Friday, 31 July 2020

31-07-20 Friday - Cattle Egrets

Very hot, with temperatures reaching 32°C. The afternoon was cooler, with a breeze. 

Bar-headed Goose
Yellow-legged Gull, Red Kite
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Redstart, Whinchat 
Yellow Wagtail, Corn Bunting

31-7-20 Cattle Egret, CVL Stratford, (Rob Hargreaves)
BRISTOL


Westbury-on-Trym:
4 Swift, 1 juv Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail 

Redland Green:
5 Swift, 1 juv Sparrowhawk, 2 Nuthatch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

31-07-20 Redstart, Chipping Sodbury Common (Mark Coller)

Pilning Wetlands & New Passage:
260 Canada Goose, Bar-headed Goose, Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 171 Mallard, 2 Teal, 27 Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Curlew, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Turnstone, 50 Dunlin, 67 Redshank, 3 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail

Chipping Sodbury Common:
4 Redstart, 4 Whinchat

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
150 BH Gull and 40 Herring Gull anting (30.07.20)

Clevedon (garden):
54 Swift, 1 Great White Egret, 1 f Sparrowhawk

Sand Point/Bay:
3 Curlew, 4 Skylark, 27 Swallow (heading south), 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting, Common Blue Butterfly

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
4 Red Kite, 9 Buzzard, Skylark, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Whinchat, Goldfinch, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS
31-07-20 Cattle Egret in flight, Stratford Bay (CVL) (Ian Stapp)

Blagdon Lake:
1 Cattle Egret, 8 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret

Chew Valley Lake
c.20 Cattle Egret in total around the lake

Dam End:
2 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 11 Pied Wagtail

31-07-20 Common Sandpiper, Dam (CVL) (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:
19 Canada Goose, 6 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 18 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
18+ Cattle Egret
31-07-20 Cattle Egrets galore, Stratford (CVL) (Derek Angell)

Stratford:
1 Water Rail, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Grey Heron, 14 Cattle Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Robin

Herriott's - inc Pool:
34 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 9 Green Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 18 Cattle Egret (plus 2 earlier on), 5 Grey Heron, 8 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting 

OUT OF AVON

30-07-20 Spotted Flycatcher, Ubley Warren (Robin Martin)

30-07-20 Nuthatch, Ubley Warren (Robin Martin)

Reports: Derek Angell, Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Pete Coslett, Anne Crowe, Stephen Curtis, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Robert Hargreaves, Robin Martin, Matt Plenty, Dean Reeves, Harvey Rose, Carol Rushton, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG