13-8-18 Monday

Dry, cloudy with sunny spells

Redstart
Sanderling
Golden Plover
Whimbrel, Swift
Garganey, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier
Spotted Flycatcher

BRISTOL

Fishponds:
Family of Long-tailed Tit

Stockwood:
Peregrine pair stormed the garden - missed the Starling

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Thornbury - Milbury Heath:
Sparrowhawk and Buzzard in the trees.

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 53 Dunlin, c20 Ringed Plover, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, a probable Tree Pipit, and 150+ Goldfinch - Lagoon 3.

Northwick Warth:
Evening Visit - c80 Lapwing, c25 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, c155 Curlew, c115 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff (j), c85 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Swift

Severn Beach:
1 Sanderling, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, 40+ Dunlin, 1 Curlew (flyover), Black-tailed Godwits, Redshanks

12-8-18 Juv Med Gull yesterday (John Rosetti)

Hawkesbury - Broad Hill:
1 Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
1 Shelduck + 10 juvs ( 1 juv was well separated and dived Grebe style as we approached - it rejoined it’s siblings 100 m away) , 2 Heron, 8 Lt Egret, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Golden Plover (sp) , 150 Ringed Plover, 170 Curlew,10 Turnstone, 400 Dunlin, 1 ( !) Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 6 Skylark, 6 Wheatear,
5 Rock Pipit, 20 Linnet

Sand Point/Bay:
8 L Egret, 40+ Curlew, 3 Whimbrel (Bay)
Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, 4 Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, Stonechat family (Point)

Uphill:
WeBs: 6 Canada Goose, 7 Shelduck, 38 Mallard, 2 Cormorant, 8 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron,
99 Oystercatcher, 22 Curlew, 1 Ruff, 65 Dunlin, 485 Redshank, 805 Black-headed Gull
14 LBB Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Swift heading north.


BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1st Quail heard this year - Shirehill Lane, south side - an unconfirmed report from Mid July!! (sorry)

1  Little Owl (juv), 1 Buzzard, 6 Pheasant, 5 LBB Gull, 3 Swift, 10 Sky Lark, 3 Yellow Wagtail,
2 Pied Wagtail, 30 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 1 Common Whitethroat, 3 Wheatear
plus a few Linnet, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Jackdaw and Carrion Crow

13-8-18 Yellow Wagtail (Peter Coslett)

Newton St Loe:
Garden watch: 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Coal Tit, 10+ Goldfinch, 2 Chaffinch,
1 House Sparrow, 10+ Blue Tit, 5+ Great Tit, 6 LT Tit, 5 LBB Gull

WeBs Count: 8 Mute Swan (5 juv), 41 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 5 Grey Heron, 2 BH Gull

Patch walk: 1 Raven, 2 Buzzard, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Mistle Thrush, 8 Swallow, 15+ House Martin
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatcher

Folly Farm:
Stowey : 4 Buzzard , 2 Raven, 1 Green Woodpecker., 40 Linnet

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
combined report.
1 Mandarin Duck, 2 Garganey, 1 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 52 Lapwing, 8 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover (juv), 105 +Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Ruff, 5 Snipe, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 (or 2) Greenshank, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Barn Owl (asleep), 1 Hobby, 1 Sedge Warbler.

 13-8-18 Ringed Plover and Greenshank (George Stacey)

Chew Valley Lake
Ian Stapp report:

1 Shelduck (1 Garganey East shore reported R Higgins) ,15 Little Grebe, 47 G-C Grebe (lake)
3 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Dunlin

9 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Green Sandpiper, 19 Lapwing (all Herriotts pond))
4 Common Sandpiper, 1 L-R Plover (Dam)
1 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Sandpiper (H Green Wall))
12+ G-BB Gull, 6 Y-L Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 G-S Woodpecker,

1 Green Woodpecker (Woodford calling)
2 Hobby, 7 Jackdaw, 12+ Crow, 2 Raven, 2 Jay,20+ Blue & L TT with 2 Chiffchaff ,3 Wren

3 Goldcrest, 7 Swallow, 10+ H Martin,

2 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti's, 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Treecreeper (1 calling), 60+ Starlings (West Harptree)

9 House Sparrow (H Green)

11 Pied Wagtail (Dam/ H G walls)
2 Goldfinch (Woodford)

15+ Chaffinch, 1 Reed Bunting (Moreton)

13-8-18 Common Sandpiper at the Dam (Ian Stapp)

Villice:

2 Hobby, 4 Black-tailed Godwit

8-8-18 Hobby and Blackwits (Bob Brewer)

Noted during WeBS count
2 Marsh Harrier (j), 4 Hobby

Reports: Pete Brain, Bob Brewer, Alan Chard, Peter Coslett, Jane Cumming, Rupert Higgins, Adrian Hockey, Mark Hynam, Brian Lancastle, Rob Laughton, Adam Rawson, Trevor Riddle, John Rosetti, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson,Vic Polley,  nslbirding, opsbirding