Wednesday 8 July 2020

08-07-20 Wednesday - Avocet

Wet early, with clear spells after, but not cold.

Grey Plover
Hobby
Great White Egret
Avocet
Mediterranean Gull
Goldeneye
Kingfisher

BRISTOL

08-07-20 Lesser Black-backed Gull Finzels Reach (Rich Scantlebury)
City Centre - Finzels Reach:
local Lesser Black-back Gull starting to fledge, No sign of any Peregrine.

08-07-20 Dipper Easville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
1 Dipper - juv

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
2 Shelduck, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Carrion Crow, 4 Kestrel - juv, sat on a large log, 1 Hobby - over, 3 or 4 Skylark - juv, 8 Starling

08-07-20 Little Ringed Plover NP-NW - all grown up (Lisa Presland)
New Passage/Northwick/Wetlands:
75 Shelduck, lots of Swift over all ponds, 3 Stock Dove, 12 Oystercatcher, 6 Avocet, Lapwing with juv, 10 Little Ringed Plover - inc juv, 23+ Curlew, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, a few Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 7 Redshank, 70+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull - 2nd sum, 1 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine - juv, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap (f) - - and Bullfinch (f), Greenfinch, Goldfinch - all on the feeders today, 
 
08-07-20 House Sparrow Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)
Severn Beach:
"Such an underrated bird, the lovely House Sparrow...one of many in my garden,they a pleasure to have too"

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point/Bay:
4 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 21 Curlew, 2 Mediterranean Gull - ad & 1st sum, Black-headed Gull, 2 Reed Warbler, 150+ Starling

BELOW M4 & BANES

8-7-20 Great White Egret, Victoria Park, Bath (Rosalind Maud)
Bath, Victoria Park:
1 Rosybill Duck, 1 Great White Egret

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

08-07-20 Redshank - juv CVL (George Stacey)
Dam End:
147 Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Goldeneye (f) -  sat on the wall and looks like it has a left foot injury, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank - juv, Black-headed Gull inc 4 juv, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 60+ House & Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 4 Pied Wagtail

Heron's Green:
123 Canada Goose, 30 Swift, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Juv Black Headed Gull - inc 3 juv, 1 Grey Heron, 50+ Sand & House Martin, 12 Swallow, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 60+ Swallow, Sand & House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 3 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Robin - inc 2 clicks,  2 Dunnock, 6+ Chaffinch,  

08-07-20 Kingfisher CVL (Raoul Chandresakera)
Stratford:
2 Great Crested Grebe - food being offered, 1 Kingfisher - early morning on 'its perch'

08-07-20 Reed Bunting CVL Herriotts Bridge (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's - inc Pool:
54 Canada Goose, 1 Shelduck, 9 Teal, 20+ Swift, 150+ Great Crested Grebe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull - inc juv, 10 Great Black-backed Gull - 3 pool side, 1 Yellow-legged Gull - went off towards the lake, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher - back pool, 9 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 100+ House & Sand Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff 4 Pied Wagtail, (wall) 2 Reed Bunting - after seed washed off the lake side wall by the pressure washing

Reports: Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Brian Lancastle, Mike Newstead, Rod Holbrook, Lisa Presland, Dean Reeves, Rich Scantlebury,  George Stacey, Ian Stapp

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