Tuesday 11 August 2020

11-08-20 Tuesday - Wood Sandpiper

Scorchio 

Kingfisher
Dipper
Whinchat
Wood Sandpiper    
Marsh Harrier
Yellow Wagtail
Wheatear
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Tern
Tree Pipit, Siskin
Red Kite

BRISTOL

11-08-20 Dipper Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury)
Eastville Park:
4 Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan - inc 6 cygnet, c40 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 4 Black-headed Gull - ad, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull - ad & juv, 2 Grey Heron - 2cy, 2+ Sparrowhawk - juv, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch

11-08-20 Chiffchaff Duchess Pond (Rich Scantlebury)
 Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
6 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cormorant, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Chiffchaff, 1+ Blackcap, 1 Blackbird, 1 Magpie, 1+ Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
4 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Wood Sandpiper

11-08-20 Sparrowhawk Yate (Chris Teague)
Yate - garden:
1 Sparrowhawk - juv

11-08-20 Whinchat CSC (Lisa Presland)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
Great Spotted  Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Redstart, Whinchat, Bullfinch,

Coal Pit Heath - patch:
2 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Swallow, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Willow Warbler -1 in song, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Whitethroat, 15 Starling, 1 Reed Bunting - infrequent here.

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake:
1 Great Crested Grebe - unusual for these to stay 

Lanford - Havyatt Green:
Marsh Harrier

Clevedon - 2 gardens:
1 Red Kite - a garden tick and a first for weeks. Sightings at 14:50 and 14:58

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
1 Swift, 2 Curlew, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 5 Swallow, 5 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 15 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whinchat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Tree Pipit, 13 Linnet, 32 Goldfinch, 8 Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting

Weston-Super-Mare - Kewstoke:
2 Willow Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 10 Reed Warbler

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bishop Sutton:
4 Collared Dove, 

West Harptree:
8 Swallow - on the wires

RESERVOIRS

11-08-20 Great White Egret & all from Herriott's (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
 
Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose,1 Common Tern, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Pied Wagtail

Heron's Green:
4 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 12+ Swallow and House Martin, 4 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
4 Swift, 100+ Great Crested Grebe, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Buzzard, 300 to 400 Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Rook and Gull - behind the plough, 2 Coal Tit, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 10+ Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 12+ Goldfinch

11-08-20 Snipe, Green Sandpiper & Black-tailed Godwit Herriott's (Ian Stapp)
 
Herriott's inc Pool:
18 Canada Geese, 2 Shelduck, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 14 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 7 Jackdaw, 20 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Geoff Dring, Adrian Hockey,  Matt Hull, Mike Jackson, Lisa Presland, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Gwen Thomas