Feeling hot out of the wind but only 20°C on the thermometer
Pintail
Wheatear
Osprey, Black Tern
Redstart
Ruff
Wood Sandpiper
1 Jay - juv, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - juv, 1 Leucistic House Sparrow,
Purdown:
Purdown:
1 Wheatear
Redland - garden:
4+ Herring Gull, 1 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 8+ House Sparrow, 1 Blackbird, 1 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 1 Goldfinch
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
New Passage/Northwick:
347 Canada Goose, 5 Greylag Goose, 3 Ringed Plover, 115 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 1 juv. Ruff, 1 Dunlin, c.80 Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 1 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
25-08-21 Waders NP-NW (Rosemary Setter) |
347 Canada Goose, 5 Greylag Goose, 3 Ringed Plover, 115 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 1 juv. Ruff, 1 Dunlin, c.80 Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 1 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail
Pilning Wetlands:
c.30 Lapwing, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Redstart (2f, 2m),
Severn Beach:
1 Kestrel - obligingly close
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Red Kite - north, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 7 Redstart (4f, 3m), 3 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Tree Pipit, 1 Yellowhammer
Tortworth:
25-08-21 Kestrel Severn Beach (Rosemary Setter) |
1 Kestrel - obligingly close
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Red Kite - north, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 7 Redstart (4f, 3m), 3 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Tree Pipit, 1 Yellowhammer
Tortworth:
c30 Mistle Thrush - drifting north.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead - Boating lake & the Battery Point:
12 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck, 48 Mallard, 8 Woodpigeon, 11 Black-headed Gull, 5 Herring plus juv, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 24 Carrion Crow, 30+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 40 Starling, 2 Robin, 28 House Sparrow, 5 Wheatear, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Linnet, 12+ Goldfinch,
BELOW M4 & BANES
North Stoke:
NORTH SOMERSET
25-08-21 Wheatear Portishead, Battery Point (Ian Stapp) |
12 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck, 48 Mallard, 8 Woodpigeon, 11 Black-headed Gull, 5 Herring plus juv, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 24 Carrion Crow, 30+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 40 Starling, 2 Robin, 28 House Sparrow, 5 Wheatear, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Linnet, 12+ Goldfinch,
BELOW M4 & BANES
North Stoke:
10 Swallow - over the farm
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
3 Garganey, 3 Wigeon, 6 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover - juv, 6 Snipe, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Greenshank, 2 Great White Egret, 11 Little Egret
Chew Valley Lake
Chew Valley Lake
2 Black Tern - ad & juv, 1 possibly 2 Osprey - one caught a large fish at 9.45 and flew west. Later it or another appeared over the southern end at 10.30 and flew west.
Stratford:
1 Marsh Harrier - juv
Herriott's inc Pool:
Herriott's inc Pool:
2 Pintail, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Green Sanpiper, 2 Redshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull - ad wint,
Reports: Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Andy Davis, Fen Marshsll, Andy Mears, Tony Scott, Rosemary Setter, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Sean Whyte