Monday, 14 August 2023

14-08-23 Monday - Wood Warbler

Temp 16°C to 20°C. Overcast with rain to start, brightening up towards the end. A gusty, moderate breeze from the SW/S earlier (up to 33mph), moving round to the west later on.

Wood Warbler

BRISTOL

Sims Hill:
8+ Swallow, 3 Whitethroat, c70 Goldfinch

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetlands:
4 Gadwall, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Yellow Wagtail
14-08-23 Wheatear, Severn Beach (Matty England)
                           
Severn Beach:
200 Ringed Plover, 20 Curlew, 3 Turnstone, 120 Dunlin, 10 Little Egret, 1 Wheatear

Wickwar:
1 Hobby, 1 m Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Wood Warbler (seen, with 2+ also heard)

Portishead:
14-08-23 Cormorants and eel, Portishead (Colin Hawkins)
2 Cormorant fighting over an eel

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:
Info from ringed LBB Gull seen 12/8: Ringed Bristol 20/6/07 so 16 years old, breeds in Bath, has been seen in Dakhla, North Africa, in 09 and 12.

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
14-08-23 Egyptian Geese, CVL (Mike Moxon)

Dam:
4 Egyptian Goose (2 ad, 2 juv)

Herons Green:
2 Common Sandpiper

Stratford:
1 Cattle Egret, 3 Great White Egret

Reported by:   
Paul Bowerman, Andy Davis, Julian Eastoe, Matty England, Geoff Hardman, Colin Hawkins, Mike Moxon,  Paul Sadley, Larry Sweetland, blagdonlakebirds, CVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG