Sunday 27 August 2017

27th August '17 Sunday - Tree Sparrow

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

GarganeyGreat White EgretHobby
Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper
Marsh TitSpotted FlycatcherRedstartWhinchatTree SparrowYellow WagtailTree 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:

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

Herriott's and Stratford:
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, CVRSnslbirdingopsbirding, severnsidebirds