Rain - good for the garden, not good for the birders. Light westerly wind. High about 21°C.
Have you lost an eye piece for your scope? One found at Chew today, contact
avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk to retrieve.
Bar-tailed Godwit, Knot
Curlew Sandpiper
Ruffs
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
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| A rather damp Wheatear at Severn Beach (Chris Snook) |
Eastville:
1 Red Kite (mostly over Stoke Park heading east), 1 Peregrine, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 1 Wheatear.
Purdown:
1 Wheatear
R.Trym, Blaise Estate:
1 Kingfisher
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
New Passage/Northwick:
34 Ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 120 Dunlin, 160+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Wheatear.
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
3 Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Redstart, 1 Wheatear, 1 Reed Bunting.
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| Dunlins at Severn Beach (Chris Snook) |
New Passage/Northwick:
34 Ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 120 Dunlin, 160+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Wheatear.
Severn Beach:
(High tide at a very wet and very soggy Shaft Rocks) 80 Ringed Plover, 110 Curlew, 1 Turnstone,
1 juv. Curlew Sandpiper, 150 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 2 Grey Heron, Willow Warblers, 1 Wheatear, 6 Grey Wagtail.
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| Soggy Wheatear at Severn Beach (Chris Snook) |
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon - Yeo:
160 Shelduck, 10 Teal, 120 Mallard, 18 Oystercatcher, 40 Ringed Plover, 170 Curlew, 1+ Bar-tailed Godwit, 18 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Knot, 11 Turnstone, 240 Dunlin, 3+ Common Sandpiper, 180 Redshank (most at R.Kenn), 4 Greenshank (3 at TEP and 1 at Kenn mouth), 200+ Black-headed Gull, Herring Gulls, 8 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, only 1 Swallow, 6+ Wheatear, 6 Rock Pipit. 15 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting.
Weston-super-Mare (Bleadon STW):
1 Glossy Ibis, Hobby chasing Goldfinches.BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Stratford:
Hobby
Herriott's inc Pool:
5 Black-tailed Godwit (in flight), 5 Ruff, 9 Green Sandpiper, 1 Osprey (3.30 p.m.), 2 Marsh Harrier (female type and juv.)
Reports: Di Bunniss, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Andy Davis, Rob Emery, Ollie Fournier, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, 'Lisegirl', Harvey Rose, Chris Snook, Larry Sweetland, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
