Tree Pipit, Whinchat, Redstart, Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, Great White Egret, Black Tern.
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
One Grey Heron, a Dipper briefly on the river and 4 Spotted Flycatcher in the park.
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| 26/08/2017 Spotted Flycatcher Eastville Park (A Chard) |
Peregrine in situ on the spire again.
Knowle:
A good selection of garden visitors - best 5 Coal Tit
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
A Lesser Whitethroat, and the juv male Redstart still in place on Lagoon 1
A Tree Pipit left Lagoon 2 and headed downstream, and a Black-tailed Godwit, an adult male Redstart and a Winchat at Shepperdine, plus the Peregrine pair have returned to the towers.
Mangotsfield:
30 Goldfinch feeding on plant seeds at Pomphrey Hill.
Almondsbury:
A Goldcrest and 2 Chiffchaff in the garden today.
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| 26/08/2017 Chiffchaff (Vera Carpenter) |
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
90+ Black-tailed Godwit, one each of Knot and Ruff (juv), 2 each of Green Sandpiper, and Greenshank, 1 Juv Common Gull, another Swift went through, one Kingfisher and 15+ each of Blackcap and Yellow Wagtail (YW count went up to 28+ late pm)
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| 26/08/2017 Juv Common Gull NP/NW Wetlands (John Martin) |
Hanham:
A 38 species walk around the River Avon area. Highlights - Kingfisher, Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Coal Tit, 13 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, a Whitethroat, and a Spotted Flycatcher
Chipping Sodbury Common:
One Kestrel, a number of Redstart, about a dozen Whinchat, a number of Linnet and large flock of Goldfinch.
NORTH SOMERSET:
Clevedon-Yeo:
6 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose, 55 Shelduck (Mostly juvs/imms, no returning adult migrants yet), 90+ Mallard, 15 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, a Buzzard (a very dark individual), 9 Oystercatcher, only 18 Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 125 Curlew, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Turnstone, 65 Dunlin (All juv/imm now), 2 female Ruff, 4 Common Sandpiper, 160 Redshank, 250 Black-headed Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 11 Herring Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 6 Swallow, 9 Wheatear, and 2 Yellow Wagtail.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Paulton:
2 Buzzard, 100 Woodpigeon, 100 mixed corvid, 30 Linnet, and 10 Yellowhammer.
Pensford:
Kingfisher and Green Woodpecker of note during a dragonfly hunt.
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
10 Common Sandpiper and a Greenshank (2 Green Sandpiper here yesterday).
Blagdon Lake:
4 Little Egret around the lake and up to 36 Black-tailed Godwit.
Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
2 Egyptian Goose.
Villice:
17 Little Grebe and a Hobby catching dragonflies.
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| 26/08/2017 Hobby with dragonfly lunch (Bob Brewer) |
Heron's Green:
singles of Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, a mix of 40 martins, 4 Swallow,
30 Goldfinch, and 4 Reed Bunting.
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| 26/08/2017 Ringed Plover (Ian Stapp) |
Moreton:
The Marsh Harrier again just before lunch, 2 Buzzard, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Raven, and a Chiffchaff.
1 Great White Egret, 3 Ringed Plover, singles of Dunlin, Greenshank and Black Tern.
Herriott's Bridge:
On the Lake side:
4 Little Egret, singles of Great White Egret, Buzzard, Water Rail, 2 Lapwing, a mix of a dozen martins, and a Cetti's Warbler
On the Pool side:
2 Great White Egret, 3 Lapwing, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, and
2 Great Black-backed Gull.
Reports:Des Bowring, Bob Brewer, Vera Carpenter, Sean Davies, Lee Gardiner, Anthony Goodwin, Partick Hancock, Brian Lancastle, Paul Marshall, John Martin, Harvey Rose, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds www.bto.org.
