Sunday 11 August 2019

11-08-19 Sunday - Sandwich Tern

Calm at last, first thing - then a bit of wet on the wind.

Storm Petrel
Swift
Sandwich Tern
Wheatear
Yellow-legged Gull
Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Gannet
Hobby


11-08-2019 Sandwich Tern CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

11-08-2019 Sandwich Tern CVL (Martin Wightman)

BRISTOL

11-08-2019 Reed Bunting Stoke Park (Martin Tayler)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Grey Heron, 3 Reed Bunting

Montpelier:
2 Raven - over the garden

Eastville Park:
2 Swift, 30 House Martin - over the lake this am.

Redland garden:
Herring Gull, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Jays, 2 Magpie, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Greenfinch (f&m), Goldfinch.

Fishponds:
4 Swift, 1 Raven - calling as it went over.

Stockwood:
2 Swift

Mouth of the R Avon:
2 Gannet - as seen from Battery Point - 07:00

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

11-08-2019 Gannet OPS (Pete Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Gannet - on the tidal lagoon, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Sand Martin, 20 House Martin

Littleton on Severn:
3 Sparrowhawk inc 2 juv, 1 Buzzard

11-08-2019 Green Woodpecker NP (Lisa Presland)
New Passage/Northwick:
Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 1 Wheatear

Severn Beach:
1 Storm Petrel - close in

11-08-2019 Wheatear CSC (Barry Dursley)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
Grey Heron, Common Buzzard, Raven, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, plenty Linnet - juv

NORTH SOMERSET

11-08-2019 Raven Ham Green (Paul Milsom)
Ham Green:
2 Raven

Portbury Wharf:
4 Tufted Duck, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Coot + recently hatched young,  Lesser Black-backed Gull - harassing the egret,  6+ Sand Martin, 2 Whitethroat - feeding 4 fledglings

Backwell Lake:
24 Swift - at dusk

Banwell:
2 Green Woodpecker - juv and ad

BELOW M4 & BANES

Mangotsfield:
1 Lesser Whitethroat - back in the garden

Marshfield:
1 Grey Heron, 4 Common Buzzard, 18 Swift over, 2 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 2 Raven, 5 Swallow, 40+House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff.

Bath - Englishcombe Lane
15 Swift - over at 12:30

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks WeBS:
2 Mute Swan, 49 Mallard. 6 Pochard, 343 Tufted Duck, 33 Little Grebe, 13 Great Crested Grebe, 46 Cormorant, 7 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 300 Coot, 1 Turnstone, 1 Dunlin, 14 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear.

Chew Valley Lake
6 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier - juv, 1 Lapwing -ad, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Sandwich Tern, 7 Swift, 2 Hobby, 100+ Sand Martin,

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, Sand Martin - quite a few

Woodford:
1 Swift - heading West

11-08-2019 Sandwitch Tern CVL ( David Hughes)
Heron's Green:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sandwich Tern, Sand Martin - quite a few
11-08-2019 Sandwich Tern CVL HG wall (Ian Stapp)

CVRS:
Steady' is how I guess you'd describe the ringing this morning. Reed Warblers are always interesting - a fat migrating adult popped in, contrasting with 2 recently fledged young-uns that were out-and-about and still being fed by their parents.

11-08-2019 Little Egret CVL (Bob Brewer)
Stratford:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Hobby, 1 Cetti’s Warbler

Herriott's inc Pool:
4 Great White Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1, Green Sandpiper

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Bob Brewer, Raoul Chandraskaera, Bryan Cook, Pete Coslett, Sean Davies, Barry Dursley, Pete Hazelwood, Steve Howe, David Howes,  Brian Lancastle, Carloine Maudsley, Andy Mears, Paul Milsom, Lisa Presland, Matt Rogers, Richard Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Bri Thompson, John Thorogood, Tim Warren, Martin Wightman, 
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