Saturday 10 August 2019

10-08-19 Saturday - Sabine's Gull

Very blustery squalls of rain  all day with infrequent patches of sunshine; temperatures 13 - 26 °C

Common Scoter
Storm Petrel, Fulmar
Marsh Harrier
Turnstone at CVL
Sabine's Gull, Mediterranean Gull
Little Tern
Great Skua


10-08-19 Storm Petrel , Severn Beach (Aravind Ramesh)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
12 House Martin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
9 Gannet in total (only the 10th record of Gannet at OPS and easily the highest number), 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, 1 'Commic' Tern,

10--08-19 Common Scoter, Severn Beach (Aravind Ramesh)
Severn Beach:
Combined reports:  5 Common Scoter, 4 Storm Petrel, 1 Fulmar, 12+ Gannet, 3 Knot, 68 Dunlin, 15 Turnstone, 15 Ringed Plover , 1 juv Sabine's Gull,  1 juv Mediterranean Gull, 3 Tern sp (prob Sandwich), 3+ Great Skua  [no Manx Shearwater or Kittiwake]

10-08-19 more Storm Petrel shots, Severn Beach (Southglosbirds)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:
1 m  Common Scoter, 1 Gannet

Anchor Head, Weston-super-Mare:
4 Common Scoter, 1 Fulmar

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common:
1 Sparrowhawk (f) - on the garage roof

Kelston:
1 Swift

Bath:
Englishcombe Lane garden -  3 Swift over at 10 30

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:
2 Marsh Harrier

10-08-19 Turnstone and Common Sandpiper, Dam, CVL (Bob Brewer)

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Turnstone

10-08-19 Green Sandpiper, Stratford, CVL (Bob Brewer)
Stratford:
1 Green Sandpiper

Nunnery Point:
3 Little Tern

Reports:  Bob Brewer, Paul Chapman, Bryan Cook, Sean Davies, Steve Emery, Paul Francis, Paul Gregory, Pete Hazelwood,, David Hughes, Brian Lancastle, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson, Birdguides,
opsbirding, TBOSG