Great White Egrets
Hen Harrier
Whimbrels, Greenshanks
Yellow-legged Gulls, Common Terns
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| Hobby over Moreton at Chew (Bob Brewer) |
no reports.
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| I can never resist including a photo of a Little Owl. This juvenile photographed at Marshfield today ('Dan') |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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| juvenile Ruff at Pilning Wetlands (John Martin) |
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| soggy Dunlin at New Passage (Brian Thompson) |
New Passage/Northwick:
2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 29 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Whimbrel, 90 Black-tailed Godwit, juv Ruff, 60 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, Swift, Kingfisher, 4 Sand Martin, 3 Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail.
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| Sanderling at New Passage (Brian Thompson) |
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Redstart.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
Shoveler (with brood of 5), 30 Gadwall, Whimbrel, White Wagtail, 4 Chiffchaff.
Portishead boating lake:
1 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose ("George" - feral), pr Mute Swan (+ 4 well-grown cygnets), 148 Mallard (+ 4 v. small juvs.), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, pr Moorhen (+ 1 juv.), 80 BH Gull, 36 H Gull (mostly juvs), 1 ad. LBB Gull, 2 ad. GBB Gull, Woodpigeons, House Martins, Pied Wagtails.
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| Pair of Siskins in a Langford garden today |
pr. Siskin in a garden.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
ringtail Hen Harrier in the Down Road area this afternoon.
Paulton:
Quiet - 1 Buzzard, 50 Woodpigeon, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 50 Carrion Crow, 2 Yellowhammer.
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
WeBS count: 33 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 4 Mute Swan, 59 Mallard, 5 Pochard, 381 Tufted Duck (record WeBS count), 5 Little Grebe, 14 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 30 Cormorant, 183 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 5 Common Sandpiper.
Blagdon Lake:
3 Water Rail, 7 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 64 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern.
Chew Valley Lake
3 Egyptian Goose, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier (ad. fem. and 2 juvs.), 1 ad. Hobby, 22 Lapwing, 8 Whimbrel, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 5 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, big influx of juv. Herring Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 juv. Common Tern, 2 Kingfisher, Swifts and Sand Martins.
Reports: Rich Andrews, Mark Coller, Pete Coslett, Sean Davies, Patrick Hancock, John Martin, Andy Mears, Brian Thompson, BUPP, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
