Monday 12 August 2019

12-08-19 Monday - Redstart

Totterdown, Bristol Temp 14 - 22 °C. Was dry today, some nice Sunshine but little patches of rain

Yellow-legged Gull
Hobby
Redstart
Whinchat

Spotted Flycatcher

12-8-19 Whinchat, Stoke Park (Allan Chard)
BRISTOL

Begbrook, Thrifty office:
15 House Martin going to nests under eaves

Redland Garden:
2 Collared Dove, 1 Nuthatch at the peanuts between visits by 3 Jays, half a dozen House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock

12-8-19 Reed Buntings, Aggression in Stoke Park (Martin Tayler)
Stoke Park & Duchess Lake:
1 juv Moorhen, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Warmley, Summer House Way:
first Greenfinch here

Westbury-on Trym:
3 juv Bullfinch but no sign of parents now

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
4 Little Egret, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Gull - ad, 1 Hobby

12-8-19 Turnstone, New Passage (Lisegirl)
New Passage:
350 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose, 3 Little Grebe, Lapwings, 13 Turnstone, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Woodpecker

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Hall and Woodhouse:
12-15 House Sparrow

BELOW M4 & BANES

12-08-2019 Spotted Flycatcher Dyrham Park (Alistair King)
Dyrham Park:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 5~ Spotted Flycatcher - family party

Marshfield:
1 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 12 Skylark, 10 Swallow, 8 Pied Wagtail, 77 Starling, 85 Linnet, 2 Greenfinch, 10+ Yellowhammer, 10+ Corn Bunting

Bath, Twerton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Coal Tit

Paulton:

1 Buzzard, 30 Rook, 2 Raven, 1 House Sparrow, 6 Linnet, 1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

12-8-19 Yellow-legged Gull, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
4 Teal, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Chiffchaff

12-8-19 Chiffchaff, Bittern Trail (George Stacey)
Reports: Jonathan Angell, Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman, Vinny Cannon, Allan Chard, John Clark, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves, Nick Hudson, Mike Jackson, Lisegirl, Alistair King, Vic Polley, Rich Scantlebury, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler
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