Sunday, 25 July 2021

25-07-21 Sunday - Knot

Not cold but wet early, brighter later.

Wood Sandpiper, Knot
Arctic Tern
Cattle Egret
Quail

25-07-21 Green Sand & Black-tailed Godwit, Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Sea Mills:
(Webs) 20 Mallard, 1 Moorhen (in harbour), 4 Common Sandpiper, 75 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron

New Cut & Cumberland Basin:
3 Mute Swan, 10 Swift, 3 Woodpigeon, 2 Black-headed Gull, 8 Herring Gull (4 juv), 24 LBB Gull (16 juv), 4 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 14 House Martin, 1 Wren, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 5 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton Brick Pits:
Wood Sandpiper calling, 2 Raven, 1 singing Willow Warbler

Pilning Wetlands:
4 Avocet, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper

Chipping Sodbury - Golf course:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine - juv, flying towards the common

Yate - Cineworld:
1 Little Egret - flew up from the R Frome

Henfield - Westerleigh, cross roads
15 Stock Dove, 8 Mistle Thrush - on recently cut fields

NORTH SOMERSET

25-07-21 Knot, Dowlais (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon - Yeo:
Webs Count: 28 Canada Goose, 14 Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck, 110 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 10 Oystercatcher, 3 Ringed Plover, 4 Whimbrel, 130 Curlew,  7 Knot, 240 Dunlin (all ad. Schnizii), 3 Common Sandpiper, 210 Redshank, 250 BH Gull, 20 Herring Gull, 15 LBB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 9 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 20+ Linnet, 80 Goldfinch

Kenn:
25 Mistle Thrush (flock)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
7 Quail calling, 2 Swift, Stock Dove, 3 Buzzard, 200+ Corvid - flock, 4 Sky Lark, 4 Whitethroat, a few House Sparrow - 1 with food, 12 Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
4 Mute Swan, 76 Mallard, 314 Tufted Duck, 21 Little Grebe, 16 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 28 Cormorant, 99 Coot, 7 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern, 1 Arctic Tern - juv

Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f)

Chew Valley Lake

Heron's Green:
64 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan (+ 5 cygnets), 3 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret (far side lake in front reeds at Denny), 4 Little Grebe (pool all the nests failed sadly), 2 Moorhen, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Buzzard, 40+ Corvid, 5 Green Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing, 6 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting, 10+ Swallows & House Martin

Moreton:
2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret (fly past hide 6 still far side lake), 5 GBB Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Green Woodpecker (cottage garden), 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

25-07-21 Lapwing, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:
72 Canada Goose, 110 Mute Swan + 1 Cygnet, 35+ Gadwall, 11+ Teal, 5 Goldeneye ducklings doing flight practise now, 4 Moorhen, 300 Coot, 60+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Lapwing, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 7 GBB Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports: Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Sean Davies, Michael Davis, Mike Jackson, John Lewis, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Howards Taffs, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG