Monday 31 August 2020

31-08-20 Bank Holiday Monday

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

Garganey
Swift 
Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, Wood Sandpiper
Osprey
Lesser Whitethroat 
Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart
Whinchat, Stonechat, Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail

31-8-20 House Martin, CSC (Mark Coller)
BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle garden:
1 Chiffchaff

31-8-20 Lesser Black-backed Gull C=R, Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury)
Eastville Park:
12 Mute Swan - inc 6 juv, Mallard, 5 Moorhen, 4 Coot, c 30 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 6 LBB Gull - mostly juv, 2 Cormorant - inc juv, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk - just missed 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch

30-08-20 Kingfisher Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury)
Greenbank:
Swift

Stoke Park:
1 Spotted Flycatcher (gun battery), 3 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 10 House Martin, 1 f Reed Bunting

31-8-20 Redshank, Sea Mills (Robert Proctor)
Sea Mills:
4 Collared Dove, 3 Common Sandpiper, 22 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 160 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 7 LBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

31-8-20 Wheatear, Whale Wharf ( Vera Carpenter)
Littleton-upon-Severn, Whale Wharf:
50 Gadwall, 1 Oystercatcher, 20 Curlew, 6 Redshank, 200+ BH Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 8 Swallow, 3 Wheatear, 1 Meadow Pipit, 20 Goldfinch

Aust to Littleton:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, Swallow, 1 Willow/Chiff, 5 Blackcap (1f&4m), 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Redstart (f or juv), 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Greefinch, Linnet and Goldfinch flocks

New Passage:
plenty of Canada Goose, 2 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 35 Redshank, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Wheatear, 

Severn Beach:
1 Sparrowhawk - back in the garden

31-08-20 Raven CSC (Jonathan Bull)
Chipping Sodbury, St. John Way bank of the River Frome:
2 Little Egret, first Kingfisher since March, 1 Muntjac

31-8-20 Spotted Flycathcer, CSC (Mark Coller)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 500 hirundines, 15+ Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 8+ Lesser Whitethroat, 12+ Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat, 5 Wheatear, 8 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit

31-8-20 Redstart, CSC (Jonathan Bull)
NORTH SOMERSET

Ashton Court:
Redstart, 1 Tree Pipit

Portishead, Merchant Square:
5 Pied Wagtail

Gordano Valley, Weston Moor:
5 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Mistle Thrush

31-8-20 Wheatear, CL-Y (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon, Channel View & Kingston Seymour:
90 Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swan, 30 Shelduck, 170 Mallard, Teal, 30 Oystercatcher, 120 Ringed Plover, 3 Whimbrel, 170 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Turnstone, 7 Knot, 200 Dunlin. no Common Sandpiper, 290 Redshank, 350 BH Gull, 4 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 7 Little Egret, 1 juv Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, 15 Swallow, 5 Wheatear, 30 Linnet

Worlebury garden:
2 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Robin, 13 House Sparrow

BELOW M4 & BANES

31-8-20 Whitethroat, Marshfield (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield, Northfield Lane area:
2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Swallow, Skylark, 2 Willow Warbler, 7 Whitethroat inc juvs, 13 Whinchat, 2 Yellowhammer, 7 Corn Bunting

Bath, Carrs Woodland:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 20 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch

Bath - Walcot:
1 Sparrowhawk - in hot pursuit of a Jay

Newton St Loe:
1 f Tufted Duck, 1 Coot

Chew Magna:
1 Hobby

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank No2:
1 juv Wood Sandpiper

31-8-20 Common Sandpiper, Blagdon Lake (Lucy Gaze)
Blagdon Lake:
Garganey, Swift, 1 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Greenshank, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl, Hobby, 

31-8-20 Hobby, CVL (Tony Bridges)
Chew Valley Lake 
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, 1 Garganey, lots of Gadwall, Mallard, Teal, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, small group of Black-tailed Godwit, 2 + Green Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, 2 Cattle Egret, Grey Heron, 9 Great White Heron and Little Egret, the Osprey, 1 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, 1+ Willow Warbler, severral Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, Wren, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch

31-8-20 Osprey, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Stratford:
the Osprey, 1 Wheatear

31-8-20 Great White Egret & Tench, CVL (NSL Birding)
Herriott's Bridge:
Garganey, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, the Osprey, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Out of Avon:
Cheddar Reservoir:
Wigeon, Red-crested Pochard, juv Shag

31-08-20 Osprey Somerset  Shapwick (Mike Trew)
Shapwick:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Osprey

Reports: Paul Bowdler, Tony Bridges, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Jonathan Bull, Pete Bunniss, Vera Carpenter, Raoul Chandrasakera, Paul Chapman, John Clark, Mark Coller, Tony Cook, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Lucy Gaze, Robert Hargreaves, Rod Holbrook, Simon Isgar, Robert Kelsh, Glen Maddison, Paul Marshall, Lisa Presland, Robert Proctor, Dean Reeves, Harvey Rose, Vic Savery, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Gary Thorburn, Mike Trew, Jason Williams, Paul Williams blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG