Sunday 21 July 2019

21-07-19 Sunday - Little Ringed Plover

Temperatures 15 - 23°C. Largely overcast and a bit muggy - rain never far away

Little Ringed Plover

BRISTOL


21-07-19 Peregrines, Finzels Reach, Bristol (Richard Scantlebury)
Finzels Reach:
1 Cormorant, 1 BH Gull, 1 2nd summer GB Gull, Herring Gull, LB Gull, 1 Collared Dove, 2 adult + 1 juvenile Peregrine, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Starling

Redland:
Garden - 1 Nuthatch, attracted by peanuts - 3rd visit in past fortnight

Fishponds Road:
1 Raven over this evening

Withywood:
Garden - 5 Swift, 2 Jay on the nut feeders

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE


21-07-19 juv Kestrel, Northwick Warth (Rob Hargreaves)
Northwick Warth:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 10+ Lapwing, 3 juv Little Ringed Plover, 66 Dunlin (per Chris Stone), 2 Whimbrel, 20+ Curlew, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Turnstone, 63 Dunlin, 123 Redshank (per Chris Stone),  2 Kestrel, 50 Linnet

21-07-19 Dunlin and Turnstone, Northwick Warth (Rob Hargreaves
NORTH SOMERSET

21-07-19 Dunlin, Clevedon - Yeo (Jason Williams)
Clevedon-Yeo:
10 Mute Swan, 16 adults plus broods of 15 (lost another one!), 10 and 5 Shelduck, 5 Cormorant, 6 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Kestrel, 7 Coot, 8 (+1 juv, Yeo Est) Oystercatcher, 12 Ringed Plover, 245 Curlew, 4 Whimbrel, 135 Dunlin, 15 Black-tailed Godwit,  25 Redshank, 800 Black Headed Gull, 1 Peregrine, 7 Raven, 8 Skylark, 90 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 (+2 juv) Reed Warbler, 7 Pied Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 10 Greenfinch, 50 Goldfinch, 10 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting


21-07-19 Whimbrel, Clevedon-Yeo (Jason Williams)

Bleadon Levels:
1 Pochard, 1 Little Egret

At Bleadon Cross Sluice / River Axe: 1 Great Crested Grebe

BELOW M4 & BANES




Marshfield - BOC evening meeting 20-07-19:
5 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Pheasant, 1 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 4 Swift, many Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, many Skylark, 3 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 60 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 5 House Sparrow, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, many Corn Bunting, many Yellowhammer [No Quail heard on Down Road]

20-07-19 Red-legged Partridge (above), Corn Bunting and Yellowhammer from BOC Evening Meeting at Marshfield  (Robin Martin)
Bath:
Twerton - 1 Grey Wagtail ( a surprise here)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Ringing Station:
Reed Warblers are happening. A nice selection through the generations today, from old-timers that have been to Africa and back and been through the breeding season multiple times, to young-uns just out of the nest and just about able to fly and still a bit wobbly on the reeds.


21-07-19 juvenile Green Woodpecker, Oldbury Power Station (Lisegirl)

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Anne Crowe, Neil Delaney, Ian Foster, Rob Hargreaves, Sue Kempson, Lisegirl, Robin Martin, Steve Sanins, Richard Scantlebury, Chris Stone, Jason Williams, CVRS