Hot and humid, and forecast to be another hot sticky night.
KingfisherMarsh Harrier
Wood Sandpiper
Yellow-legged Gull
Goosander
Red Kite
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
Common Tern
Whinchat
Wheatear
Hobby
Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail
BRISTOL
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| 12-08-20 Cormorant EP (Rich Scantlebury) |
9 Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan - inc 6 cygnet, c26 Mallard, 3 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 15 Black-headed Gull - ad, 9 Lesser Black-backed Gull - ad & 4 juv + 2nd yr, 1 Cormorant, 2+ Sparrowhawk - juv, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 40 Starling, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch - inc juv
Purdown:
Stoke Park:
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Common Tern, 22 Cormorant - flock flew upriver, fished in Tidal Res. for 5 minutes before continuing upriver. vids flying and fishing. 4 more on navigation lights making 26 - largest count in last 15 years
New Passage/Northwick/Pilning Wetlands:
Purdown:
1 Spotted Flycatcher
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| 12-08-20 Hobby Stoke Park (Ricky Seery) |
1 Hobby
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Common Tern, 22 Cormorant - flock flew upriver, fished in Tidal Res. for 5 minutes before continuing upriver. vids flying and fishing. 4 more on navigation lights making 26 - largest count in last 15 years
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| 12-08-20 Kestrel NP (Chris Clarke) |
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Shelduck, hardly any Gadwall, Mallard, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, Coot, Little Grebe, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, 43 Black-tailed Godwit, not many Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, Redshank, quite a lot Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 imm, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret. 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel - together, 2 Magpie, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, 30 Swallow, 45 House Martin, 1 Whitethroat, Wren, 200+ Starling, 1+ Whinchat, 7 Wheatear, House Sparrow, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting
Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Kestrel, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Whinchat, 1 Bullfinch, 20 Linnet
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
5 Swift - most went last week
Worle - garden:
Dam:
60+ Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Pied Wagtail
Heron's Green:
5 Little Grebe - pool, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gull - 3 ad + 3rd sum, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 6+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 3 Pied Wagtail
Stratford:
40+ Woodpigeon, 6 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, Reed Warbler - juv
Herriott's inc Pool:
30 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 1 Goosander (f) early, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 9 Green Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper - lake side earlier, 1 Wood Sandpiper - pool side, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 11 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Jackdaw 20+ Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail - lake side, 1 Reed Bunting
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| 12-08-20 Whinchat CSC (Keith Williams) |
2 Kestrel, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Whinchat, 1 Bullfinch, 20 Linnet
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
5 Swift - most went last week
Worle - garden:
Peregrine - very vocal this morning
BELOW M4 & BANES
no records - and who could blame them!
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
1 Goosander
Chew Valley Lake
1 Red Kite - over the lake early, flew towards Burledge, 1 Peregrine
BELOW M4 & BANES
no records - and who could blame them!
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
1 Goosander
Chew Valley Lake
1 Red Kite - over the lake early, flew towards Burledge, 1 Peregrine
Dam:
60+ Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Pied Wagtail
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| 12-08-20 Yellow-legged Gull CVL H Green, panting in the HEAT (Ian Stapp) |
5 Little Grebe - pool, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gull - 3 ad + 3rd sum, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 6+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 3 Pied Wagtail
Moreton:
100+ Great Crested Grebe, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Buzzard, 300+ Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Rook and Gull - behind the plough still, 2 Coal Tit, 12+ Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff
100+ Great Crested Grebe, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Buzzard, 300+ Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Rook and Gull - behind the plough still, 2 Coal Tit, 12+ Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff
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| 12-08-20 Reed Warbler CVL (Dave Hughes) |
40+ Woodpigeon, 6 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, Reed Warbler - juv
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| 12-08-20 Wood Sandpiper CVL Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp) |
30 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 1 Goosander (f) early, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 9 Green Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper - lake side earlier, 1 Wood Sandpiper - pool side, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 11 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Jackdaw 20+ Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail - lake side, 1 Reed Bunting
Reports: Rich Andrews, Chris Clarke, Sean Davies, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Dave Hughes, Simon Isgar, Dave Newton, Lisa Presland, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Rich Scantlebury, Ricky Seery, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Keith Williams
