Temp 17°C to 24°C - Sunny intervals changing to cloudy in the afternoon. V light wind SSW going round to the West after lunch.
Curlew Sandpiper
Wheatear
Redstart
Spotted Flycatcher
Osprey
BRISTOL
Clifton Down & Worrell Rd:
1 Swift, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 1 Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 6 House Martin, LT Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Bullfinch - calling
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| 23-8-23 Dipper EP (Allan Chard) |
1 Dipper
Redland Hill:
12 House Martin - feeding high over the roundabout
Two Mile Hill:
1 Buzzard - juv, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Hobby, 2 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat
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| 23-8-23 Curlew Sandpiper SB (Steve Richardson) |
1 Greylag Goose, 16 Shelduck, 6 Gadwall, 1 Collared Dove, 50+ Oystercatcher, 8 Ringed Plover, 9 Curlew, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 52 Turnstone, 2 Knot, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Dunlin, 3 Grey Heron, 8 Little Egret, 1 Sand Martin, 40 Swallow, c.100 Starling, 1 Wheatear, 2 Pied Wagtail
Wickwar - West End:
4 Little Owl - inc juv, 1 Kestrel
Yate Rocks:
2 Collared Dove - almost strangers in the garden
Yate Rocks:
2 Collared Dove - almost strangers in the garden
Yate - garden:
5 House Martin - over
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Whimbrel - over to the W, calling, 1 Red Kite, 2 Peregrine, 35+ Swallow, 5 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 15+ Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitetail, 8+ Whitetail, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 7 Redstart, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail,
5 House Martin - over
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Whimbrel - over to the W, calling, 1 Red Kite, 2 Peregrine, 35+ Swallow, 5 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 15+ Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitetail, 8+ Whitetail, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 7 Redstart, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail,
NORTH SOMERSET
Sand Point/Middle Hope:
1 Whimbrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Sand Martin, 9 Swallow, 11 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Redstart, 2 Stonechat, 3 Yellow Wagtail,
BELOW M4 & BANES
Hanham - garden:
2 Swift - latest ever here
Burnett - Stantonbury Hill
1 Red Kite - circling
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Gadwall, 1 Teal, 25 Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 12 Little Grebe, 8 GC Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail, 25+ Pied Wagtails - majority juv.
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| 23-8-23 Osprey CVL (Ian Stapp) |
Picnic Site 1:
1 Cetti's Warbler, 15 Long-tailed Tit
Herons Green:
300 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Heron, 100+ BH Gull - inc pink breasted, 1 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Osprey - heading W towards BL, 4 Buzzard - inc 2 juv, 2 Raven, 12+ Sand Martin, a few Swallow and House Martin, 4 Pied Wagtail
Moreton:
3 GBB Gull, 1 Osprey, 2 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff,
Stratford:
Mute Swan - inc cygnets with polish morph, 4 Stock Dove, 60+ Great Crested Grebe - one raft, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, some Swallow and Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler,
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| 23-8-23 Pintail CVL (Ian Stapp) |
60+ Swan, 14 Shoveler, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Pintail, 8 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 7 GBB Gull - inc 4 juv, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Osprey - went off to Litton, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 9 Jackdaw, 10 Sand Martin, a few Swallow and House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail
Reported by: David Allward, Morris Benson, Vĕra Carpenter, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Julian Head, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, Simon Isgar, Linda Moysey. Brian Mulgrew, Darren Pearce, Steve Richardson, Paul Sadley, Joe Sargent, Ian Stapp, Andy Woodward
