Tuesday 18 July 2023

18-07-23 Tuesday

Temp 13°C to 19 °C - Light cloud with a gentle breeze from the Southwest

Wood Sandpiper
Sanderling

BRISTOL

Eastville - garden:
1 Redshank - nocmig at 23:00

Hotwells:
5+ Swift (high)

Redland:
1 Swift, 5 Feral Pigeon, 1 Woodpigeon, 6+ Herring Gull, 1 Jay, 1 Magpie, 4+ Blue Tit, 3+ Great Tit, 2 House Martin, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin (juv)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
18-07-23 Wheatear - juv OPS (Peter Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
9 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redstart (juv), 1 Wheatear (juv)

New Passage/Northwick:
35 Oystercatcher, 10 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit,   Turnstone, 1 Sanderling, 101 Dunlin, 9 Common Sandpiper, 20 Redshank

Pilning Wetlands:
60 Lapwing, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper (juvs), 30+ Sand Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Lower Woods:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit (heard), 5 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Wren, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 4 Bullfinch, 1 Goldfinch

Yate:
1 Peregrine (over)
Chiffchaff, CSC (Peter Coslett)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Green Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, 2 Greenfinch, Linnet, Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Clevedon (Richard Giles)
Clevedon - Yeo:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (on window feeder)
Whinchat, Congresbury (Mark Savage)
Strawberry Line/Congresbury:
4 Swift, 1 Buzzard, 1 Skylark (heard), 7 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bridgeyate (BOC Walk):
10 Swift, Feral Pigeon, 2 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 3 Raven, 3 Coal Tit, 9 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 5 Swallow, 9 House Martin, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 9 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 9 Wren, 10 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 35 Goldfinch

Wick:
1 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Grey Heron/Grey Wagtail, Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)
Keynsham, Memorial Park:
25 Mallard , 12 Feral Pigeon, 5 Woodpigeon, 2 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 1 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit,6+ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail 

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Bittern Trail:
1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker  1 Blackcap
Redshank/Common Sandpiper/Pied Wagtail, Herons Green,(George Stacey)
Heron's Green:

9 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 Pied Wagtail

Stratford:
3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret

Herriott's inc Pool:
14 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Red Kite

Reported by: Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman,  Dru Brooke-Taylor, Peter Coslett, Alan Daniels, Andy Davis, Richard Giles, Andrew Harrison, Pete Hazelwood, Nigel Jones, John Lewis, Aravind Ramesh, Mark Savage, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson