08-08-22 Monday - Common Scoter

Sunny and hot, with temperatures up to 27°C . Light westerly breeze dropping to none.

Common Scoter

Yellow-legged Gull
Curlew Sandpiper

Little Owl

Wheatear

Sparrowhawk in a Yate Garden (Alan Daniells)

BRISTOL

No sign of any Swifts.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
A Whimbrel heard at Shepperdine.

c.700 Black-headed Gull on the shore and chasing flying ants.

pr. Stonechat with 2+ juvs, 1 juv Wheatear.

(10 Oak Eggar moth and a Clouded Yellow butterfly)

Northwick Warth:

Shelduck, Mallard, 1 Common Scoter,  Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 40 Dunlin, 43 Turnstone, 2 Redshank. Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow, 7 Swallow, 50 Starling, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Linnet, 1 Goldfinch.

Yate:

Garden:  1 m. Sparrowhawk.

Kingsgate Park:  Teal, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Little Egret, 1 f. Sparrowhawk, singing Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 10+ Blackcap. 

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Little Owl, 2 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 50+ Swallow, Sand Martin, 11 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, 9 Blackcap, 7 Whitethroat, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Redstart, 5 Yellow Wagtail.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Snipe,1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Raven, 1 Reed Bunting.

Port Marine:

That ringed Red-breasted Goose is an escape from Noah's Ark Zoo, apparently..  Oh all right, here's a photo...

escaped Red-breasted Goose causing a bit of excitement (Robin Martin)

Portishead:

2 Shelduck, 1 Curlew, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, 2 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 20 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Robin, lots of House Sparrow, 3 Goldfinch.

Sand Point/Bay:

2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Sand Martin, 25+ House Martin, 42 Swallow, 3 Willow Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Whitethroat, c.8 Tree Pipit,  2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 f. Bullfinch. 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Red Kite over the A420

Bath:

5 Swift over Englishcombe Lane, Bath late in the evening.

Stanton Wick:

2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard (corn field)

Chew Magna:

1 juv. Willow Warbler (in the garden).

Bishop Sutton:

5 Collared Dove, 20+ Jackdaw, 12+ House Sparrow.

Water Rail in Herriotts channel (Ian Stapp)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
12 Great White Egret, 12+ Little Egret.

Redshank at Herons Green (George Stacey)

Heron's Green:

20+ Canada Goose, 1 imm. Goldeneye, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 1 Redshank, 2 GBB Gull, 1 ad. Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 10+ hirundines, 30+ Pied Wagtail, 5 Grey Wagtail.      

Yellow-legged Gull with bread at Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
1 Little Ringed Plover, 5-6 House Martin still around the Blue Bowl pub

Herriott's inc Pool:
10+ Canada Goose, 1 Water Rail, 8 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Snipe, 2 Dunlin, 11 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 7 Jackdaw, 20+ hirundines, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 20+ Pied Wagtail, 4 Grey Wagtail.

Black-tailed Godwit & Snipe at Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Di Bunniss, Mark Coller, Bryan Cook, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Andy Gibb, Matt Hull, Chris Mott, John Rossetti, Brian Thompson, , blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG