Saturday 25 August 2018

25-08-18 Saturday - Swift

Much cooler but mainly sunny with lots of high cloud and a moderate westerly wind.

Buzzard (Bob Brewer)




Great White Egrets
Marsh Harrier
Spotted Redshanks, Greenshanks
Little Stint (yesterday)
Mediterranean Gull
Yellow-legged Gulls
Swift
Tree Pipit, Whinchats
Redstarts, Wheatear







BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
Lake:  1 Mute Swan, Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Moorhen, 2 BH Gull, 1 Kingfisher.
R. Frome:  Dipper.
Snuff Mills:  2 Grey Wagtail.


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
85 Ringed Plover, 120 Dunlin, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 10+ Blackcap, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 16 Whitethroat, , 1 Treecreeper, 2 Redstart, 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail.


Aust Warth:
5 Common Sandpiper along Cake Pill.


Northwick Warth:
92 Oystercatcher, 102 Curlew, 195 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Turnstone, 8 Dunlin, 135 Redshank, 1 (1W) Yellow-legged Gull.


Severn Beach:
c.300 Ringed Plover, 160 Dunlin, 2 Tree Pipit (heading SE).

Whinchat on CSC (Rob Hargreaves)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
4 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, 2 Redstart, 2 Whinchat.


NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
3 Canada Goose, 17 Mute Swan, 37 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 7 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 8 Little Grebe, 37 Coot, 6 Moorhen, 1 Curlew, 12+ BH Gull, 3 H Gull, 7 LBB Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 2 singing Robin.


Clevedon-Yeo:
(yesterday, 24th)
15 Mute Swan, 6 Canada Goose, 80+ Shelduck, 2 Teal, 80 Mallard, 15 Little Egret, 16 Oystercatcher, 230 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, c.50 Curlew, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 90 Dunlin, 1 juv. Little Stint, 1 Common Sandpiper, 210 Redshank, 5 Greenshank, 200 Black-headed Gull, 2 Swallow, 20+ Linnet.


Sand Point/Bay:
150 Ringed Plover, 1 Knot, 80 Dunlin, 4 Swallow, Chiffchaffs.  (No, no Ortolan)
At sea:  3 Cormorant, 70 small waders, 20 BH Gull.


BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports.

Yellow-legged Gull with juv Mediterranean Gull at Chew (Ian Stapp)
RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 14+ Lapwing, 49+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 4 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank.


Chew Valley Lake:
97 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 92 Mute Swan, 24 Shoveler, 1 Shelduck, 7 Pochard, 156 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 6 Buzzard, 18 Lapwing, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 11 GBB Gull, 5 Stock Dove, 4 Raven, 2 Jay, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Mistle Thrush, 16 Pied Wagtail, 16 Goldfinch.

Woodford:
1 Swift, 3+ Sand Martin, 6+ Swallow, 70+ House Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch.

Heron's Green:
29 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 juv. Mediterranean Gull, 2 Whinchat.

Moreton:
1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Reed Bunting.

A scavenging fox after a dead gull at Stratford (Bob Brewer)
Stratford:
1 f. Goldeneye, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 3 Hobby, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, Cetti's Warbler sub-song heard.

CVRS:
13 Chiffchaff, 9 Reed Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler ringed today.

Herriott's Bridge:
Great White Egret, 2 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher.

The Water Board Warden found a binocular case in Nunnery Point hide today, it is now in Woodford Lodge. Hopefully it doesn't belong to the couple he found wandering around Nunnery Point without a permit this morning.

Reports: Paul Bowyer, Jane Cumming, Rob Emery, Rob Hargreaves,  'Jon', Phil Quinn, Harvey Rose, BUPP, blagdonlakebirdsCVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG