Saturday 6 August 2022

06-08-22 Saturday - Pied Flycatcher

Temp 11 to 24°C. Started quite cool but now, really warmer. Not much cloud, NW wind down to 15 mph.

Curlew Sandpiper
Cuckoo
Pied Flycatcher
Redstart, Wheatear


6-8-22 Red Kite, West End (Paul Sadley)
BRISTOL


Redland garden:
3 Feral Pigeon, many calling gulls over, some quite high (I stopped counting at 250), flying South to North, 1 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit (1 a juv), 1 Great Tit, 10+ House Martin (nesting at roundabout on Redland Hill), 4 House Sparrow, 2 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

6-8-22 Wheatear, OPS (Heather England)
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Common Sandpiper, 10 Redshank, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Kestrel, 2 Raven, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 6 Pied Wagtail

West End:
1 Red Kite

New Passage:
Curlew Sandpiper

Chipping Sodbury, Ridge Woods:
1 Swift heard

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Skylark, Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 3 (2m 1f/j) Redstart, 15+ Linnet

Coalpit Heath:
3 Swift 

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Dowlais:
1 Oystercatcher, 7 Curlew, 4 Dunlin, loads Redshank, 2 Little Egret, 2 Wheatear
 
BELOW M4 & BANES

6-8-22 Pied Flycatcher, Newton St Loe (Rob Hargreaves)
Newton St Loe:
2 Little Grebe with 5 grebelings, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 f/j Pied Flycatcher last seen here in 2013, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

6-8-22 Common Tern, CVL (Bri Thompson)
Stratford:

3 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Tern, 1 juv Cuckoo

Herriotts:
3 Dunlin, 2 Snipe

Reports: Peter Bryant, Alan Daniels, Heather England, Andy Gibb, Rob Hargreaves, David Hughes, Mike Jackson, Bri Thompson, Chris Vines,  blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG