Sunday 4 August 2019

04-08-19 Sunday - Spoonbill

Grey sky at first, but warm, with a splash of sun to finish

Marsh Harrier
Siskin
Whinchat
Marsh Tit
Mediterranean Gull
Redstart
Spoonbill

BRISTOL
04-08-2019 Whinchat Stoke Park (Andrew Davies)




Eastville:
"The "Italian" Sparrow visited my garden again today"

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
Whinchat - still there - with  2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, some Swallow, Goldfinch and Reed Bunting.

Sea Mills - R Avon:
8 Common Sandpiper.






SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Tortworth Lake - inc WeBS count
1 Mandarin (f or juv), 17 Mallards, 21 Tufted duck, 10 Little Grebe - inc 2 small juv, 2 Buzzard, 34 Coot inc 1 on nest and 6 juv, 7 Moorhen - inc 1 juv, 2 Kingfisher. 2 Marsh Tit, Goldcrest

04-08-2019 Wader and Gull New Passage (Robert Hargreaves)
New Passage/Northwick:
1 Little Egret, 60 Oystercatcher, 30 Lapwing, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, 100 Dunlin,  Redshank, 1 juv Green Woodpecker, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 60 Linnet.

04-08-2019 Spoonbill Pilning Wetlands (Paul Bowerman)
Pilning wetland:
1 Spoonbill, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull - ad,

04-08-2019 Woodpigeon Yate (Alan Daniells)
Yate:
Woodpigeon has made a nest in our Buddleia - big butterfly!!

Kingsgate Park:
Blackcap (f)
04-08-2019 Blackcap and Long-tailed Tit Yate (Mark Coller)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Willow Warbler, 8+Whitethroat,  1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Redstart
04-08-2019 Whitethroat - Redstart CSC (Mark Coller)

NORTH SOMERSET

04-08-2019 possible Yellow-legged Gull Portbury Coast (Nick Hawkridge)
Portbury coast - high tide roost:
8 Canada Goose, 7 Shelduck inc 5 juv, 24 Mallard, 1 Teal, 1 Pheasant, 2 Little Egret, 2 Moorhen, 6 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 4 Snipe - flight, 1 Common Sandpiper, 428 Black-headed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, possible Yellow-legged Gull, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 8 Rook, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Chiffchaff, 10 Pied Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit, 12 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch.

Portbury Warth:
4 Little Grebe, 4 Curlew, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, at least 1 Redstart.

04-08-2019 Sparrowhawk Cl-Y (Jason Williams)
Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y):
c 75 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 11 Shelduck inc 6 adults and 5 now flying youngsters, c30 Mallard, 1 Grey heron, Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 16 Coot, 24 Oystercatcher, c110 Curlew, 2 Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, c80 Redshank, c250 Black-headed Gull, c150 Herring Gull, c 40 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Rock Pipit

04-08-2019 Siskin Congresbury (per Trevor Riddle)
Congresbury:
3 Siskin in the garden today, inc juv.

Wick St Lawrence:
Marsh Harrier nearr the Model flying club - headed off towards Woodspring Bay,

Worle:
Willow Warblers and 2 Greenfinch (m) in the garden.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Common Sandpiper  - a new patch record, now 161.

Shire Valley:
3 Spotted Flycatcher - inc 2 juv

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 mystery duck - id - to be confirmed, 2 Little Egret, 4 Lapwing, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine

Chew Valley Lake

Herriott's Pool:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper

Ringing Station:
Reed Warbler (f) were notable in a sample of older ring numbers. One being ringed here as a juv in 2014 and then recaptured in more-or-less the same area of reedbed in each subsequent breeding since.

OUT OF AVON

04-08-2019 White-cheeked Pintail (Geoff Daniels)
Cheddar Res
1 White-cheeked Pintail - might be the one from CVL  -  April

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Pete Coslett, Alan Daniells, Geoff Daniels, Andrew Davies, Ian Dickie, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Martyn Hayes, Pete Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Hayden James, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Tony Scott, Larry Sweetland, Thomas Weston, Jason Williams.
CVRSBlagdon Lake