Thursday 28 July 2022

28-07-22 Thursday - Ruff

Cloudy all day. Max of 21°C  with a very light breeze from the SE.

Yellow-legged Gull
Ruff 
Cuckoo
Yellow Wagtail

BRISTOL

High Kingsdown:
c20 Swift - above the gulls

Southmead Swimming Lake - WeBS
5 Mallard, 78Moorhen - 4 juv, 1 Black-headed Gull

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
9 Lapwing, 2 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Redshank, 2 Little Egret, 2 Sand Martin, 15 House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap

Shepperdine:
1 Whimbrel, 15 Turnstone

New Passage/Northwick:
8 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Turnstone, 2 Knot, 200 Redshank

Severn Beach:
8 Ringed Plover, 1 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 

Wickwar - Lower Woods
1 Jay, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Grey Wagtail

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 2 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch - inc juv, 5 Linnet, lots of Goldfinch, 
28-07-22 Green Woodpecker Almondsbury (Vĕra Carpenter)
Almondsbury - garden:
1 Green Woodpecker - juv

Little Stoke:
5 Swift and many many Lesser Black-backed Gull and Herring Gull - hawking flying ants

NORTH SOMERSET

Banwell - garden:
2 Stock Dove - inc juv, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - inc juv, 8+ Blue Tit - juv bathing, 1 Blackcap - juv, 4 Bullfinch - inc 2 juv, 10+ Goldfinch - inc 6 juv

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham:
 - garden 1 - c30 Swift over 
 - garden 2 - Swift nest box - juv fledged today

R Avon - Siston Brook 
1 Dipper

Swinford - R Avon:
40 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 8 Greenfinch, 

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
3 Egyptian Goose, 5 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover - juv, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull - sub adult, 8 Great White Egret, 13 Little Egret, 2 Hobby, 1 Wheatear - juv

28-07-22 Goldeneye CVL (George Stacey) - what a difference a month makes

Chew Valley Lake

28-07-22 Ringed Plover CVL (George Stacey)
Bernard King Hide:
1 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover

Hollowbrook:
2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 

Villice:
1 Garden Warbler, 6 Spotted Flycatcher - inc juv    
28-07-22 G-BB Gull CVL ring D.BK (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green:

100+ Canada Goose, 1 Graylag Goose, 7 Gadwall (+3 Duckling), 1 Goldeneye (juv), 2 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 34 Black-headed Gull, 3 Great Black-backed Gull - inc ringed old friend D:BK, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult), 4 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 10+ Swallow, 12 House Martin, 7 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail,

Moreton:
30+ Woodpigeon, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 20+ Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 40+ Starling, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
2 Greylag Geese, 1 Cuckoo
28-07-22 Water Rail CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:

26 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 3 Garganey, 2 Water Rail, 8 Lapwing, 1 Ruff - asleep, 2 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 17 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 8 Jackdaw, 50+ Swallow on the wires at farm house, plus 12 Swallow & House Martin - over the pool, 3+ Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Véra Carpenter, Chris Hall, Rob Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Mike Jackson, Andy Mears, Andy Middleton, Paul Sadley, Paul Sawyer, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, John Thorogood, Keith Williams