03-08-20 Monday - Gulls and Chats

Temp 12 to 20°C. Sunny start then some fair weather cloud came over, dry with a fresh breeze

Bar-headed Goose
Common Scoter
Turnstone

Mediterranean, Common & Yellow-legged Gull
Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat

Redstart, Whinchat, Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail

Spotted Flycatcher

3-8-20 Mediterranean Gull, Herons Green (David Hughes)

BRISTOL

3-8-20 Grey Wagtail and Dipper, Eastville Park (Vera Carpenter)

Eastville Park:

2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Jay, 1 f Blackcap, 2 Wren, 2 Dipper, 3 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

5 Curlew, 30 Turnstone, 1 Common Sandpiper, 21 Redshank, 600 BH Gull, 4 Common Gull, 4 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 30 Pied Wagtail

Pilning Wetland:

c.150 Canada Goose, 1 Bar-headed Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 4 Shelduck, 6 Gadwall, 1 Common Scoter, 5 Moorhen + 2 small young, 15 Coot, 6 Little Grebe, 20 Oystercatcher, 11 Lapwing, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, 8 Turnstone, 5 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, c.15 Swallow, c.30 House Martin, c.100 Starling incl. flock of 60, 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, c.20 Linnet, flock c.40 Goldfinch

3-8-20 Whinchat, CSC (Roger Staples)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 6 Redstart, 3 Whinchat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 20 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch 

Hawkesbury Upton, Upton Coombe:
3 Pheasant, 23 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 6 Chiffchaff - heard, 6 Blackbird, 3 Spotted Flycatcher - inc juv being fed, 1 Stonechat, 9 House Sparrow, 5 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

1 Little Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cormorant, 4 fluffy juv gulls, 1 Roe Deer

Congressbury to Puxton:
3 Mute Swan, 1 Mallard, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard,  2 Moorhen, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Kingfisher,  1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Magpie, 1 Raven, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Swallow,  6 House Martin,  1 Sedge Warbler,  2 Robin, 1 Stonechat, 2 House Sparrow,  1 Dunnock, 3 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

3-8-20 Yellowhammer, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

Chew Stoke:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 ad Green Woodpecker, 1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

3-8-20 Mediterranean Gull, Herons Green (David Hughes)

Chew Valley Lake 

Dam:

1 Common Sandpiper

3-8-20 Herons Green, Common Sandpiper (George Stacey)

Hollowbrook:

4 Little Egret

3-8-20 Mediterranean Gull, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:

56 Canada Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Pied Wagtail

3-8-20 Water Rail, Stratford (Lucy Masters)

Stratford:

1 juv Water Rail, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk

Herriott's Bridge:

55 Canada Geese, 4 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 3 Collared Dove, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Green Sandpiper, 7 GBB Gull, 1 ad + 1 3cy Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 9 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail

Reports: Vera Carpenter, Mark Coller, Judy Copeland, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, David Hughes, Tim Kilbride, Lucy Masters, Andrew Middleton, Jean Oliver, Vic Polley, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, George Stacey, Roger Staples, Ian Stapp, Chris Teague, TBOSG