Friday, 31 August 2018

31-08-18 Friday - Black Tern

Temp 9 to 23℃. Best day for a long time,  dry warm and sunny with a 14℃ rise

Little Gull
Black Tern, Sandwich, Common & Arctic Tern
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Hobby
Avocet
Redstart, Whinchat, Wheatear
Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail

31-8-18 Black Tern, Chew Valley Lake (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Brandon Hill:
3 Jay, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Treecreeper, 50 Goldfinch

Eastville Park:
2 Grey Heron, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfishers, The roosting Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lots of Jays moving acorns, 2 Ravens, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Grey Wagtail

Redland Road:
1 Raven, 30 House Martin hawking insects

Siston, Overscourt Wood:
1 Barn Owl, 2 Tawny Owl

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 juv Arctic Tern, 3 Tree Pipit

New Passage/Northwich Warth:
151 Canada Geese, 5 Shoveler, 8 Snipe, 550  Ringed Plover/ Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 11 Sand Martin, 2 Whinchat, 1 Whaeatear, 7 Yellow Wagtail


31-8-18 Curlew Sandpiper Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)
Severn Beach:
320 Ringed Plover, 1 Turnstone, 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 240 Dunlin, 1 Garden Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat

31-8-18 Redstart on CSC (Paul Woolams)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 1 Lesser and 3 Common Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 10 Redstart, 3 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

Worlebury Garden:
1 Buzzard, 105 Black-headed Gull, 1 House Martin all on emergent ant feeding frenzy

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Whimbrel,  5 Sanderling, 1 Greenshank, 200 small waders on the beach, mainly Ringed Plover
1 Tree Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10+ Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 15 Swallow, 40 House Martin, 3 Sand Martin, 2 Wheatear, 6 Mipit at Sand Point.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, West Littleton Down:
3 Common Buzzard, 3 Raven, 20 Sky Lark, 2 Wheatear, 15 Linnet, 10 Chaffinch


31-8-18 Redstart in Shire Valley (Chris Perry)
Marshfield, Shire Valley:
To many to count released Pheasants, 1 Cormorant, 12 Ravens, 10 Buzzards, 2 Kestrels, 1 Red Kite, 100+ Swallows, 40+ House Martins, 4 Chiffchaffs, 5 Nuthatches, 6 L T Tits, 2 Redstarts, 5 Yellowhammers, 4 Grey Herons, 15 Goldfinch, 12 Corn Buntings

31-8-18 Mandarin Duck at Keynsham (Rob Hargreaves)
Keynsham Memorial Park:
1 Mandarin, 75 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, Kingfisher twice

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
4 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 90 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 1 juv Ruff, 1 Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 13 Black Tern, 3 GBB Gull

31-8-18 Avocet, Green Sand,  Blackwit & G W Egret, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
56 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Goose, 67 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck, 19 Little Grebe (HG), 78 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Black-necked Grebe (new in off Nunnery), 13 Cattle Egret (roost at Denny), 7 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 juv Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard,  7 Avocet, 18 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 11 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 5 juv Little Gull (Woodford AD),14 GBB Gull,  Yellow-legged Gull, 1 juv Common Tern with 38 Black Tern, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Hobby, 5 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush (M)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Bob Brewer, Peter Coslett, Andy Davis, Brian Lancastle, Rob Laughton, John Hansford, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Nick Hudson, David Hughes, Lisegirl, Bob Medland, Nigel Milbourne, Chris Perry, Dave Poulton, , George Rabin, Aravind Ramesh, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Dan White, Paul Woolams, Len Wyatt