Thursday 22 July 2021

22-07-21 Thursday - Cattle Egret

 Hot &  29°C

Cattle Egret
Red Kite
Yellow-legged Gull
Hobby

22-07-21 Med Gull OPS (Peter Hazelwood)
BRISTOL


Coombe Dingle:
many 100's of Gulls - anting at 5pm

Redland Garden:
9 Swift, Herring Gull - sloped off to go anting, 2 Woodpigeon - often quarrelling, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blackbird, 15+ House Sparrow - mainly in the often refilled bird bath!

St Anne's Park:
many mixed gulls anting 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

22-07-21 Yellow-legged Gull OPS (Peter Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:

4 Lapwing, 15 Curlew, c10 Dunlin, 3 Redshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull - moult with 250 Black-headed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Lesser Whitethroat - juv, 1 Redstart - juv, 1 Wheatear -juv, 

New Passage/Northwick:
9 Shelduck + 7 juv, 3 Oystercatcher, 10 Turnstone, 3 Curlew, 20 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 80 Redshank and many Swift, Swallow and House Martin hoovering up flying ants

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea:
200 Jackdaw - over low towards a possible roost at Backwell Lake 8:40pm

Clevedon - Yeo:
14 Canada Goose, 15 Mute Swan, 15 Shelduck + broods of 9 and 11, 130 Mallard, 2 Coot, 12 Oystercatcher, 7 Lapwing, 135 Curlew, 110 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 130 Redshank, 450 Black-headed Gull, 70 Herring Gull, 12 Lesser Black-back Gull, 22 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Swallow

BELOW M4 & BANES

Doynton:
1 Red Kite - away low to the south

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Heron's Green:
132 Canada Goose, Mute Swan + 5 Cygnets, 2 Moorhen, 2 Lapwing, 4 Little Egret - 1 nest ok, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 20+ mixed - 2 Cetti's Warbler, Long-tail, Blue and Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 12+ Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

22-07-2021 Cattle Egret CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:

89 Canada Goose, 120 Mute Swan + 1 Cygnet, 50 + Gadwall, 7+ Teal, 4 Goldeneye - juvs, 5 Moorhen, 100+ Coot, 2 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Gull, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 9~ Great White Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Warbler

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Di Bunniss, Derek Clarke, Andy Davis, Trevor Ford, Geoff Harman, Lisa Presland, Harvey Rose, Gill Sapsed, Ian Stapp,  opsbirding