Wednesday 7 August 2019

07-08-19 Wednesday - Wheatear

Heavy showers to start, sunny later with a strong breeze

Wheatear
Hobby
Great-white Egret
Yellow-legged Gull
Mandarin Duck
Knot
Sanderling
Redstart
Yellow Wagtail
Grey Plover

BRISTOL

No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

07-08-2019 Sanderling & Dunlin OPS (Matt Plenty)
Oldbury Power Station:
18 Ringed Plover, 1 Knot, 2 Sanderling, 31 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper,

Littleton Warth:
63 Canada Goose, 6 Mallard, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Plover, 8 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 20+ Swallow, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Littleton Brick Pits Reserve:
Kingfisher, 5+ Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Treecreeper,

Northwick Warth:
3 Shoveler, 7 Teal, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Hobby - through, 1 Wheatear,

Severn Beach:
5 Little Egret, 2 Whimbrel, min - 10+ Blackcap, 10+ Whitethroat

07-08-2019 Mandarin Yate (Mark Coller)
Yate - Kingsgate Park:
1 Mandarin Duck

07-08-2019 Redstart CSC (Mark Coller)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Swift, 10+ Swallow, 2 House Martin, 5 Willow Warblers, 10+ Chiffchaff,  5+ Lesser Whitethroat, 8+ Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 7 Redstart,

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury coast:
8 Shelduck - inc 4 juv, 3 Teal, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 6 Oystercatcher, 485 Black-headed Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull -ad lots more juv, 5 Woodpigeon, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Magpie, 8 Rook, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Blackbird, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit, 33 Linnet - flocks of 11 and 22.

Portbury Wharf:
2 Bar-headed Goose, 22 Gadwall, Marsh Harrier - possible, 52 Coot - inc brood of 2, 2 Swift

Clevedon-Yeo:
30 Ringed Plover, 2 Turnstone, 1 Sanderling, 30 Dunlin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bishop Sutton:
6 Collared Dove, 10 Jackdaw,

Chew Stoke:
2 Swift

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Little Egret, 1+ Common Sandpiper - others heard calling.

07-08-2019 Sand Martin CVL (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
142 Canada Goose, 67 Mute Swan, 143+ Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 4 Great-white Egret, 7 Buzzard, 3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 12+ Great Black-backed Gull, 60+ House Martin, 30+ Sand Martin - most at Herriott's, 11 Pied Wagtail, 5 Reed Bunting.

07-08-2019 Grey Wagtail CVL (George Stacey)
Dam:
1 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail.

07-08-2019 Green Sandpiper CVL (Bob Brewer)
Heron's Green:
36 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 5 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch,

07-08-2019 Cormorant CVL (Bob Brewer)
Moreton:
1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 3 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Wren, 3 Blackbird,
1 Song Thrush, 4 Robin, 2 Bullfinch

07-08-2019 Grey Heron CVL (George Stacey)
Blue Bowl:               
5 Swallow, 5 House Sparrow

Stratford:
1 Black Swan, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 1 Green Sandpiper, Reed Warbler

CVRS:
2 Hobby - on the prowl and then 100+ Swallow - juv and 2 controls - dusk roost

07-08-2019 Common Sandpiper CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Shelduck, 13 Shoveler, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 4 Jackdaw, 30+ Starling,

Reports: Bob Brewer, Mark Coller, Rob Emery, Nick Hawkridge, Matt Plenty, Aravind Ramesh, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Thomas Weston.
opsbirdingCVRS Blagdon Lake