08-08-19 Thursday - Hobby

Avonmouth temp 14 - 21 °C. Bright start, some cloud later, then lots of cloud, a warm soft wind

Whimbrel
Swift
Hobby
Whinchat
Wheatear

8-8-19 Little Egret, CVL (Simon Mackie)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
Noisy Raven

Emerson's Green:
1 Kingfisher (Folly Brook), 2 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Goldfinch

8-8-19 Whinchat, Duchess Park (Allan Chard)

Duchess Lake:
1 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat

Redland:
3 Herring & 3 LBB Gull, 8 Woodpigeon, 2 Jay, 30 Crow, 1 Raven, 10+ House Sparrow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Warmley:
6 Swift

NORTH SOMERSET

8-8-19 Wheatear, Channel View (Ian Loats)

Clevedon-Yeo, Channel View only:
1 Grey Heron, 7 Little Egret, 18 Oystercatcher, 3 Whimbrel, 80 Curlew, 2 Turnstone, 100 Dunlin, 30 Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 20 Swallow, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Englishcombe Lane:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Collared Dove, 4 Swift, 2 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 1 Blue Tit, c15 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Goldfinch,

Bishop Sutton:5 Collared Dove

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
3 Little Egret of note

8-8-19 plump Common Sandpiper, Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
129 Canada Geese, 72 Mute Swan, 1 Black Swan, 1 Shelduck, 11 Shoveler, 46 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 141 Great Crested Grebe

8-8-19 Little Grebe, Herons Green, new brood in the pool (Ian Stapp)

6 Little Grebe + 8 chicks (Herons Green pool), 5 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 juv Marsh Harrier, 5 Buzzard

8-8-19 Black-tailed Godwit, Stratford Island (Ian Stapp)

1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 10 GBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 4 Jay, 4 Raven, 6 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 12+ Swallows (Dam), 100 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler (HG), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 7 Pied Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting

Reports: Allan Chard, Bryan Cook, Andy Davis, Tim Ford, Rob Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Patrick Richards, Mike Jackson, Simon Mackie, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Talking to Bears, Blagdonlakebirds