14-07-23 Friday - Ruff, Spot Shank & Marsh Harrier

Temp 14°C to 17°C. A thoroughly misreable day. Seems we have skipped summer and gone straight to autumn - it was slightly tempting to put the heating on today. Heavy rain most of the day made even a dog walk not a pleasant experience until a slightly drier evening. Light winds from the south and south east.

Whimbrel

Ruff

Marsh Harrier

Spotted Redshank

Mediterranean Gull

Details re the ringed Curlew at CVL that IS photo'd on 7th July (supplied by Mike Smart of WWT). . . "It’s OON (Orange Orange Black) ringed on 14th January 2016, one of the birds ringed in a BTO/WWT project on the Usk estuary in winter 2015/16. The orange over white on the left tarsus is a marker for these birds, just as yellow over white is a marker for the Curlews ringed at Wibdon from 2010 to 2013.

It has been regularly recorded in winter on the Usk estuary by Chris Wells in winters 20/21, 21/22 and 22/23. Last record on the Usk was at Peterstone (where all previous records have come from) on 25 January 2023. We don’t know where it breeds, this is the first record away from Peterstone. Looks as though it was on its way back to the Usk and stopped off at Chew. "

BRISTOL

Clifton:

Kestel

14-07-23 Kestrel, Clifton (Mike Owen)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage:

30+ Shelduck, 16 Oystercatcher, 1 Whimbrel, 68 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 60 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper,  220 BH Gull, 1 (1st summer) Mediterranean Gull

Pilning Wetlands:

Gadwall, 2 Teal, Tufted Duck, 44 Lapwing, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 60 Redshank, Grey Heron, Little Egret

Severn Beach:

20 Swift, 5 Oystercatcher, 1 Whimbrel, 15 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 65 Dunlin, 300 BH Gull,

1 Grey Heron

Yate Rocks - garden:

1 Sparrowhawk eating 1 Blue Tit

14-07-23 Little Owl, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar - garden/nearby: 

1 Little Owlet, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Bullfinch

14-07-23 Bullfinch, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - garden:

1 Great Spotted Woodepecker, 5 Blue Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2+ Blackcap, 1 Wren, 1 juv Blackbird, 3 Robin (1 juv), 2 Dunnock

BELOW M4 & BANES

Saltford:
Pair + 2 juv Mute Swan, 1 F Mallard + 5 juv, 1 juv Grey Heron

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
200+ Swift

Stratford:
1 Gadwall, 30 Swift, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 320 Sand Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush

Herriott's inc Pool:
4 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 74 Teal, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank - well into moult, 4 Great White Egret

Out of area: 

Pectoral Sandpiper at Goldcliff Pools, Black-winged Stilt still at Slimbridge

14-07-23 Green Woodpecker, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Reported by: 

Paul Bowerman, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Peter Hazlewood, John Lewis, Linda Moysey, Mike Owen, Paul Sadley

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG