Wednesday 26 August 2020

26-08-20 Wednesday - Rose-coloured Starling

Lovely; warm and the wind had just the right muscle for cooling

Spotted Flycatcher
Black Tern
Rose-coloured Starling, Sanderling, Curlew Sandpiper
Yellow Wagtail, Pintail, Cattle Egret, Hobby
Barn Owl
Gannet
Marsh Harrier
Redstart

26-08-20 Rose-coloured Starling NW (Raoul Chandrasakera)

 
BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
1 Raven - over, heard and seen.

Hotwells to Ashton Court:
1 Mallard, Stock Dove, lots of Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 15+ House Martin, Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackbird, 7 Mistle Thrush - Storm Cock, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Robin, Goldfinch

St Annes Wood:
4 Treecreeper - a little video

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Spotted Flycatcher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

26-08-20 Wheatear OPS (Heather England)
Oldbury Power Station:
Curlew, Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher - fly through, 1 Kestrel, Blackcap, Wheatear.

26-08-20 Kestrel Aust (Ian Loats)
Aust Warth:
2 Kestrel - juv, honing their skills

26-08-20 Rose-coloured Starling NW (Lisa Presland & Aravind Ramesh)
New Passage/Northwick/Pilning Wetlands:
c.90 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 9 Shelduck, 4 Moorhen, 10 Coot, 5 Little Grebe, 12 Lapwing, c.300 Ringed Plover, c.50 Curlew, c.60 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Turnstone, 15 Knot, 2 Sanderling, 8 Dunlin, 1 Curlew Sandpiper - juv, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier - pm, 1 Kestrel, 15 Swallow, 20 House Martin, c.500 Starling, 1 Rose-coloured Starling, 3 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, flock c.50 Linnet.

Redwick:
c40 Jackdaw - flock

Severn Beach:
1 Gannet - heading north

Tytherington:
1 Barn Owl - in the headlights early this morning

Winterbourne - Church Lane:
1 Redstart (m)

Iron Action:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Chiffchaff.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
4 Swift, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 30+ House Martin.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bitton:
2 Swallow - heading west

Bishop Sutton:
2 Collared Dove, 2 House Martin,

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great Black-backed Gull - colour ringed, 8 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret.

Chew Valley Lake
6 Great White Egret - around the site

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose

26-08-20 Ringed Plover & Dunlin CVL (George Stacey)
Hollowbrook:
9 Pintail, 20 Ringed Plover, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 1 Redshank

Woodford:
4 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Common Tern, 1 Black Tern, 100+ Swallows and Martins - over the lake, not so many later on, 30+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff - singing

26-08-20 Cattle Egret CVL Villace (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Villice:
22 Little Grebe, 2 Greenshank, 2 Cattle Egret, 1 Hobby

Nunnery:
3 Common Tern - sat on the mud, 2 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff - calling

Heron's Green:
55 Canada Goose, 6 Little Grebe - pool, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull - one ringed, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret 

Field between Heron's Green and Village:
4 Cattle Egret

Moreton:
100+ Great Crested Grebe - big raft on the lake, 3 Common Tern - inc 2 imm, 2 Black Tern, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard

Stratford:
1 Snipe, 1 Sparrowhawk - juv, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby

26-08-20 Ruff & Greenshank CVL Herriott's (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:
40 Canada Goose, 1 Shelduck, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 6 Grey Heron, 9 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Raoul Chandrasakera, Chris Craig, Rob Emery, Heather England, Alastair Fraser, Ken Hall, Mike Jackson, Ian Loats, Mike Meechem, NSLbirding, Lisa Presland, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, Gill Sapsed, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Rich Scantlebury, Larry Sweetland