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