Thursday, 11 July 2019

11-07-19 Thursday - Whinchat

Temp 17 to 24 ℃. Cloudy muggy start today, a little Sunshine later, very warm

Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier, Red Kite
Sandpipers
Yellow-legged Gull
Whinchat


BRISTOL

11-7-19 Peregrines stick passing in Avon Gorge (Keith Williams)
Avon Gorge:
4 Peregrine, 2 ad 2 juv, all four sitting on Leigh Woods side for an hour. Then all but male adult took off, adult to go and hunt, youngsters to practice food passes. First with a twig and then with a pine cone

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Whinchat unusually early

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
35 Canada Goose, 25 Shelduck with 13 young, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 5 Moorhen, c.80 Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, c.30 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush -bashing a snail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch.
Rangeworthy:
2 Red Kite

11-7-19 Redshank at New Passage (Patrick Richards)
New Passage:
1 Canada Goose, 4 Mute Swan, 7 Shelduck, 5 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Moorhen, 11 Coot, 4 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 26 Redshank, 200+ BH Gull, 5 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 8 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 5 Magpie, 12 Carrion Crow, 1 Swallow, 35+ House Martin, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 55 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 7 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch 7 Linnet, 20 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake:
1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker

BELOW M4 & BANES

Stockwood Open Space:
3 Greenfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Muntjac

RESERVOIRS

11-7-19 Great White Egret & Little Egret, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
3 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 1st Tufted Duck brood of the year (Herriott's Pool), 4 Little Grebe, 5 Grey Heron,  1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 f Marsh Harrier, 4 Buzzard, 6 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper (Dam & Herons Green), 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 9 GBB Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Jay, 10 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 12 House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Sedge Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 16 Pied Wagtail, 4 Goldfinch, 6 Reed Bunting

11-7-19 Common Sandpiper, Dam (Ian Stapp)
Reports: Andy Davis, Paul Francis, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Stephen Jones, Lois Pryce, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Gwen Thomas, Keith Williams