Tuesday 3 August 2021

03-08-21 Tuesday - Cuckoo

There was a bit of fog first thing, but soon warmed up to be quite hot - out of the breeze.

Hobby
Wood Sandpiper
Whinchat
Cuckoo
Yellow-legged Gull

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
1 Raven - over fairly high, calling

Fishponds - garden:
15 Swift

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury-on-Severn:
1 Hobby
03-08-21 Whinchat NP-NW-PWL (Aravind Ramesh)
Pilning Wetlands:
25 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Dunlin - inc juv, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Whinchat - juv, 4+ Yellow Wagtail, 1 Blue-headed Wagtail - new one
03-08-21 Green Woodpecker Almondsbury (Véra Carpenter)
Almondsbury - garden:

1 Green Woodpecker

Little Stoke - garden:
at least 6 Swift

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - garden: 42 min evening vigil
53 Swift, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 16 Herring Gull, 6 Lesser Black-b Gull, 1 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 36 Starling, 5 Goldfinch

Clevedon - Yeo:
Swift - a few, 1 Knot - sum plum, 6 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier - juv,  Swallow and House Martin - a few, c50 Linnet, c50 Goldfinch

Weston-Super-Mare - airfield:
1 Marsh Harrier (f)

Winscombe - church:
1 Swift, 1 Jay

Winscombe - Kings Wood - BOC walk:
2 Stock Dove, 8 Woodpigeon, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Magpie, 9 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 3 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 7 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 9 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 
4 Goldcrest, 7 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 7 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 4 Stonechat, 1 Dunnock, 7 probably Meadow but possibly Tree Pipit - not good enough views to decide, 1 Linnet
03-08-21 Feral Pigeon Langford (David Goodliffe)
Langford - garden:

1 Feral Pigeon, 5 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Blackbird (f&m), 1 Robin, 9 House Sparrow (f&m), 3 Dunnock, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Rickford - garden feeder regulars:
3 Bullfinch (f&2m) plus Goldfinch and Siskin with their families

BELOW M4 & BANES
03-08-21 Wheatear MF (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield:

1 Cuckoo (f), 3 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 250+ mixed Corvid, 1 Raven, Skylark, 50 Swallow,  1 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Stonechat - juv, 5 Pied Wagtail, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
80 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Green Woodpecker

Dam:
120+ Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose - one moulting, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-b Gull, 4 Pied Wagtail

Nunnery:
2 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Reed Warbler
03-08-21 Dunlin CVL (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green:

26 Canada Goose, 2 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe - one the new nest, 1 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Yellow-legged Gull - inc the swiss ringed bird, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Buzzard, 6+ House Martin, 5 Pied Wagtail

Herriott's inc Pool:
16 Canada Goose, 76 Mute Swan, 12 Shoveler, 60+ Gadwall, 8 Teal, lots of Tufted Duck 5 Goldeneye - ducklings flying about, 6 Moorhen, 350+ Coot, 8 Little Grebe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull,  3 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 3 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Swallow, 6+ House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail

Reports: John Barnett, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Chris Bungay, Clive Burton, Véra Carpenter, Peter Coslett, Alan Daniells, Heather England, David Goodliffe, Nick Hawkridge, Gary Hughes, Aravind Ramesh, Adam Rawson, Carol Rushton, Julie Smallbone,  Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Keith Vinicombe