16-07-20 Thursday - Yellow-legged Gull

Fine, sunny and dry with a light NW wind and plenty of high cloud.  Warm but less humid.

Great White Egrets
Wood Sandpiper
inland Redshanks
Yellow-legged Gull
Whinchats

Redshanks at Stratford, Chew (Lucy Masters)

BRISTOL

Redland garden:
1 Willow Warbler.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Stonechat.

New Passage/Northwick:
32 Canada Goose, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 7 Dunlin, 2 Raven, 40 Linnet.

Whinchat at Chipping Sodbury (David Hughes)

Chipping Sodbury Common:

2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Whinchat, 2 Redstart (1 m., 1 juv m.), 12 Linnet.

Adult and juvenile Green Woodpeckers at Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead garden:
The first two fledgling Woodpigeons of the year.

Worle:
Peregrine.

Swallow at Newton St Loe (NSL-Birding)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
(Note that the university lake is closed for tree felling.)

1 f. Tufted Duck, 5 Swift, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 3 Skylark, 15+ Swallow, 6 House Martin, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Yellowhammer.  

Black-tailed Godwits at Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
6 Little Grebe. 210 GC Grebe, 4 Little Egret, 6 Great White Egret, juv. Marsh Harrier, 4 Hobby, Water Rail, 8 GBB Gull.

Dam End:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 ad. Redshank, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, 20+ House Martin.

Grey Heron playing peekaboo (Rob Hargreaves)

Heron's Green:
98 Canada Goose, 40+ Swift, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Sedge Warbler, 6 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting.

Stratford:
1 m. Shelduck, 1 Redshank, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret.

Yellow-legged Gull at Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's - inc Pool:

46 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck (pr. + 2 juvs), 60+ Swift (very high), 4 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Oystercatcher, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 ad. Redshank, 3 Buzzard, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 10 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail.  

Goldcrest in the garden (Vera Carpenter)

Reports:  Rob Hargreaves, David Hughes, Aravind Ramesh,Ian Stapp, Keith Vinicombe, opsbirding.