Sunday 26 August 2018

26-08-18 Sunday - Black-necked Grebe

Rain, drizzle and overcast all day long. Grim weather for birding!

Garganey
Black-necked Grebe
Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Ruff
Spotted Redshank
Yellow-legged Gull
Swift
Marsh Tit
Wheatear

BRISTOL

Hengrove:
1 juv Peregrine. 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Almondsbury:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay.
26-8-18 Jay, Almondsbury Garden (Vera Carpenter)

26-8-18 Greenfinch, New Passage (Rod Holbrook)
BELOW M4 & BANES

Midford:
1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch.

Keynsham:
1 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch.

26-8-18 Blue Tit, Keynsham (Talking to Bears)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Garganey, 2 Great White Egret, 9 Ringed Plover, 110 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 9 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 1 Redshank, 5 Greenshank.

Chew Valley Lake:
2 Greylag, 1 f Goldeneye, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Water Rail, 17 Lapwing, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 10 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Common Tern, 10 Swift, 6 Hobby, 10 Sand Martin, 30 Swallow, 1000 House Martin, 1 Wheatear

26-8-18 Sparrowhawk, Stratford (Raoul Chandrasakera)

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

Reports: Rich Andrews, Vera Carpenter, Raoul Chandrasakera, Paul Chapman, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Timothy Marks, Talking to Bears.