Monday 8 July 2019

08-06-19 Monday - Little Ringed Plover

Temp 14 to 24 ℃. Some sun in the morning, turning cloudy, close and fairly still

8-7-19 Marsh Harrier, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Quail
Marsh Harrier
Little Ringed Plover
Whimbrel
Mediterranean Gull
leucistic Herring Gull
Grasshopper Warbler

Yellow Wagtail

BRISTOL

7-7-19 Peregrine over Avon Gorge (Keith Williams)
Avon Gorge, 7th:
4 Peregrine, 2 ad 2 juv

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage:
BH Gulls, 2 Swifts, Swallows and House Martins over the house

Easter Compton:
1 Little Egret feeding in roadside fields, 13.30

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Wains Hill to Yeo Estuary, 10.30-13.45:

14 Mute Swan, 50 (+40 juv) Shelduck, 2 Tufted Duck, 4 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 14 (+1 juv) Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, 10 Whimbrel, 210 Curlew, 10 Dunlin, 45 Redshank, 2 Mediterranean Gull (Channel View Sea Wall), 2 Kestrel, 1 Hobby (Blake’s Pools), 12 Skylark, 75 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 (+3 juv) Reed Warbler (Blake’s Pools), 4 (+4 juv) Whitethroat, 75 Starling, 1 Yellow Wagtail (Yeo), 7 Pied Wagtail, 75 Goldfinch, 20 Linnet

Weston-super-Mare:

1 Buzzard and 2 very vocal Peregrine, afternoon

BELOW M4 & BANES

8-7-19 Cuckoo at Marshfield (Alan Gilbert)
Marshfield:
Possibly 3+ Quail calling at 21.30 in Down Road, Buzzard, Cuckoo, Little Owl, Mistle Thrush, Linnet, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer

8-7-19 Little Owl at Marshfield (Alan Gilbert)
Bath, Lansdown:
2 Marsh Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling at 11.15, 21.00 and 22.30

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, WeBS:
215 +4j Canada Geese, 73 + 6 j Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 143 Mallard, 10 Pochard, 297 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 22 + 3j Great Crested Grebe, 7 + 1j Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 Cormorant, 1 Red Kite, 11 Buzzard, 6 Moorhen, 777 + 78j Coot, 2 Lapwing, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, c30 BH Gull, 4 GBBB Gull, c40 LBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting

8-7-19 Black-tailed Godwit, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
3 Shelduck, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Buzzard, 2 Common Sandpiper (Herons Green), 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Red Kite, 8 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 leucistic Herring Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 3 Jay, 60 House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Sedge Warbler, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Bullfinch, 5 Goldfinch, 5 Reed Bunting

8-7-19 leucistic Herring Gull, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)
OUT OF AREA

BOC Walk -  Crabtree Hill, Forest of Dean, 7th:
Family of Nightjar and Woodcock out at 10.00 pm

Reports: Anne Crowe, Rob Emery, Alan Gilbert, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, Nigel Milbourne, Steven Sanins, Ian Stapp, Keith Williams, blagdonlakebirds