Tuesday 16 July 2019

16-07-19 Tuesday - Little Owl

Hot and Humid

Little Owl
Yellow-legged Gull
Red Kite


16-07-2019 Common Sandpiper CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Downs:
1 Peregrine, 2 Garden Warbler

City - Redcliff St:
5 Raven - in one group over the office this morning

Bishopston:
6 Swifts - screaming party this morning.

Eastville Park:
Italian Sparrow lookalike - still at Huyton Rd.

St George:
20 to 30 Swift - at 2 nesting sites.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

16-07-2019 Sand Martin New Passage (Lisa Presland)
New Passage:
4 Swift, 6 Sand Martin, dozens of Swallow - landing on their normal perch at this time of year - good intel Lisa.

Pilning Wetlands:
3+ Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Dunlin, 85+ Redshank, 2 Kestrel, 5 Raven, 

16-07-2019 Black-tailed Godwit Pilning Wetlands (Paul Bowerman)

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Dunlin, 9 Lapwing, 4 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher - caught a fish from the Pill, 14 Skylark, 1 Wheatear - juv

16-07-2019 Thrush - juv Almondsbury (Vera  Carpenter)
Almondsbury- garden:
Bit of help please - what's this?

Warmley - garden:
1 Buzzard, 4 Swift - high overhead, 3-4 Goldcrest -juv fledged today.

16-07-2019 Goldcrest Warmley (Pete Coslett)

NORTH SOMERSET

Walton Common and Coast Path - Clevedon - BOC Tuesday Walk.
1 Pheasant, 2 Buzzard, 2 Black-headed Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 16 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 9 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 1 Nuthatch,
1 Treecreeper, 4 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Robin, 11 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 8 Greenfinch, 14 Goldfinch

Nailsea:
3 Little Owl

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham:
5 Raven - 2 ad + 3 chicks - flying over.

16-07-2019 House Sparrow Twerton (Robert Hargreaves)
Bath - Twerton:
House Sparrow - not common in the blog masters garden!

Farrington Gurney:
1 Red Kite

Bishop Sutton:
5 Collared Dove

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Chew Valley Lake
169 Great-crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 10 Lapwing, 9 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Chiffchaff, 7 Reed Bunting,

Stratford:
10+ Reed Warbler - youngish looking birds

16-07-2019 Lapwing CVL (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green:
2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull - 3rd year, 1 Hobby, 40+ House Martin, 12+ Swallow, 9 House Sparrow - feeding chicks, 19 Pied Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch,

Moreton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush

16-07-2019 Yellow-legged Gull CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:
2 Shelduck, Tufted Duck - with 6 ducklings, 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 4 Sand Martin

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Vera Carpenter, Judy Copeland, Pete Coslett, Anne Crowe, Stephen Curtis and Carol Rushton,  Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Pete Hazelwood, Mike Meechem, Lisa Presland,  Marcus Smith, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Gwen Thomas, Jason Williams
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