Thursday 1 August 2019

01-08-19 Thursday - Whinchat

1-8-19 Yellow-legged Gull, Herriott's (Terri Borash)
Temperature 13 - 22 °C. Hot and humid today, 95% cloud cover, no rain, glorious evening

Wigeon
Whimbrel

Yellow-legged Gull
Whinchat


BRISTOL

Redland garden:
2 Swift, 3 House Martin, 1 Nuthatch

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
Whinchat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton, Whale Wharf:
Whimbrel flying South, 1 Common Sandpiper

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
2  Bar-headed Geese, 3 Curlew, 1 Kestrel, 30 House Martin, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch

Portishead:
2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Rock Pipit, 1 Painted Lady

Clevedon Yeo:
25 Shelduck ( inc juvs), 3 Grey Heron, 10 Little Egret, 10 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 100 Curlew, 27 Stock Dove ( on freshly cut field), 3 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 1 Skylark, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, 20 Linnet.

Worle:
5 Willow Warblers in the garden

Weston Airfield:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Swift, 2 House Martin, 2 Willow Warblers

BELOW M4 & BANES

1-8-19 Skylark, Northfield Lane (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield, Northfield Lane:
3 Common Buzzard, 1 Quail heard near Orchid lane, 13 Pheasant, a few Sky Lark, 5 Barn Swallow, 40 Starling, 2 Greenfinch, 20 Linnet, 2 Corn Bunting, 4 Yellowhammer

Bath, Engliscombe Lane:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Collared Dove, 20 Swift, 1 Blue Tit, 25 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Goldfinch

1-8-19 Grey Heron at Newton Park (NSL Birding)
Newton St Loe:
61 Mallard, 3 Grey Heron (ad feeding 2 juv on nest), 2 Buzzard, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch

Folly Farm:
1 Buzzard,  2 Stock Dove,  2 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  2 Green Woodpecker,  1 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Swallow, 2 Long-Tailed Tit, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

1-8-19 Green Sandpiper, Stratford (Bob Brewer)
Chew Valley Lake
222 Canada Goose, 78 Mute Swan, 1 Black Swan (Stratford Bay), 1 Shelduck (Herriott's Pool, the resident bird), 2 Wigeon in eclipse, 215 Great Crested Grebe + 2 young, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron 3 Little Egret (HG & Herriott's), 3 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk (Moreton), 4 Buzzard, 8 Moorhen (HP), 1 Common Sandpiper (HP wall), 9 Green Sandpiper, 1 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit (HP)

1-8-19 Dunlin, The Dam (Bob Brewer)
1 Dunlin (Dam), 11 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-Legged Gull (HG Adult), 6 Collared Dove (Bishop Sutton), 1 Kingfisher (HP), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Moreton), 1 Green Woodpecker (M), 4 Jay (M), 15 Jackdaw (BS), 1 Raven (M), 4 Long-tailed Tit (M), 100+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 2 Goldcrest (M), 1 Treecreeper (M), 2 Cetti's Warbler (M), 1 Chiffchaff (M), 2 Sedge Warbler (HG)

1-8-19 Reed Warbler, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
10 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush (M), 12 House Sparrow (HG & Blue Bowl), 1 Grey Wagtail (HP), 12 Pied Wagtail (HG & HP), 2 Goldfinch (M), 8 Reed Bunting

1-8-19 Goldcrest, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Out of Avon
Bob Brewer in Scotland, seabirds, eagles and more

Natural England has published its proposals for the coastal path through our area.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/england-coast-path-from-aust-to-brean-down-comment-on-proposals


There are maps and lots of reading......  Whether this will ever come about is anyone's guess, the proposed costs are enormous - £200,000 for the area around Clevedon alone!!

All representations and objections about the report must be received by Natural England no later than midnight on 19th Sept 2019.

Reports: Bob Brewer, Allan Chard, Bryan Cook, Peter Coslett, Jane Cumming, Rob Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, David Howes, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland