28-08-18 Tuesday - Bar-tailed Godwit

Temp 14 to 19℃. Dull start, not warm, not windy, not wet, not bad

28-8-18  Hobby at Chew Valley Lake (Bob Brewer)

Black-necked Grebe
Bar-tailed Godwit
Marsh Harrier, Hobby
Barn Owl
Redstart 
Whinchat, Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail

BRISTOL

28-8-18 Kingfisher at Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
250 Ringed Plover, 150 Dunlin, Redstart, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 1 Seal

Littleton Brick Pits this AM: 21 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, Ringed Plover flocks, 3 Sand Martin, 30+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Yellow Wag, 1 Pied Wagtail, 17 Goldfinch, 4 Reed Bunting

Aust, Cake Pill and foreshore:
3 Shelduck, 1 Grey Heron, 15 Oystercatcher, 18 Curlew, 12 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Swallow, 7 Linnet

28-8-18 Little Ringed Plover digi on Northwick Warth (Rob Hargreaves)

New Passage/Northwich Warth:
150 Canada Goose, 30 Teal, 1 Indian Runner Duck, 2 Little Egret, 35 Ringed Plover, 1 juv Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, 1 juv Bar-tailed Godwit, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 80 Redshank, Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 30+ Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Whitethroat, 1 Wren on show, 1 Redstart, 3 Whinchat, flock 40 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point, Middle Hope:
1 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Yellow Wagtail

BELOW M4 & BANES

28-8-18  Red-legged Partridge back on Drifton Hill (Rob Hargreaves)

Marshfield:
30 Red-legged Partridge, 100's Pheasant waiting to be shot, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 250 Herring Gull, 20 LBB Gull, 12 Stock Dove, 700 Corvids, 4 Raven, 150 Swallow

Warmley:
5 Raven

Warmley Forest Park:
4 Moorhen, 4 Jay, 4 Magpie, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaffs, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 6 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch

Keynsham Park:
1 Mandarin Duck, 1 Kingfisher

28-8-18 Sparrowhawk at Newton St Loe (NSL-birding)

Newton St Loe:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 5 Stock Dove, Barn Owl pellet, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 25 Barn Swallow, 50 House Martin (easily 50+ largest number all summer ), 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest,  1 Nuthatch, 50+ Mistle Thrush (large flock over college), 1 Bullfinch, 1 Bullfinch, 10+ Linnet

28-8-18 Barn Owl pellet from Newton St Loe (NSL-birding)

Marksbury:
200 Starling on wires

RESERVOIRS

28-8-18  Greenshank at Blagdon (George Stacey)

Blagdon Lake:
several Greenshank

28-8-18 Black-tailed Godwit & Green Sand,  Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
98 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Goose, 67 Mute Swan, 1 Shelduck, 20 Shoveler, 25 Pochard, 18 Little Grebe (HG), 130 Great Crested Grebe

28-8-18 Black-necked Grebe at Stratford (Raoul Chandrasakera)

1 Black-necked Grebe (Stratford), 3 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier (M), 5 Buzzard,  18 Lapwing, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper (HG), 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 16 GBB Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Stock Dove

28-8-18 Barn Owl at Herons Green (Raoul Chandrasekaran)

2 Barn Owl, 1 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Hobby, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 22 Starling, 1 Stonechat (HG), 30 House Sparrow, 8 Pied Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch (M), 3 Reed Bunting (M)

28-8-18 Hobby at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Bob Brewer, Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Peter Coslett, Andy Davis, John Martin, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Nigel Milbourne, Chris Perry, Lois Pryce, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Thomas@gardenbirder1, CVRS, NSL-birding