Thursday, 5 August 2021

05-08-21 Thursday - Little Ringed Plover

 Overcast early, then rain on and off after mid-morning with evening downpours.  Warm, moderate southerly wind.  20°C

Little Ringed Plover
Cuckoo
Spotted Flycatcher
Redstart

Heron looking for minnows at Blaise (Di Bunniss)

BRISTOL

Arno's Vale Cemetery:
16 Swift heading south, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Blackcap.

Blaise Estate:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Montpelier:
Sparrowhawk

Male Sparrowhawk in a Yate garden (Christopher Teague)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Yate:
Sparrowhawk caught a sparrow in the garden.

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
1 Common Sandpiper

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Redstart

Chipping Sodbury - Ridge Woods:
2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch.

05-08-21 Chiffchaff & Song Thrush Itchington (Heather England)
Itchington:
1 Sparrowhawk - daily visitor, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush - bit wet!
Juv of Coal, Blue & Great Tit, Greenfinch, Goldfinch all making the feeders very lively 

Thornbury:
20 to 30 Swift - feeding high over the town

Tytherington:
6+ House Martin - 3 nests "have been successful again this year"

NORTH SOMERSET

Leigh Woods:
139 Swift - counted between - 16:05 to 16:21, heading South

Portishead boating lake:
2 Canada Goose, 90 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen + an imm.
44 BH Gull, 19 H Gull (mostly juvs), 13+ C. Crow.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield - Shire Valley:
1 Cuckoo (f), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 2 Spotted Flycatcher

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
3 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret.

Heron's Green:juv.
Little Ringed Plover, 1 Swift, 20 Sand Martin

Reports: John Barnett,  Di Bunniss, Mark Coller, Jane Cumming, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Heather England, Pete Harrison, John Lewis, Sova, Christopher Teague,