Saturday 20 August 2022

20-08-22 Saturday - Wigeon

 Sunny intervals - max temp 22°C . Steady breeze from the West

Wigeon
Wood Sandpiper
Yellow-legged Gull
Garganey
Turnstone
Common Tern
Yellow Wagtail
Greylag Goose
Mediterranean Gull
Swift
Pied Flycatcher

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
1 Coal Tit - reappeared after 3 month absence

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetlands:
63 Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 1 Shelduck, 4 Gadwall, 3 Wigeon, 11 Teal, 4 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 160 Redshank, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail

New Passage:
30 Canada Goose, 4 Teal, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 300 Black-headed Gull, 1 Little Egret

20-08-22 Med Gull Severn Beach (Brian Lancastle)
Severn Beach:
c200 Ringed Plover, 84 Turnstone, 250 Dunlin, 1 Mediterranean Gull

Weston Approach Business Park:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sedge Warbler

Wickwar, West End:
4 Buzzard - 'sky dancing'

Thornbury:
1 Swift, 5 House Martin

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - garden nocmig (nocternal migration):
1 Pied Flycatcher - over at 5am 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield - Shire Valley:
Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel (f), 4 Redstart, 1 Grey Wagtail

Siston, Siston Hill
1 Little Owl - calling (5am)

Willsbridge, inc R Avon:
3 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 9 Swallow, 4 House Martin

Oldland:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

20-08-22 Common Tern CVL (Robert Hargreaves)

Chew Valley Lake

5 Ringed Plover, 34 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Sparrowhawk (m - juv),1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red Kite, 

Hollowbrook:
Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Shoveler, Gadwall, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Coot, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Black-headed Gull, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Goldfinch

Villice:
Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 7 Mistle Thrush

Nunnery:
20 Ringed Plover, 2 Turnstone, 3 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper

Heron's Green:
2 Canada Goose, 2 Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard, 1 Moorhen, Coot, 6 Little Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull- inc juv, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Common Tern, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, Carrion Crow, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 30+ Pied Wagtail

Stratford:
Mute Swan, 4 Garganey - mix (f&m), 2 Shoveler, Gadwall, 1 Wigeon, Mallard, Teal, Tufted Duck, Coot, 18 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Turnstone - juv, 1 Wood Sandpiper - juv, 6 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine (m - juv)

Herriott's inc Pool:
Canada Goose, 5 Gadwall, Mallard, Teal, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, 25 Moorhen, Coot, 17 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover - juv, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 24 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 24 Green Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull,  4 Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, LBB Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 35 Sand Martin, 20+ Swallow, 20+House Martin

Reports: Rich Andrews, Loise Bailey, Anne Crowe, Jane Cumming, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Tony Goodwin, Chris Hall, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, MJ, Sue & Nigel Kempson, Brian Lancastle, Paul Sadley, Vic Savery, Paul Sawyer, Paul Williams