03-08-22 Wednesday - Golden Plover

Drizzly morning, sunny afternoon. Max temp 22°C . Light south-westerly.

Cuckoo

Golden Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Knot 

Curlew Sandpiper

Mediterranean Gull

Yellow-legged Gull

Marsh Harrier

Yellow Wagtail

03-08-22 Redstart, Chipping Sodbury Common (Heather England)

BRISTOL

Westbury Park:

3 Swift

Redland gardens:

1 Jay, 5 House Martins in & out of nests

03-08-22 Kestrels, Avon Gorge (Keith Williams) 

Avon Gorge:

3+ Kestrels (m & juvs)

Ashton:

3 Whitethroat (1f feeding 2 juv)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

03-08-22 Black-tailed Godwits, Shepperdine (Peter Hazelwood)

Shepperdine:

3 Ringed Plover, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Turnstone, 2 Dunlin

New Passage:

40 Canada Goose, 20 Shelduck, 25 Oystercatcher, 35 Turnstone, 1 moulting ad Curlew Sandpiper still with the 180+ Dunlin flock, 70 Redshank, 450 BH Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher

 Pilning Wetlands

8 Canada Goose, 8 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 1 Oystercatcher, 21 Lapwing, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 10 Redshank, 140 BH Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull (juv),1 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Whinchat

 

West End garden:

5 Greenfinch

03-08-22 Whinchat, Chipping Sodbury Common (Heather England)

Chipping Sodbury Common:

3 Redstart, 1 Whinchat

Frampton Cottrell:

Village Pond:

     1 Kingfisher

Hillyfields:

     12 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead (recycling centre):
2 Peregrine

Clevedon Yeo:
Young birder's video of a Peregrine with carcass yesterday https://youtu.be/aT26dP-vPIA

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Bernard King Hide:

5 Little Ringed Plover (juvs)

03-08-22 Chiffchaff, Villice CVL (George Stacey)

03-08-22 Spotted Flycatcher, Villice CVL (George Stacey)

Villice:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  2 Chiffchaff, 2 Spotted Flycatcher

Nunnery:
1 Yellow-legged Gull

03-08-22 Cuckoo juv, Stratford CVL (Dave Hughes)

Stratford:

30 Swift, 1 Cuckoo (juv), 3 Water Rail, 7 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover in summer plumage, 2 Ringed Plover (ad), 1 Little Ringed Plover (ad), 8 Turnstone, 7 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (ad), 5 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 1 Yellow Wagtail (juv)

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Water Rail, 1 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover,1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot in summer plumage, 17 Green Sandpiper, 5 Great White egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 100+ Sand Martin  

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Mark Coller, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Will Dommett, Heather England, Peter Hazelwood, Rupert Higgins, Dave Hughes, MJ, Mike Jackson, John Lewis, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, George Stacey, Keith Williams, 

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