Saturday, 29 August 2020

29-08-20 Saturday - Osprey

 Temp 12 to 19°C. Pleasant if rather a windy day, good to have a break from the rain

Garganey
Swift
Golden Plover, Whimbrel
Black Tern
Osprey
Lesser Whitethroat 
Redstart, Whinchat, Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail

29-8-20 Osprey, CVL(Raoul Chandrasakera)
BRISTOL

Clifton garden:
1 juv Willow Warbler

Downs:
1 Chiffchaff

29-8-20 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Martin Tayler)
Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher

Horfield Common:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Coal Tits 1 Willow Warbler

Redland:
1 Raven, 1 House Martin

29-8-20 Spotted Flycatcher, Stoke Park (Allan Chard)
Stoke Park:
1 Spotted Flycatcher

Withywood, Highridge Rd:
8 Swallow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

29-08-20 Little Grebe Oldbury (Heather England)
Oldbury-on-Severn:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 36 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Wheatear

Lower Woods, Wickwar:
1 Sparrowhawk,  1 Peregrine (juv),  2 Raven,  3 House Martin,  2 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler,  1 Grey Wagtail (Little Avon River)

New Passage & Pilning Wetlands:
2 Wigeon, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 50 Lapwing, 2 Whimbrel, 100 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, House Martin, Starling, 4 Wheatear, Linnet, large flock Goldfinch

29-8-20 Chiffchaff, CSC, (Rob Hargreaves)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Whitethroat, 3 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 15 Yellow Wagtail

Westerleigh
1 Peregrine - church tower 

NORTH SOMERSET

29-8-20 Peregrine, Wains Hill (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon, Wains Hill:
1 Peregrine

Kenn Moor:
2 ad + juv Hobby, 25 Linnet

Nailsea Moor:
Several Whinchat and Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bishop Sutton:
5 Collared Dove

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
3 Garganey, 14 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 1 Yellow-legged Gull - ad, 4 Great White Egret 

Chew Valley Lake 
11 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Marsh Harrier, 6 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 400 House Martin main lake and Heron's Green

Woodford:
Golden Plover over calling

29-8-20 Cattle Egret, Parkland (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Villice/ Nunnery & Moreton Point:
1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret

29-8-20 Osprey, CVL (Brian Thompson)
Hollowbrook/Denny:
9 Ringed Plover, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Great White Egret, the Osprey, 1 Great Spotted & 2 Green Woodpecker

Herons Green:
18 Canada Goose, 6 Little Grebe, 1 Dunlin, 2 GBB Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 200 to 300 House Martins (some Sand), 3 Pied Wagtail   

Moreton:
3 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Hobby, 3 Raven, 200 to 300 House Martins (some Sand)

29-8-20 Sparrowhawk, Stratford (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Stratford:
10 Swift, 2 Water Rail, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Black Tern, the Osprey, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, Sedge Warbler

29-8-20 Osprey, CVL Ian Stapp)
Herriott's Bridge:
16 Canada Geese, 1 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 3 Garganey, 4 Little Grebe, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 ad Common Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 6 Grey Heron, 9 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, the Osprey, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Buzzard, 20 Swallow, 200 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail

Out of Avon:
Mendips, Velvet Bottom, Piney Sleights, Black Down:
3 Kestrel; 3 Buzzard; 2 Sparrowhawk; 4 Raven; 2 Wheatear; lots Spotted Flycatcher

Shapwick:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Osprey

Reports: Rich Andrews, Nancy Barrett, Dru Brooke-Taylor, John Budd, Karle Burford, Paul Bowerman, Tony Bridges, Ken Carruthers, Raoul Chandrasakera, Allen Chard, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, John Croxton, Stephen Curtis, Andy Davis, Neil Delaney, Ian Dickie, Heather England, David Esam, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Isgar, Paul Marshall, Andy Mears, Nailsea Nature, Rosemary Setter, Carol Rushton, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler, Brian Thompson, Gary Thorburn, Chris Vines, Keith Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG