03-08-18 Friday - Hobby

Temp 18 to 27℃. Was hotter today, cloudy with not a lot of wind

Great White Egret
Osprey, Marsh Harrier, Hobby
Whimbrel
Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull
Barn Owl
7 different Warblers

3-8-18 Wader frenzy on Severnside & Med Gull (Paul Bowerman)

BRISTOL

Swifts in Bristol:
3 in Egerton Road, Bishopston, party of 11 screaming in Kingswood early, 3 Swift in Redland and 3 pairs of nesting House Martin, 4 in Stoke Bishop screaming + 2 fledging by 16.30 (Bristol Swifts blog), 4 in Warmley

3-8-18 Peregrine, Ashton (Phil Baber)

Ashton, Storage Wharehouse:
1 juv f Peregrine

Stockwood, allotments near Bifield Rd:
1 Barn Owl out hunting - just as the morning mist lifted

3-8-18 Peregrine, Stockwood (Brian Thompson)

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Peregrine and Gulls bothering

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

3-8-18 Whimbrel, Aust (Adam Rawson)

Aust:
1 Whimbrel, Meadow Pipits, 2-300 Linnet

3-8-18 Mediterranean Gull in the wide shot (Paul Bowerman)

Severnside:
118 Canada Geese, 2 Little Egret, 50 Lapwing, 1 Whimbrel (NW), 170 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Turnstone,  300 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 5 Common Sandpiper, 150 Redshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Swift, 2 Raven, 100's Hirundines in evening on seawall, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 3 Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point/Bay:
12 Shelduck down channel, a single flock of 20 Cormorant up channel, 3 Little Egrets, no sign of any small waders, a small passage of 30 Swallows and 10 House Martin north although some Swallows turned and flew south, 2 Willow Warblers (MH), 7 alba Wagtails flew east over the point, 1 Siskin over

BELOW M4 & BANES

R. Chew at Chewton Keynsham, 2nd:
1 Osprey

Bath, Twerton, Skywatch 20.45 to 21.15:
1 Little Egret, 1 Swift

West Harptree:

1 Hobby 16.00

Midford cycle track:

1 Marsh Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Holly Blue

RESERVOIRS

3-8-18 Great White Egret & Black-tailed Godwit, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
256 Canada Geese, 72 Mute Swan, 1 Black Swan, 2 +2 Little Grebe, 158 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 juv Marsh Harrier (Stratford), 5 Buzzard, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Whimbrel, 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 37 j BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 9 GBB Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 4 Raven, c.60 Hirundines, 1 Chiffchaff, 12+ Reed Warbler, 21 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting, Clouded Yellow

3-8-18 Common Sandpiper, Dam (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Phil Baber, Roger Bingham, Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Karle Burford, Peter Coslett, Steve Curtis, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Rod Holbrook, Michael Johnson, Lisegirl, Jean Oliver, Aravind Ramesh, Carole Rushton, Vic Savery, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Geoffrey Suter, Brian Thompson, Martin Tuck