Friday 17 August 2018

17 - 08 - 18 Friday - Little Gull

Nice day today, dry, a little breezy, with Sunshine.

Little Gull, Bar-tailed Godwit, Scaup, Swift, Great White Egret, Common Tern, Marsh Harrier.

Little Gull  17th Aug 2018 Moreton (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Brandon Hill:
1 Pied Flycather - first here since the 90s.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton Brick Pits:
1 Yellow Wagtail and a flyover Tree Pipit.

New Passage:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Turnstone, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit.

House Martin 17th Aug 2018 Northwich Warth (Allan Chard)
Northwick Warth:
5 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine (j-no rings) c30 House Martin, 4 Pied Wagtail, c125 Goldfinch,

Pilning Wetland:
97 Canada Goose, Mallard, Teal, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe (very nice to see and hear), 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, Moorhen, Coot, 2 Lapwing (more hidden I expect) - no other waders, despite the high tide. c30 Black-headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull - flew to treatment works.

Severn Beach:
1 Dead Cow.

NORTH SOMERSET

Spotted Flycatcher 17th Aug 2018 Backwell (Chris James)
Backwell:
1 Spotted Flycatcher.

One from yesterday: cheeky baha.
Ring-necked Parakeet 16th Aug 2018 Backwell (Carrie Riches)
Bristol International Airport:
1 Peregrine and 3 Ravens - heading south west.

BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Garganey - Top End (and the patch birder is away !!).
Great White Egret, 10 Little Egret, 9 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover (j) still, 86 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, 3 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 1 Kestrel and 2 Hobby.

Marsh Harrier 17th Aug 2018 Morton (Bob Brewer)
Chew Valley Lake:
166 Canada Goose, 92 Mute Swans, 3 Egyptian Goose, 1 Shelduck, 2 Scaup (f), 12 Little Grebe, 9 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, (j), 5 Buzzard, 20 Lapwing, 11 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 13 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 7 Jackdaw, 4 Ravens, 200+ mix of Swallows & House Martins, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.

Woodford:
172 Great Crested Grebe - fishing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Swift, 2 Grey Wagtail, 7 Pied Wagtail,
- - News from 16th - 1 Turnstone - on the launching jetty.

Main Dam:
2 Common Sandpiper, 

Villice:
2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (j)
Bar-tailed & Black-tailed Godwit 17th Aug 2018 Herriotts Pool (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:
Tufted Duck + 4 ducklings, 2 Little Grebe + 3 chicks, 1 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 House Sparrow.

Moreton:
1 Water Rail, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Gull, 4 Common Tern, 4 Hobby - inc juv calling, 20+ mixed tits, 5 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap,

Herriott's Bridge - Pool:
3 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail, lots of Lapwing, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ringed-Plover, 2 Dunlin, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher,

News from the CVRS - 1 Black-headed Gull - a Norwegian colour ringed bird J55C back for its 3rd successive summer.

Chew Stoke:
40+ Starling.


Reports: Bob Brewer, Allan Chard, Mark Dadds, Lee Gardiner, John Harris, Nick Hawkridge, David Hughes, Chris James, John Martin, Rich Mielcarek, Adam Rawson, Carrie Riches, Ian Stapp, BUPP, blagdonlakebirdsCVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG