Tuesday, 28 July 2020

28-07-20 Tuesday

Sunny intervals but with a fresh breeze

Kingfisher
Little-ringed Plover, Yellow-legged Gull, Marsh Harrier
Yellow Wagtail, Redstart, Whimbrel
Wheatear
Spotted Flycatcher
Yellowhammer


BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
1 Sparrowhawk, 

Redland - garden:
1 Swift, 1 Woodpigeon, 3 Herring Gull - inc a juv, 2 Magpie, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Robin - juv, 9+ House Sparrow, 1 Goldfinch -heard

Redland Hill Roundabout (27th):
6 House Martin - inc one exiting nest site.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

28-07-20 Garden Warbler OPS (Pete Hazelwood)
 Oldbury Power Station:

Estuary:
1 Whimbrel 

Main Rhine;
1 Willow Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaff,  2 Reed Warbler, c10 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat - juv, 2 Bullfinch - juv

Lagoon 1:
14 Mistle Thrush, 1 Redstart - juv or f, 3+ Yellow Wagtail, 20+ Pied Wagtail

28-07-20 Kestrel Aust (Vic Savery)
Aust:
1 Kestrel

16-07-20 Black-tailed Godwit Slimbridge (Mike King) - Plastic rubbish as a neck collar
 New Passage:
200+ Canada Goose,  Black-tailed Godwit - ditched piece of black plastic around its neck like a collar, noted a Slimbridge last week, 200+ Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 70 Redshank, 1 Little Egret,  and a hunting Peregrine were seen from New Passage.

Hawesbury Upton - north circular walk:
a lot of Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Buzzard, 1 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 2+ Marsh Tit - family party, Blue Tit, Swallow, House Martin, Chiffchaff, Wren, Blackbird, Song Thrush,
3+ Spotted Flycatcher - including one parent visibly feeding a fledgling, Robin, House Sparrow,
Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch

28-07-20 Buzzard Winterbourne Court (Martin Taylor)

Wickwar - Lower Woods:
2 Spotted Flycatcher - one seen carrying food

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
1 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
2 Black-headed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 50 Rook, 1 Sand Martin, 25 Swallow,
7 House Martin, 2 Whitethroat,  2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer

28-07-20 Green Woodpecker Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)
Chew Stoke:
1 Green Woodpecker - juv, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Bullfich - pr

Paulton inc STW:
1 Herring Gull, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 4 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch
 
RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

28-07-20 Little Ringed Plover CVL H Green Wall (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green:
200+ Canada Goose, 6 Little Grebe (pool), 1 Little-ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 5 Jackdaw, 1 Sedge Warbler 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
200+ Great-crested Grebe, 1 Redshank - calling out of sight behind the reeds, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier - went past the hide 4 timer, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 30+ Sand Martin - backwards & forwards in front hide, 30+ House Martin, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting
 
28-07-20 Dunlin CVL Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)
 Herriott's - inc Pool:
30 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck, 4 Swift, 4 Black-tailed Godwit - in the pool, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Redshank - calling on & off, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, - pool & lake, 4 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby - over the pool, 6 Jackdaw, 50+ Sand & House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Dru Brooke-Tayler, Patrick Hancock, Nick Hawkridge, Pete Hazelwood, Mike King, Lucy Masters, Vic Polley, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Martin Taylor
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