09-08-20 Sunday - Black Tern, Little Gull

Temp 17 to 26°C. Grey start to the day but remained fairly still and ended with clear blue skies

Turnstone, Snipe

Little Gull
Common and Black Tern
Hobby

Redstart, Whinchat, Wheatear

Garganey, White Wagtail

BRISTOL

Redland garden:

6 Feral Pigeon, 1 Wood Pigeon, 1 Magpie, 2 BlueTits, 2 Great Tits, 1 Blackbird, 17 House Sparrows(seed feeding, water bathing, dust bathing), 4 Goldfinch(incl. 2 Juveniles)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

9-8-20 Whinchat, CSC (Chris Teague)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Redstart, 3 Whinchat, 6 Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

3 Canada Geese, 4 Shelduck, 2 Ringed Plover, 5 Curlew, 13 Dunlin, 130 BH Gull

Clevedon-Channel View to Blakes:

60 Shelduck, 3 Oystercatcher inc 1 juv, 8 Ringed Plover, 65 Curlew, 25 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Turnstone,15 Little Egret, 3 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge Mill:

2 Sparrowhawk - juv, flying and calling

Marshfield - Rushmead Lane:

1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, Skylarks, 6 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 6 Pied Wagtail, Linnets, Corn Buntings, Yellowhammers

Pensford - walking west:

Mallard, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen 4 inc 2 minute chicks, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw,
Blue Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Dipper, Chaffinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

2 Egyptian Goose - part of the family, 2 Garganey, Gadwall - numbers increasing, Tufted Duck - on the increase too, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 White Wagtail, 

Chew Valley Lake 

1 juv Little Gull, 13 Common Tern, 4 Black Tern, usual Egrets, 1 Hobby

9-8-20 Yellow-legged Gull, Herons Green (Cliff Smith)

Herons Green:

1 Yellow-legged Gull

CVRS:

Only a trickle of Reed & Sedge Warblers. Of the 4 recaptured Reeds, 2 were ringed as this years juvs. T'other 2 were adults, 1 ringed as a juv in July 2017 and not seen since (& fattening up for migration), 1 as a juv in July 2019

Herriott's Bridge:

7 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 11 Green Sandpiper, 1 Snipe

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Dru Brook-Tayler, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Paul Francis, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Isgar, Paul Marshall, Cliff Smith, Ian Stapp, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG