, 2 Knot, 1 Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 juv Greenshank, 1 (1st w) Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 15 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat,  1 m Redstart, 35 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Tree Pipit

28-8-17 Redstart at CSC (Lee Dutton)

28-8-17 Redstart at CSC (Paul Woolams)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Red Kite, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 7 Whitethroat, 9 Redstart, 7 Whinchat

28-8-17 Whinchat at CSC (Peter Coslett)

NORTH SOMERSET

Weston Airfield:
5 Swift

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, Shire Valley:
3 Redstart

28-8-17 Dipper at Willsbridge for 10 secs (Brian Thompson)

Bath, Lansdown Battlefields:
2 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 11 Wheatear

Bath, Southdown, 28th, 08.30:
1 Swift

Bath, Southdown, 27th, 10.30:
1 Little Egret, 1 Swift

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Little Ringed Plover, 14 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper

Blagdon Lake:

2 Sandwich Tern (Wookey Point)

Chew Valley Lake:

28-8-17 Marsh Harrier at Villice (David Hughes)

Villice:

1 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 f  Marsh Harrier, 3 (2 j) Hobby

28-8-17 Hobby at Villice (NSL Birding)

Herons Green:
1 Little Egret, 18 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 12 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 House Sparrow, 9 Goldfinch

Moreton:
130 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 j Kittiwake, 1 j Little Gull, 6 GBB Gull, 6 Black Tern, 4 Common Tern, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  1 Reed Bunting

28-8-17 Snipe at Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's End:
4 Great White Egret, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Ringed Plover. 1 j Ruff, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, 1 Greenshank, 3 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher, 12 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler

28-8-17 Great White Egret at Herriotts (Bob Brewer)

28-8-17 The Red Kite at CSC (Craig Lewis)

Reports: Rich Andrews, Derek Angell, Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, Vera Carpenter, Nigel Coldicott, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Sean Davies, Lee Dutton, Lee Gardiner, Anthony Goodwin, Patrick Hancock, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, Lisegirl, John Martin, Andy Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Newman, Lois Pryce, Gill Sapsed, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, Wayne Tucker, Paul and Claire Woolams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

27th August '17 Sunday - Tree Sparrow

Hot, hottest day for a long time, and hotter in London

Garganey, Great White Egret, Hobby
Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper
Marsh Tit, Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart, Whinchat, Tree Sparrow, Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit

27-8-17 Grey Heron in Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

1 Grey Heron

27-8-17 juv Starling Fishponds (Alan Chard)

Fishponds:
Juv Starling on the washing line.

Vassalls Park:
1 Dipper.

Finzels Reach:
3 Peregrine

Holy Trinity, Stapleton:
1 Peregrine

Stockwood:
2 Raven

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Warmley:
1 Grey Wagtail

27-8-17 Lesser Whitethroat at TBOSG HQ (TBOSG)

Kingswood, HQ TBOSG:
1 Lesser Whitethroat (a 1st here)

Littleton Ringing Station:
170 birds from 3 sessions, 129 new, 41 re-traps. Mostly warblers as you'd expect
Wren 5 new,6 re-traps, Dunnock 1,5, Sedge Warbler 1,0, Reed Warbler 8,3, Lesser Whitethroat 1,0, Garden Warbler 1,0, Blackcap 19,1, Chiffchaff 65,4, Willow Warbler 7,0, Long-tailed Tit 0,1, Blue Tit 9,15, Great Tit 2,5, Chaffinch 1,0, Greenfinch 2,0, Goldfinch 6,1, Reed Bunting 1,0

Littleton Brick Pits:
2 (pair) Buzzard, 2 (pair) Peregrine, 2 j Hobby, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 ad + j Common Tern

27-8-17 Departing Common Gull at New Passage (John Martin)

27-8-17 Swallows and Martins at NP/NW (Paul Milsom)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
2 juv Garganey, ad & juv Knot, 1 juv Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 juv Common Gull, 1 Sand Martin, lots of Swallows and Martins, 2 Wheatear, Lots Yellow Wagtail, 1  Tree Pipit

27-8-17 Whinchat at Chipping Sodbury (Mark Coller)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
25 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 11 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Whitethroat, 5 Redstart, 9 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 4 Tree Sparrow, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit.

27-8-17 Remains CSC (Mark Coller)

Grim remains of a small bird attached to a thorn bush - signature move of a shrike.

Frampton Cotterell:
Summer not over yet - 2 Swifts over the village this evening.

NORTH SOMERSET

27-8-17 Wheatear at Clevedon (David Gale)

Clevedon:
Wheatear

27-8-17 Molly rings her first Redstart (Gordano Valley RS)

Wemberham Lane, Yatton:
1 Peregrine, 2 Kingfisher

BELOW M4 & BANES

27-8-17 Dipper down Willsbridge (Brian Thompson)

Willsbridge:
1 Kingfisher, 2 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

27-8-17 Little Egret at NSL (nslbirding)

Newton-St-Loe:
1 Little Egret,  2 Stock Dove, 1 Raven, 2 Marsh Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Bullfinch,  2 Yellowhammer

Bath, Arlington Road, 26th:
1 Swift

Paulton:
Moorhen, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler , 2 Blackcap,  1 Treecreeper, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 50 Linnet,  5 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Little Ringed Plover, 14 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper

Blagdon Lake:

2 Barnacle Geese, 4 Little Egret, 16 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake:
12 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Green Sandpiper, 1 j Wheatear

Hollow Brook and Bittern Trail:
8 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank.

27-8-17 Hobby at Villice (Bob Brewer)

Villice:

1 Little Egret, 1 Hobby

27-8-17 Herons at Moreton (Bob Brewer)

Moreton:
2 Heron

Chew Valley Ringing Station:
Report on last month's CVRS ringing course available at: chewvalleyringingstation.co.uk

Herriott's End:
2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 j Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper

Herriott's and Stratford:
3 Great White Egret, 1 juv Marsh Harrier, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Snipe

Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, Nigel Coldicott, Mark Coller, Anthony Cook, Mark Dadds, Sean Davies, David Gale, Dominic Godfrey, Anthony Goodwin, Patrick Hancock, Lisegirl, John Martin, Andy Mears, Paul Milsom, Shane Pannell, Trevor Riddle, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds