Wednesday, 31 July 2019

31-07-19 Wednesday - Whinchat

Cloudy at first and then glorious.

Yellow-legged Gull
Whinchat
Hobby
Red Kite
Wigeon
Marsh Harrier
Sanderling

31-07-2019 Little Egret CVL (Bob Brewer)

BRISTOL

31-07-2019 Peregrine Finzels Reach (Rich Scantlebury)
Finzells Reach:
1 Peregrine (f) - food carry to ledge

31-7-19 juv Green Woodpecker, Eastville Park (Keith Williams)
Eastville:
2 Grey Heron, 8 Swift - roof top scan, juv Green Woodpecker, Dipper

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Swallow, 1 Whinchat, Reed Buntings

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

31-07-2019 Peregrine Pilning Wetlands (Aravind Ramesh)
New Passage/Northwick:
No waders first thing - -  ! ! 1 Peregrine.

Pilning wetland:
c.120 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 8 Shelduck, 1 Little Grebe with 1 minute chick, 3 Grey Heron together in field, 1 Sparrowhawk - juv, 1 Moorhen - juv, 7 Coot, c.30 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 3 Dunlin, c.130 Black-headed Gull, 1 Kingfisher (up & down pill calling loudly), c.40 Swallow, c.30 House Martin, c.100 Starling, 10 Pied Wagtail, 15 Meadow Pipit, 20 Linnet.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
2 Bar-headed Goose, 1 Tufted brood -  3 juv, 17 Little Grebe, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Mediterranean Gull - ad, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Hobby, 10 Chiffchaff ,

Clevedon-Yeo:
6 Canada Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 20 Shelduck - including juvs, 70 Mallard, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 25 Oystercatcher, 3 Whimbrel, 130 Curlew, 18 Dunlin, 170 Redshank, 350 Black-headed Gull, 25 Herring Gull, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Rock Pipit

Channel View:
1 m Sparrowhawk, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 80 Curlew, 1 Sanderling, 1 Dunlin

BELOW M4 & BANES

31-07-2019 Red Kite Marshfield (TBOSG)
Marshfield - Shire Valley:
1 Grey Heron, 4 ~ Red Kite, Buzzard - several, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 6 ~ Raven, 1 Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch - several.

Bishop Sutton:
4 Collared Dove, 12 Jackdaw

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
26 Pochard, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier - juv, 1 Yellow-legged Gull - ad, 1 Hobby.

31-07-2019 Great White Egret CVL (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
225 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 82 Mute Swan, 1 Wigeon (m), 90 Teal, 125 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 4 Buzzard, 5 Green Sandpiper, 10 Great Black-backed Gull,  10 Sand Martin, 200+ House Martin,14 Pied Wagtail, 5 Reed Bunting.


31-07-2019 Sand Martin CVL (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green:
2 Little Grebe, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Sedge Warbler

Moreton:
2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 7 Magpie - together, 4 Raven - over Nunnery, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Blackbird, 3 Goldfinch

Stratford:
1 Black Swan - lake, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Reed Warbler

Blue Bowl:
12 House Sparrow - into the pub roof.

31-07-2019 Green Sandpiper CVL (George Stacey)
Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Shelduck, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 3 Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwit - ad,  1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull - ad, 1 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail.

OUT OF AREA

Black Down:
1 Nightjar, 1 Raven, 4 Willow Warbler, 3 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit nest with young, 4 Bullfinch, 40 Linnet.

Reports:  Pete Brain, Adrian Hockey, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, Harvey Rose, Rich Scantlebury, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Keith Vinicombe, Keith Williams
TBOSG