13-08-19 Tuesday - Osprey

Nice - warm in the sun.

Pied Flycatcher
Osprey
Hobby
Common Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Spotted Flycatcher
Redstart
Whinchat
Tree Pipit

BRISTOL

St Georges:
1 Bullfinch (m)

13-08-2019 Reed Bunting and Whinchat Stoke Park (Alistair King)

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Whinchat, 2 Reed Bunting

Stockwood Open Space Reserve:
2 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Kingfisher, 1 Coal Tit - juv, Tit flock, 1 Cetti's Warbler -juv, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Redstart - juv. 1 Tree Pipit, 

Pill Head Gout

31 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 86 Curlew, 1 Sanderling, 24 Dunlin, 1 Mediterranean Gull -juv, 2 Yellow Wagtail,

Littleton-on-Severn:

125+ Canada Goose  in recently cut grain field

New Passage / Northwick Warth:

1 Kingfisher

Winterbourne Bradley Brook & Monk's Pools LNR:
1 extremely pale Buzzard, 60 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Bullfinch.

13-08-2019 Hobby CSC (Keith Williams)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Grey Heron, Buzzard, Kestrel, Hobby, 4 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, c40 Linnet.

Yate - Kingsgate Park 

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 5+ Blackcap, and 1 Pied Flycatcher

NORTH SOMERSET

Cl-Y - Channel View:

Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, Curlew, Dunlin, Redshank

Weston Super Mare:
1 Swift

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley:
1 Sparrowhawk - fledgeling

13-08-2019 Little Owl Marshfield (Pete Coslett)

Marshfield:
Little Owl out in the sun.1 Common Buzzard, 2 Raven, 9 Skylark, 10 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Pied Wagtail, 50 Linnet with a few House Sparrow, Yellowhammer and Corn Bunting

13-08-2019 Mistle Thrush Chew Magna (Robert Hargreaves)

Chew Lake, around Chew Magna, return - BOC Tuesday Walk:
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Gadwall, Mallard, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 4 Buzzard, Moorhen, Coot, BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 3 Magpie, 9 Jackdaw, 12 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 6 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 5 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Blackbird, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 5 Pied Wagtail, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 4 Goldfinch.

Folly Farm:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven,
5 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Bullfinch, 40 Linnet.

13-08-2019 House Sparrow Bishop Sutton (Bob Brewer)

Bishop Sutton:

5 Collared Dove, House Sparrow

Chelwood Village:
3 Swift, 7 Swallow

RESERVOIRS

13-08-2019 Spotted Flycatcher Blagdon Lake (Mark Savage)

Blagdon Lake:
2 Spotted Flycatcher - Long Bay, 1 Grey Wagtail - outfall,

Chew Valley Lake
1 Black Swan 13 Shoveler, 16 Pochard, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 5 Buzzard, 1 Lapwing, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull - ad, 10 GBB Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull - ad & 2nd yr, 20 Sand Martin, 30 House Martin, 12 Pied Wagtail, 3 Greenfinch - uncommon now, 4 Reed Bunting
1 Osprey - secondhand report.

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Blue Bowl:
10 Swallows - all on wires, 6 House Sparrow

13-08-2019 Little Grebe CVL Herons Green pool (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:
1 Wigeon, 4 Little Grebe with 8 Chicks, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Hobby, 4 Sedge Warbler, 2 Whinchat, 6 Pied Wagtail

13-08-2019 Ringed Plover CVL (Bri Thompson)

Moreton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 20 Woodpigeon, 2 Stock Dove 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 20+ Long-tailed Tit with mixed Tits, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Wren - feeding young, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 1 Bullfinch, 7 Goldfinch

Stratford:
1 Black Swan, 1 Shelduck, 1 Marsh Harrier

13-08-2019 Sand Martin CVL (Bri Thompson)

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby 7 Jackdaw, 40+ House Martin and Sand Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

One more request for photos for the 2018 ABR
Please send to Nigel Milboure n.milbourne216@btinternet.com

Reports: Pete Brain, Bob Brewer, Mark Coller, Pete Coslett, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Nick Hudson, Mike Jackson, Alastair King, Mike Landen, Andy Middleton, Lisa Presland, George Rabin, Mark Savage, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayer, Bri Thompson, TtB, Keith Vinicombe, Keith Williams, 
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