Manx Shearwaters
Great White Egret
Ruffs, Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper
Yellow-legged Gull, Mediterranean Gull
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| Wood Sandpiper at Pilning Wetlands (Paul Bowerman) |
Filton:
7 Canada Goose flying north low over ringroad A4174, west of MoD.
Stockwood Open Spaces: (combined report)
4 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, Blue and Great Tit, 2 Blackbird, 3 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch, flock 20 Goldfinch.
4 Swift (West Town Lane).
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Shepperdine:
1 Greenshank, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper. 1 Mediterranean Gull with c.285 BH Gull.
Oldbury Pill:
adult and juv. Little Grebe which may have bred there.
Pilning wetland:
1 Wood Sandpiper (viewed from seawall by 1st sentry box), 1-2 Mediterranean Gull, c.600 BH Gull, Yellow Wagtail.
Little Sodbury (BOC walk):
1 Pheasant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Buzzard, 38 Woodpigeon, 1 Stock Dove calling, 2 Collared Dove, 7 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Magpie, many Jackdaw (huge post-breeding flock), Rook (same flock), Carrion Crow, 4 Coal Tit, 10 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 2 Skylark, 60 Swallow (most skimming over fields at the back of Horton Court), 8 House Martin, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap singing, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 17 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 19 Linnet (one flock of 10), 11 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer.
Coalpit Heath:
5 Swift
NORTH SOMERSET
Dundry:
1st Siskin going over today
Portishead:
2 Peregrine over the health centre. Possibly an adult with a juv. and maybe the two seen yesterday at Clevedon. A juv Goldfinch on a 6th-floor balcony.
Clevedon:
(yesterday) 2 Peregrine on the radio masts off Strode Road.
Sand Point/Bay:
12 Manx Shearwater up-channel at 8:40am in a single strung-out flock.
Portbury Wharf:
Buzzard and Little Owl - seen on the evening stroll.
Worle:
3 Peregrine.
BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports.
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
217 Canada Goose, 67 Mute Swan, the escaped Black Swan, 1 Egyptian Goose, 3 Shelduck (+ 4 well-grown ducklings), 3 Little Grebe, 98 Great Crested Grebe.
1 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret (1 juv.), 4 Buzzard.
7 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Ruff (moulting adults, including one white and one striking silvery/black), 21 Lapwing, 1 Greenshank.
26 juv. Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull (one juv., 2 reported as 3rd calendar-year), 11 GBB Gull.
4 Collared Dove. 2 Stock Dove. 4 Swift (Bishop Sutton). 2 Kingfisher. 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 48 Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 2 LT Tit, 12+ Swallow, 7 House Martin, 4 Sand Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 17 Starling, 14 Mistle Thrush, (with 41 Jackdaws in hay field at the back of Herons Green Pond), 5 Song Thrush, 14 House Sparrow, 21 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Chaffinch, 4 Reed Bunting.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Shepperdine:
1 Greenshank, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper. 1 Mediterranean Gull with c.285 BH Gull.
Oldbury Pill:
adult and juv. Little Grebe which may have bred there.
Pilning wetland:
1 Wood Sandpiper (viewed from seawall by 1st sentry box), 1-2 Mediterranean Gull, c.600 BH Gull, Yellow Wagtail.
Little Sodbury (BOC walk):
1 Pheasant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Buzzard, 38 Woodpigeon, 1 Stock Dove calling, 2 Collared Dove, 7 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Magpie, many Jackdaw (huge post-breeding flock), Rook (same flock), Carrion Crow, 4 Coal Tit, 10 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 2 Skylark, 60 Swallow (most skimming over fields at the back of Horton Court), 8 House Martin, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap singing, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 17 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 19 Linnet (one flock of 10), 11 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer.
Coalpit Heath:
5 Swift
NORTH SOMERSET
Dundry:
1st Siskin going over today
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| A juvenile Goldfinch got a bit lost (John Clark) |
2 Peregrine over the health centre. Possibly an adult with a juv. and maybe the two seen yesterday at Clevedon. A juv Goldfinch on a 6th-floor balcony.
Clevedon:
(yesterday) 2 Peregrine on the radio masts off Strode Road.
Sand Point/Bay:
12 Manx Shearwater up-channel at 8:40am in a single strung-out flock.
Portbury Wharf:
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| Little Owl 17th July 2018 PW (Jason Williams) |
Worle:
3 Peregrine.
BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports.
RESERVOIRS
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| Nice to see a post-breeding Great White Egret back at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
217 Canada Goose, 67 Mute Swan, the escaped Black Swan, 1 Egyptian Goose, 3 Shelduck (+ 4 well-grown ducklings), 3 Little Grebe, 98 Great Crested Grebe.
1 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret (1 juv.), 4 Buzzard.
7 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Ruff (moulting adults, including one white and one striking silvery/black), 21 Lapwing, 1 Greenshank.
26 juv. Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull (one juv., 2 reported as 3rd calendar-year), 11 GBB Gull.
4 Collared Dove. 2 Stock Dove. 4 Swift (Bishop Sutton). 2 Kingfisher. 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 48 Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 2 LT Tit, 12+ Swallow, 7 House Martin, 4 Sand Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 17 Starling, 14 Mistle Thrush, (with 41 Jackdaws in hay field at the back of Herons Green Pond), 5 Song Thrush, 14 House Sparrow, 21 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Chaffinch, 4 Reed Bunting.
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| One of the 3rd calendar-year Yellow-legged Gulls at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
Note:
The juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at the dam is a classic bird, seems very faithful to the location and offers stunning views coming to bread. It appears to be the only juvenile large gull at the lake at the moment.
Reports: Paul Bowyer, Terasa Chard, John Clark, Paul Francis, Nick Hawkridge, Pete Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Mike Jackson, Brian Lancastle, Daveid Nevitt, Lois Pryce, Ian Stapp, Gwen Thomas, Bri Thompson, Jason Williams, BUPP, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
