15-07-22 Friday - Ruff, Common Gull

Temp 13 to 24°C. Quite a pleasant day, west wind and some cloud

Ruff

Common, Yellow-legged & Mediterranean Gull
Spoonbill

Redstart
Whinchat

BRISTOL

Redland garden:
4 Feral Pigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow

15-7-22 Moorhen & Emperor Dragonfly, Stoke Park (Chris James)

Stoke & Eastville Park:

Moorhen, 1 juv Dipper

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station WeBS:

Shepperdine:

1 Curlew, 7 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 

OPS:

45 Canada Goose, 6 Shelduck, 65 Mallard, 9 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 500 BH Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 6 Stonechat (2juv), 1 Muntjac

Yacht Club:

1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 

Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetland:
1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 1 imm Spoonbill, 2 Redstart

Yate, Dean Rd:
1 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf - evening visit:

1 Barn Owl, 1 Raven

Tickenham Church:

2 Red Kite in afternoon

15-7-22 Whinchat, Congresbury Moor (Mark Savage)

Strawberry Line / Congresbury Moor:

6 Swift, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Swallow,1 Skylark,  4 Sedge Warbler (all singing and display flying), 2 Reed Warbler,  2 Blackcap, 1 Whinchat, 1 Reed Bunting

Sand Point:
4 Shelduck, 1 Collared Dove, 3 (1 juv) Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew, 280 BH Gull, 1 f Sparrowhawk carrying prey, 3 Buzzard, 4 (2 juv) Kestrel, 3 Raven, 4 Skylark, 9 Swallow, 5 (3 juv) Wren, 7 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, Shire Valley:
2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 juv m Kestrel, 1 f Blackcap, a large family of Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Grey Wagtail a large family of Goldcrest, 

Warmley:

1 Red Kite

15-7-22 Green Woodpecker ad + juv, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

Chew Stoke lawn:

2 Green Woodpecker

Bath Botanical garden:

2 Moorhen + 2 juveniles, 1 Raven

East Somerset:
Red Kite bred

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
2 Greylag Goose, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull

Stratford:
5 Lapwing, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Sand Martin

15-7-22 Ruff and Dunlin, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Herriotts:
2 m Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman, Allan Chard, Peter Coslett, Andy Davis, Trevor Ford, Andy Gibb, John Griffiths, John Hansford, Andrew Harrison, John Lewis, Lucy Masters, Mark Savage, Paul Sawyer, Bri Thompson, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG