Tuesday 22 August 2023

22-08-23 Tuesday

 Temp 13°C to 21°C - Sunny intervals with a moderate breeze from the West.

Knot
Curlew Sandpiper
Yellow Wagtail
Sanderling
Osprey

BRISTOL

Worrall Rd & Clifton Down:
10+ House Martin, 2 Blackcap - subsong

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Ingleston Common:
6 Red Kite

Severn Beach (Shaft Beach HT Roost):
400 Ringed Plover, 35 Turnstone, 1 Knot (juv), 3 Curlew Sandpiper (adults), 1 Sanderling (juv), 150 Dunlin

Chipping Sodbury Common:
26 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 6 Redstart, 3 Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

Abbots Leigh (and surrounds to West):
15 Woodpigeon, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Magpie,   Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 2+ Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch

Tyntesfield Estate:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Spotted Flycatcher

BELOW M4 & BANES
Yellow Wagtails, Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Yellow wagtail, Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Swallow, Marshfield (Chris Perry)
Marshfield (Rushmead Barn):
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 30+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 30+ Starling, 15 House Sparrow, 25+ Yellow Wagtail, 25 Linnet

East Harptree Woods (BOC walk, partly  in the Avon area):
1 Feral Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 4 Herring Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 25 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, Blackbird, 5 Spotted Flycatcher, Robin, House Sparrow, 2 Goldfinch

Stanton Wick:
1 Red Kite

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard

Burnett (Stantonbury Hill):
1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard
22-8-23 Hobby CVL (Tony Bridges)
RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
200+ Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 12+ Sand Martin, 12+ Swallow, 2 House Martin, 6 House Sparrow, 4 Pied/White Wagtail
Osprey, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Cattle Egret, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:

 Mute Swan (+5 Cygnets with the Polish colour morph Cygnet), 1 Pintail, 2 Stock Dove, 150+ Great Crested Grebe, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 30+ Sand Martin, 20+ Swallow, 12+ House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4+ Reed Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
60+ Mute Swan, 7 Shoveler, 50+ Tufted Duck, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Jackdaw, 30+ Sand Martin, 20+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied/White Wagtail

Reported by:  Peter Allen, Tony Bridges, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Anne Crowe, Alan Daniels, Andy Davis, Mike Jackson, Chris Perry, Aravind Ramesh, Joe Sargent, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson