07-08-22 Sunday - Common Scoter

Sunny and hot, giving a max temp of 26°C . Fairly still with any breeze from the W.

Common Scoter
Curlew Sandpiper

BRISTOL

Bishopston - Garden:

2 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay 2 Magpie, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 2 Robin - not friends, 7 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Goldfinch - singing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

07-08-22 Pied Wagtail OPS (Craig Lewis)

Oldbury Power Station:
Green Woodpecker, Garden Warbler, Pied Wagtail

Oldbury Yacht:

1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, 2 Kestrel, 8+ Skylark, 2 Swallow, 3+ House Sparrow, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 20+ Pied Wagtail, 1 Linnet

New Passage/Northwick:
60 Canada Goose, 16 Shelduck, 4 Common Scoter - 3 flew north, 20 Oystercatcher, 20 Curlew, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 63 Turnstone, 40 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 173 Redshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull - juv, 140 Black-headed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Hobby - hunting Starling

Pilning Wetlands:

38 Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Gadwall, 1 Teal, 4 Little Grebe, 28 Lapwing, 1 Little Ringed Plover - juv, 2 Dunlin, 4 Green Sandpiper, 190 Redshank, 2 Grey Heron, 11 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher

Severn Beach - Orchard Pools:

1 Great White Egret, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 

Tormarton:
1 Red Kite - seen from the car

NORTH SOMERSET

Wraxall: 06-08-22

Long-tailed Tit - family party, 70/80 House Sparrow - large flighty flock, 5 Yellowhammer

07-08-22 Barn Owl Yatton (Mark Savage)

Yatton - Strawberry Line:

2 Buzzard, 3 Barn Owl (one flying at 7am), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 8 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Yatton - Wemberham Lane:

1 Kingfisher, 50 Swallow, 3 Reed Warbler and 100 Goldfinch.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Pensford - Lords Wood:

1 Kingfisher, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 

Marksbury:
3 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

1 Black-headed Gull - taken by a Peregrine 

Chew Valley Lake

Bernard King Hide:

2 Little Ringed Plover

Hollowbrook:

1 Little Ringed Plover

Twycross:

3 Little Ringed Plover

Moreton Point:
1 Ringed Plover

Herriott's inc Pool:
8 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 9 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 12 Green Sandpiper

OUT  OF  AREA

Goldcliff, Gwent (BOC trip):

35+ Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, lots of moulting Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard, few Teal, Woodpigeon, 2 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, Oystercatcher, 86 Lapwing, Curlew, 153 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Redshank, 10+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 9 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, Magpie, Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, lots Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Wren, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, 6 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.

Reports: Rich Andrews, Peter Coslett, John Croxton, Mike Davis, Andy Gibb, Simon Harris, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Rob Laughton, Craig Lewis, Nige Milbourne,  Aravind Ramesh, Trevor Riddle, Mark Savage, Bri Thompson , blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG