18-07-20 Saturday

Temp 16 to 20°C. Grey day, some sun, some rain later

Common Scoter
Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Wood Sandpiper

Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull
Yellow Wagtail

18-7-20 Marsh Harrier, CVL (David Hughes)

BRISTOL

Clifton: 

Marsh Tit back

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Lapwing, Curlew, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank

Pilning Wetland:
8 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 ad f Peregrine, Raven, 2 Yellow Wagtail

Frampton Cotterell: 

2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff (inc 1 juv), Whitethroat, Song Thrush, Grey Wagtail, Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Dundry Hill: 

1 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, Raven, juv Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch

Clevedon garden:

2 Coal Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 10+ Starling, m & f Blackbird, pair Dunnock, 5 Goldfinch

Chewton Mendip:

1 Hobby

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:

1 Kestrel, 2 Yellow Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

18-7-20 Black-tailed Godwit, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake 

Dam:

48 Canada Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 20 House Martin

Spring Bay:

2 m Common Scoter

18-7-20 Kingfisher, Stratford (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Stratford:

1 Whimbrel, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher

CVRS:

Reed Warblers: 2 ringed here as juvs in late summer of 2019 can now be sexed as females (brood patch now contracted); 2 others now have full 'incubating' brood patches but when ringed c3 weeks ago 1 showed no sign of breeding, t'other appears to be having a go at another clutch

18-7-20 Black-tailed Godwit, Herriott's (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Herriott's Bridge:

88 Canada Geese, 4 Shelduck, 10+ Swift, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 9 Green Sandpiper, 6 GBB Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 40 Sand Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

18-7-20 Greater Black-backed Gull, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Rich Andrews, Peter Bryant, Raoul Chandrasakera, Andy Davis, David Esam, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, David Hughes, Aravind Ramesh, Ben Searle, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG