Thursday 4 July 2019

04-07-19 Thursday - Avocet

Temp 13 to 26 ℃. Very warm and sticky, pretty clear skies

Quail
Avocet
Whimbrel

Greenshank
Common Tern
Hobby

Redstart

4-7-19 Hobby at Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)
BRISTOL

Finzel's Reach:
juv Peregrine about again today

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Greenshank, 2 Common Tern, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Thornbury:
1 Red Kite 16.00 going North

Northwick Warth:
1 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan with 2 small cygnets, 30 Shelduck & 4 young, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 7 Curlew, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 22 Redshank, 50 BH Gull, 1 Swift, 1 Skylark, 1 Sand Martin, 40 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, flock 40 Starling, 8 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting

4-7-19 Sparrowhawk at Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)
Severn Beach:
1 m Sparrowhawk

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
6 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 30 Shelduck plus 18 juvs, 13 of which a newish brood, so  48 juvs so far in 2019, 70 Mallard, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 3 Cormorant, 10 Oystercatcher, 2 Avocet, 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Whimbrel, 90 Curlew, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 105 Redshank (V good count for this early in July, some may have returned from Iceland with the godwits), 275 BH Gull, 20 Herring Gull, 15 LBB Gull, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Swift, 1 Kestrel, 8 Swallow, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Rock Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 25 Linnet

Tickenham:
Red Kite last Friday at 11.15

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, Down Road:
Quail heard

4-7-19 Blackcap at Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)
Newton St Loe:
2 Buzzard, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

4-7-19 Sand Martin at Barrow Tanks (Ian Loats)
Barrow Tanks:
40 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Swift, 20 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake
1 Greylag Goose, 1 m Wigeon, 26 Teal, 111 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 6 Lapwing

Reports: Jane Cumming, Rob Emery, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Roc Holbrook, Ian Loats, NSL Birding, Lois Pryce, Adam Rawson, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Rich Scantlebury, Nigel Sluman, Martin Smith, Keith Vinicombe