Sunday 30 August 2020

30-08-20 Sunday - Osprey again

Temp 9 to 19°C. Fresh breeze and dry, blue skies with small white clouds

Swift
Curlew Sandpiper
Yellow-legged Gull
Osprey
Lesser Whitethroat 
Redstart
Whinchat
Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail, Rock Pipit
Kingfisher
Spotted Flycatcher

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Raven - 'dong dong call' as it flew over the garden

Fishponds:
Swift

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

30-8-20 Curlew, New Passage (Chris Clarke)
New Passage & Pilning Wetlands:
65 Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 25 Lapwing, 2 Curlew, 63 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Knot, 14 Turnstone, 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, 158 Redshank, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Wheatear

30-8-20 Sparrowhawk with Robin, New Passage (Lisegirl)

Hawkesbury:
1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET

30-8-20 Rock Pipit, Channel View (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon, Channel View:
Whinchat, 5 Wheatear, 1st Rock Pipit back

Clevedon - Two Rivers Walk:
1 Moorhen, 1 Kingfisher

BELOW M4 & BANES

Freshford:
1 Little Egret, 1 Dipper

30-8-20 Redstart, Marshfield (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield:
4 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 4 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, 3 Redstart, 7 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear 

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank No2:
Swift, 39 Little Grebe, 8 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 6 Sand Martin

Blagdon Lake:
1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank

30-8-20 Osprey, CVL (David Hughes)
Chew Valley Lake 
7 Raptor day - the Osprey, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Kestrel, Hobby, Peregrine

30-08-20 Hobby CVL (NSL birding)

 
2nd Picnic Area:
2 Treecreeper, family Spotted Flycatcher

30-8-20 Yellow Wagtail, Villice (Brian Thompson)
Villice:
14 Moorhen, 16 Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, Ringed Plover, 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 30 Swallow, 20 Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, 6 Yellow Wagtail

30-8-20 Wheatear, Nunnery (Ian Stapp)
Nunnery:
3 Grey Heron, 2 GreatWhite Egret, 1 Kestrel, 2 Wheatear

30-8-20 Yellow-legged Gull, Herons Green (Chris Teague)
Herons Green:
33 Canada Geese, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 50 hirundines, 1 Whinchat

30-8-20 Cattle Egret, CVL (Brian Thompson)
Moreton:
1 Hobby

Stratford:
the Osprey

CV Ringing Station:
9 Chiffchaff, 22 Reed Warbler

30-8-20 Marsh Harrier, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's Bridge:
24 Canada Geese, 1 Shelduck, 4 Little Grebe, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 ad Common Gull, 5 GBB Gull, 9 Grey Heron, 9 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, the Osprey, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 200 Swallows and Martins, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail

Out of Avon:
Shapwick:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Osprey

Reports: Rich Andrews, Raoul Chandrasakera, Allen Chard, Chris Clarke, Tony Cook, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Michael Davis, Simon Harris, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Nick Hudson, David Hughes, Simon Isgar, Robert Kelsh, Andy Mears, Vic Polley, Lisa Presland, Gill Sapsed, Clive Sawyer, Larry Sweetland, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler, Chris Teague, Brian Thompson, Gary Thorburn, NSL, Chris Vines, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG