Friday 18 August 2017

18th August '17 Friday - Scoter

Showers (some very heavy)

Garganey, at New Passage-Northwick and Chew
Great White Egret at Chew
Common Scoter at Severn Beach

18-8-17 juvenile Peregrine at New Passage-Northwick Warth (John Martin)


BRISTOL
Stapleton:
Pair of Peregrine on Holy Trinity Church spire

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
2 Turnstone, 2 Redstart (sheep fields), 2 Garganey (back pool), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker on trapeze, juv Peregrine, 2 L Whitethroat, 5 Swift, 101 Black-tailed Godwits, 95+ Redshank, Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Little Egret

18-8-17 Great Spotted Woodpecker at New Passage-Northwick Warth  (John Martin)

18-8-17 Turnstone at New Passage-Northwick Warth (Lisa Presland)
Severn Beach:
Immature female Sparrowhawk
A breezy couple of hours seawatching at Severn Beach this afternoon produced just a Common Scoter.

18-8-17 Immature female Sparrowhawk visiting garden in Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)


NORTH SOMERSET:
Portbury Wharf:
45 Gadwall, 1 male Peregrine, 4 Chiffchaff

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
7 Quail flushed at Rushmead Farm, Marshfield this morning.

Bath:
Lower Weston:
2 Swifts flying westwards mid-day.

Newton St Loe:
5 Swift

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:

Stratford:
(17-8-17) 1 Greenshank
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Dunlin, 1 LRP, 1 Greenshank and 1 Green Sandpiper

18-8-17 Black-tailed Godwit parades in front of Cormorant at Chew Valley lake (George Stacey)

Herriott's End:
4 Great White Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper


18-8-17 4 Great White Egret at Chew (Lee Gardiner)


Hollow Brook:
(17-8-17) 5 Green Sandpiper
1 Treecreeper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 8 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank.


Reports: Lee Gardiner , John Griffiths, Rod Holbrook, John Martin, Andy Mears, Lisa Presland, Richard Scantlebury, George Stacey, Chris Stone
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