Wednesday, 18 July 2018

18-07-18 Wednesday - Wood Sandpiper

Duller today, stronger wind, but still warm and fine for birding

Great White Egret
Red Kite
Wood Sandpiper
Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull
Redstart
Yellow Wagtail


18-07-18 Wood Sandpiper, Pilning Wetland (Mark Coller)
Always a pleasure to see...

BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle:
14 Swift in screaming party over The Dingle - first of summer in this location

Brislington - Tesco:
2 Tawny Owl calling at 01:00

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station  - Shepperdine:
1 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper and a Greenshank - which flew off SW.

18-07-18 Great White Egret ? Pilning, (Matt Ames)

Matt comments:
'I'm 99% certain it was, and it definitely didn't have Little Egret's 'marigolds' on its feet.
By the time I got the camera on it it was distant and hazy. Apologies for bad pics'
Pilning wetland:
76 Black-tailed Godwit, 241 Dunlin,1 Wood Sandpiper, 8 Common Sandpiper, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull ,1 Common Tern, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Thornbury:
1 Red Kite over Oakleaze Road

Chipping Sodbury Common:
15 Lapwing, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Redstart

Emerson's Green Science Park:
6 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 4 Bullfinch, 23 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Weston-super-Mare - Worle:

2 Adult and 2 Juvenile Peregrine over the garden

BELOW M4 & BANES


18-07-18 Buzzard/Carrrion Crow face-off, Newton Park (Robert Hargreaves)
Newton Park:
3 + 6 cygnet Mute Swan, 15 Mallard, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 3 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, families of 4+ of Coal, Blue and Great Tit, 6 House Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 (1f) Blackcap, 6 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 12 singing Wren, 2 Song Thrush, party of 7 Mistle Thrush, 10 (half juv) Robin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 1 juv Bullfinch, 12 Goldfinch
18-07-18 f Blackcap, Newton Park (Robert Hargreaves)Unusual to see one on the ground

RESERVOIRS


18-07-18 Common Gull, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
3 Shelduck, 70+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 1 ad Great White Egret, 2 ad Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 19 Lapwing, 2 juv Redshank, (first juvenile waders of the ‘autumn’), 1 Ruff (moulting ad male), 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull (inc the regulars - juv and 3rd cyr), 1 juv Mediterranean Gull, 19 juv BH Gull, 9 GBB Gull,1 Common Tern, 2 Collared Dove, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker,  2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 ad m Kestrel, 16 Jackdaw, 15 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff,  still lots Reed Warbler,  2 Song Thrush, 4 Reed Bunting

Yellow-legged Gull + BH Gull, Heron's Green, CVL, (Ian Stapp)
Not going to end well...
Reports: Matt Ames, Mark Coller, William Earp, Tim Ford, Paul Francis, Robert Hargreaves, Pete Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Ian Stapp, Dan White.