11th August '17 Friday - Cranes

Stayed dry (despite forecast) for most of the day, but very grey.

Lots of Common Sandpiper and Swifts at Chew
Flyover Cranes at Chew
Great White Egrets at Chew

11-8-17 Common Sandpiper at Chew (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Brentry:

11-8-17 Whitethroat trapped/ringed in garden Fishpool Hill, Brentry (Mark Dadds)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE


New Passage/Northwick Warth:
2 juv Garganey, 1 Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Hobby, 9 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit,

1 Redstart, 4 Swift plus usual wader flocks. 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Greenshank, juv Knot,
31 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Swift,

Severn Beach:
1 Wheatear on the shore.

1 Sparrowhawk (garden)

11-8-17 Sparrowhawk in garden at Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Little Egret, 1 Little Owl, 1 Cormorant, 9 Redstart, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat

Frampton Cotterell:
105 Canada Goose feeding on barley stubble. 24 House Martin

Winterbourne:
26 House Martin over the Tythe Barn at Winterbourne

Warmley Forest:
2 Kestrel, 3 Buzzard (1 adult, 2 juveniles), 1 Tawny Owl, 12 Swallow,1 Swift, 15 House Martin, 

2 Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit, 12 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Jay, 6 Great Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 

8 Goldfinch, 4 Moorhen.


NORTH SOMERSET:

Sand Point:
2 Oystercatcher on Middle Hope.

11-8-17 One of two Oystercatcher at Middle Hope (Simon Williams)

Weston-Super-Mare STW:

1 Greenshank

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
Willsbridge Mill: 2 Nuthatch, 10+ Great Tit, 15 Blue Tit, 18 Long-tailed Tit (estimate), 

3 Collard Dove, 5 Wood Pigeon, 1 Bullfinch, 3 Blackbird, 1 Dipper

Lord's Wood:
1 Nuthatch


RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
1 Little Egret, 3 Egyptian Goose, 30+ Swift, 50+ Sand Martin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 8 Pied Wagtail.

East Shore below 2nd Picnic Site:
1 Garganey

Woodford:
1 Common Scoter (way out on the lake), 7 Little Egret (scoped around the lake), 2 Great-white Egret (one Stratford, other Villice Bay), 1 Barnacle Goose, 4 G BB Gull

Villice:
10 Common Sandpiper

Heron's Green:
16 Little Grebe (in the toe of the bay), 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 6 House Sparrow, 1 Common Sandpiper

11-8-17 House Martin at Heron's Green (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:

1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 250+ Great Crested Grebe, 50+ Sand Martin, 20+ Swallow,  30+ Swift

Herriott's End:
3 Crane (fly over going SW), 50+ Sand Martin,  70+ Swift, 1 Common Scoter, 4 Dunlin (3 Adult 1 Juv), 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Garganey, 1 Shelduck, 2 Little  Egret, 1 Great White Egret

11-8-17 Digiscope of Cranes flying over Chew today (Robert Hargreaves)

11-8-17 Black-tailed Godwit at Herriott's Pool (Martin Tayler)

Egrets:
3 Great White Egret, 8+ Little Egret around today

Swifts:
70+ still over the lake today

Out of area:

Lots of local birders have been visiting WWT Slimbridge for sightings of Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper at WWT Slimbridge (Pete Blanchard)

11-8-17 Cranes flying over RSPB Ham Wall (George Stacey)
Seen 15 mins after CVL Cranes coming from Mendips

Reports: Derek John Angell, Pete Blanchard, Paul Bowerman Teresa Chard, Mark Coller, Mark Dadds, Sean Davies, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Heather Hockey, Mike Jackson, John Martin, Chris Perry, Vic Savery, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Simon Willliams
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