Thursday 24 August 2023

24-08-23 Thursday - Red-necked Phalarope

 Temp 14°C to 22°C. Sunny again, changing to cloudy in the afternoon. Gentle WSW wind.

Goosander
Curlew Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Common Tern
Osprey
Spotted Flycatcher
Wheatear
Corn Bunting

BRISTOL

No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

24-08-23 Wheatear, OPS (Heather England)
Oldbury Power Station:
140 Canada Goose, 21 Greylag Goose, 2 Gadwall, 3 Goosander (redheads), 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Whimbrel, 5 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, Lots of Swallow and Martins feeding including some Sand, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat, 4 Wheatear

24-08-23 Sparrowhawk, Severn Beach (Craig Lewis)
Severn Beach:
3 Curlew Sandpiper amongst many Ringed Plover, Turnstone and Dunlin, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier (over)

Chittening Warth:

24-08-23 Whitethroat, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar garden:
1 Whitethroat

24-08-23 Spotted Flycatcher, Hover's Lane (David Hanks)
Frampton Cottrell
   Cog Mill - 1 Peregrine, 1 Wheatear
   Hover's Lane - 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Dowlais:
35 Shelduck, 28 Mallard, 11 Oystercatcher, 21 Curlew, 33 Redshank, 215 BH Gull, 10+ Carrion Crow, 5+ Swallow, 40 Starling, Greenfinch, Goldfinch

Kenn Moor:
1 Stock Dove, 2 Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard,1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
3 Wheatear, 27 Corn Bunting, 15 Yellowhammer
Shire Valley - 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 5 Spotted Flycatcher

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

24-08-23 Little Egret, Bittern Trail CVL (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:
1 Cormorant,  2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret 

24-08-23 Hobby, Villice CVL (Tony Bridges)
Villice:
1 Grey Heron, 3 Great Egret, 1 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 1 Jay

24-08-23 pink fronted Black-headed Gull, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:
200+ Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 100+ B-H Gull (inc 1 with pink breast), 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 9 Pied Wagtail

24-08-23 Great White Egret, Stratford CVL (Mike Trew)
Stratford:
1 Water Rail, raft of 210 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, 3 Cattle Egret, 6 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Shelduck, 9 Shoveler, 2 Pintail, 8 Little Grebe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Red-necked Phalarope (on pool, flushed with gulls and not seen again), 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron , 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 5 Jackdaw, less than 20 Swallows & Martins, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler 2 Pied Wagtail
 
Blue Bowl pub:
7 Swallow

Reported by: Paul Bowerman,  Tony Bridges, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Heather England, daviod Hanks, Pete Hazelwood, Tim Ford, Craig Lewis, Trevor Riddle, Paul Sadley, Paul Sawyer, George Stacvey, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, Mike Trew: