Monday, 28 August 2023

28-8-23 Monday - Spotted Redshank

Temp 14°C to 19°C - cloudy in the main, with the wind NW but fairly light with gusts to 15mph.

Spotted Redshank
Goosander
Pintail
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Little Stint
Redstart

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
2 Raven - over calling

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
5 Oystercatcher, 100 Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, Turnstone, Dunlin, 1 Little Stint - close in by the beach
28-8-23 Spotted Redshank NP & Pil (Paul Bowerman)
New Passage/Northwick/
Pilning Wetlands:
Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank

Severn Beach:
17 Little Egret
28-8-23 Redstart CSC (Chris Newton)
Wickwar:
3 Cormorant - over

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Blackcap, 7+ Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 10+ Redstart, 3 Whinchat, 6 Yellow Wagtail

Yate - garden:
20 House Martin - over
27-8-23 Goldcrest Almondsbury (Vĕra Carpenter)
Almondsbury garden (27th):
3 Goldcrest

NORTH SOMERSET
28-8-23 Spotted Flycatcher SP (Matt Hull)
Sand Point - Middle Hope:
1 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 100+ Swallow, 30+ House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 1 L. Whitethroat, 9 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 15 Meadow Pipit, 9 Tree Pipit, 80+ Linnet

Burrington Ham:
2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 1 Hobby silencing a flock of c20 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Spotted Flycatcher

BELOW M4 & BANES

Saltford - Copse Rd:
1 Hobby - hunting hirundines

Bath, Englishcombe Lane - garden:
1 Redstart (f) - in and out the garden this morning

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
28-8-23 Hobby CVL (NSL Birding)
Villice:

2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 
28-8-23 Buzzard CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:

200+ Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 100+ B-H Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great Egret,
1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard - juv, 1 G-S Woodpecker - calling, 2 Raven, v small numbers of Swallow & Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4+ House Sparrow, 6+ Pied Wagtail
28-8-23 Reed Warbler CVL (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:

4 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Hobby, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Swallow,
foraging flock of 2 Coal Tit, with 30+ Blue, Great, lots of L TT with 2 Chiffchaff and some Chaffinch, 
1 Robin
28-8-23 Goosander CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc Pool:

2 Shelduck - inc a duckling, 23 Shoveler, 4 Pintail, 1 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 5 Jackdaw, 5 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Peter Allen, Paul Bowerman, Vĕra Carpenter, Mark Coller, Bryan Cook, Alan Daniells, Heather England, Nick Hawkridge, Matt Hull, Brian Lancastle, Chris Newton, Aravind Ramesh, Paul Sadley, Ian Stapp, Andrew Stockhausen, Bri Thompson, Wayne Tucker, Chris Vines