Thursday 8 July 2021

08-07-21 Thursday - Bittern

Nice day - got up to 21°C, and muggy towards the close

Spotted Flycatcher
Redstart 
Yellow-legged Gull
Bittern
  
08-07-21 Black-h Gull - juv Black-t Godwit CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

08-07-21 Little Egret Snuff Mills (Allan Chard)
Snuff Mills:
1 Little Egret

Stockwood Openspace:
2 Moorhen, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Horton Bushes:
Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven - over, Marsh Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Spotted Flycatcher

Chipping Sodbury Common:
4 Peregrine - inc 2 juv, 20 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 8 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 2 Redstart (f&m), 

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury - Salt Marsh and Pill:
4 Shelduck, 4 Mallard, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 27 Black-headed Gull - inc 2 juv, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine (m)

Portishead - sea front:
2 Shelduck, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Swift, 2 Curlew, 55 Black-headed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk (f), 1 Buzzard, 8 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow - inc 3 juv, 10 House Martin - nesting, 3 Chiffchaff , 3 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 5 Wren - inc 2 just fledged juv, 1 Starling, 3 Blackbird - inc juv, 1 Robin, 12 House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch, 8 Linnet, 9 Goldfinch - ad and juv

Clevedon - Yeo:
13 Canada Goose, 18 Mute Swan, 12 Shelduck + broods of 10, 9 & 8, 80 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Swift, 11 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing - adult and fully grown juv, Yeo, 1 Whimbrel, 60 Curlew, 5 Dunlin, 15 Redshank, 180 Black-headed Gull 180 - ad, good count for July, 40 Herring Gull, 45 Lesser Black-b Gull, 2 Great White Egret - KP, 12 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 12 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 40 Linnet

Weston-Super-Mare -  new garden:
1 Peregrine, 2 Raven, Blue Tit and House Sparrow

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wick - Monarch's Way:
Swift, 2 Stock Dove, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Swallow, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, Blackbird, juv Redstart, 3 Grey Wagtail, Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

08-07-21 Goldeneye CVL (Robert Hargreaves)
Chew Valley Lake

492 Canada Goose, 1 Goldeneye (f) plus 5 ducklings

Dam:
200+ Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 4 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Jay, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Pied Wagtail

08-07-21 Reed Bunting CVL (George Stacey)
Hollowbrook:

4 juv Reed Warblers, 2 Reed Bunting

Villice:
Goldfinch - several in adjoining fields

Heron's Green:
88 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan + 5 cygnets, 1 Swift, 2 Moorhen - pool, 4 Little Grebe - pool, 2 Lapwing, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Swallow, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat - calling, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Bittern, 1 Hobby

08-07-21 Reed Warbler CVL (Chris Rawlings)
Herriott's inc Pool:

18 Canada Goose, 100 Mute Swan +6 cygnets, 1 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 100+ Gadwall, 19 Teal, 95 Tufted Duck, 2 Pochard, 15 Great Crested Grebe, 6+ Swift, 410 Coot, 6 Black-tailed Godwit - inc colour-ringed bird, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 50 Black-headed Gull + 6 juv, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk - over, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - over, 1 Green Woodpecker - yaffling, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Swallow & House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch  - flew off, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Peter Bryant, Karle Burford, Mark Coller, Paul Francis, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, John Lewis, Chris Rawlings, Dean Reeves,  Harvey Rose, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Keith Vinicombe