Tuesday 20 August 2019

20-08-19 Tuesday - Pied Flycatcher

Nice - plenty of sun although the wind was rather chilly.

Pied Flycatcher
Knot
Hobby
Wheatear
Spotted Flycatcher
Redstart

20-08-2019 Great White Egret CVL (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Montpelier - 1/2hr skywatch from the garden:
6 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 1 Swallow.

Finzels Reach:
1 Cormorant, Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull in a variety of plumage, 3 Peregrine - inc juv, 4 Magpie, House Sparrow - one colony

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
6 Mallard, Coot, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, 4 House Martin, 2 Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff.

20-08-2019 Kingfisher Colston Weir (Rich Scantlebury)
Eastville Park - Colston Weir:
3 Mute Swan (m & 2 f), Mallard (not counted) 72 Black-headed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Coal Tit - very noisy, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Redland - Garden:
1 Sparrowhawk - overhead 1 Chiffchaff

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Great Crested Grebe - tidal res, 75 Ringed Plover, 15 Dunlin,  8+ Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Redstart, 4 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail

20-08-2019 Peregrine NP-NW (Simon Cubbage)
New Passage/Northwick/Pilning wetland:
BOC Tuesday Walk:
200c Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Bar-headed Goose, 7 Mute Swan, 20 Shelduck, Gadwall, Mallard, 2 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 15c Oystercatcher, 12 Lapwing, 220c Ringed Plover, 25c Curlew, 42 Black-tailed Godwit, 29 Turnstone, 2 Knot, 60 Dunlin, 5 Snipe, 20c Redshank, 250c Black-headed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 2 Peregrine, 4 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Wren, 140c Starling, 2 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 1 Wheatear, 32 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 7 Pied Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 20 Linnet

20-08-2019 Ringed Plover - Dunlin NP-NW (Simon Cubbage)

Severn Beach - morning tide:
1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk (f), 138 Ringed Plover, 5 Turnstone, 58 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Battery Point area: garden:
1 Pied Flycatcher (f)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bishop Sutton
5 Collared Dove

RESERVOIRS

20-08-2019 Sanderling CVL (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
5 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 5 Buzzard, 2 Common Sandpiper, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 6+ Swift, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Swallow, 4 Reed Warbler, 5 Pied Wagtail, 6 Reed Bunting

20-08-2019 Spotted Flycatcher CVL (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:
2 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff,  2 Spotted Flycatcher - pos 1 juv, 1 Greenfinch.

Blue Bowl:
9 House Sparrow
20-08-2019 Yellow Wagtail CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Heron's Green:
8 Little Grebe - inc 5 chicks, 1 Sanderling, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail,

Moreton:
3 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 20 + Long-tailed Tit - with other tit species, 1 Chiffchaff - singing!, 5 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Goldfinch

Stratford:
Mute Swan, 1 Black Swan, 1 Shelduck

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Jackdaw, some Sand Martin, 40 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail

Reports: Raoul Chandrasakera, Simon Cubbage, Jane Cumming, Rob Emery, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, David Howes, John Rossetti, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Tony Sweet. opsbirding

Registration by 27th August 2019