26-07-22 Sunday - Bittern

Temp 15 to 20°C. Bright and breezy today, a few heavy showers on and off

Little Ringed Plover

Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull
Common Tern

Bittern

Wheatear

Crossbill

26-7-20 Cattle Egre, Herriott's (Mike Trew)

BRISTOL

26-7-22, Whitethroat, Duchess Park (Patrick Richards)

Duchess Lake:

7 Canada Goose (5juv), 50 Feral Pigeon, 20 Woodpigeon, 1 Collard Dove, 25 Mallard, 9 Moorhen (5juv), 1 Coot, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 10 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 7 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 5 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 50+ Starling, 8 Blackbird 3M 5F, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 20+ House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 17 Greenfinch, 30+ Goldfinch, 5 Reed Bunting (2m, 1f, 2j)

Hotwells to Ashton Court:

1 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Peregrines round B Bond, Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust:

Peregrine.

26-7-22 Mediterranean Gull, New Passage (Aravind Ramesh)

Pilning Wetland:

Little Ringed Plover, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 juv Peregrine, Crossbill

26-7-22 Sparrowhawk, Yate (Chris Teague)

Portbury Wharf:

Oystercatcher (fledgling), c. 35 Swift (will soon be gone), Kestrel, c.6 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler.

Yate garden:

1 Sparrowhawk came and went, now the Starlings are back

26-7-20 Starlings, Yate (Chris Teague)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead H & W:

First Cormorant in many days

Kenn Moor and Claverham Drove:

19 Canada Geese, 15 Mute Swan with 7 cygnets (2+5), 3 Mallard with 1 duckling, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 3 Moorhen with 5 chicks (1+4 broods), 1 Chiffchaff, 11 Mistle Thrush, 1 Linnet

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:

1 juv Wheatear on the road

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:

1 Little Owl, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

26-7-20 Bittern, CVL (David Hughes)

Chew Valley Lake 

1 Common Tern

Villice:

24 Little Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier

26-7-20 Yellow-legged Gull, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:

200+ Canada Goose, 6 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting m 

26-7-20 Marsh Harrier, CVL (David Hughes)

Stratford:

1 Water Rail, 1 Bittern, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Hobby, 12 Long-tailed Tit with Tits, 20 House Sparrow, 1 Reed Bunting

CVRS:

A couple of Reed Warbler, both ringed here as juvs last autumn, turned up last week. The one near Newport was sexed as a female with a brood patch. The one at Blashford Lakes was not sexed, though weighed a tad heavier than is the norm

26-7-20 Greylag Goose, Herriott's (Mike Trew)

Herriott's Bridge:

30 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Geese, 4 Shelduck, 20+ Swift, 200 Great Crested Grebe, 

26-7-20 Black-tailed Godwit,  Herriott's (Mike Trew)

4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 8 Green Sandpiper, 9 GBB Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 

26-7-20 Cattle Egre, Herriott's (Ian Stapp)

1 Cattle Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Buzzard, 4 Kingfisher, 0 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 150 Swallows and Martins, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Out of Avon:

Manx Shearwater off Saul Warth

25-7-20 What bird, Dundry (Andrew)

Reports: Dru Brooke-Talyor, John Clark, Anne Crowe, Richard Giles, Robert Hargreaves, David Hughes, Simon Isgar, Fiona Neate, Aravind Ramesh, Patrick Richards, Trevor Riddle, Chris Stone, Mike Trew, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG