27-07-22 Monday - Whimbrel

Wet and very windy, but at least it's mild.

Bittern
Great White Egrets
Whimbrel

House Martin juv at Chew (Lucy Masters)

BRISTOL

no reports so far


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Yate:
Streams of Swifts going south over Westerleigh business park: 60+ in a half-hour.

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Ladye Bay:
3 LBB Gull and no pelagic birds.

Sand Point/Bay:
(high tide) 80 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel, 3 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Egret, Meadow Pipit, 3 Linnet, 4 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 2 m. Reed Bunting (1 carrying food).


BELOW M4 & BANES

no reports so far


RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake (good to see their website back in action):
family of Egyptian Goose, 1 ad. Oystercatcher, 5 Lapwing, 1 ad. m. Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Hobby.

Kingfisher at Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

Chew Stoke:

Kingfisher.

Bittern at Chew (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Chew Valley Lake

6 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Greenshank, 150+ Swift.

Sand Martin at Chew (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Herriotts Bridge:

4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 ad. Common Gull.

Stratford:

1 Bittern, 1 Grey Heron, Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, "hundreds" of House and Sand Martin.

Bittern at Chew (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Reports: Raoul Chandrasakera, Pete Coslett, Andy Davis, Lucy Masters, Dean Reeves, Howard Taffs, blagdonlakebirds.