Sunday 6 August 2023

6-8-23 Sunday - Caspian Gull

Temp 13°C to 20 °C - A light shower or two, some sun, a bit of cloud and a blustery wind North West wind. 

Caspian Gull
Osprey
Greenshank
Marsh Tit
Mediterranean Gull 

BRISTOL
06-08-23 Dipper EP (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
2 Dipper - inc juv

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
06-08-23 Redshank OPS  (Mike Prior)
Oldbury Power Station:
GS Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 2 Peregrine - juv. Chiffchaff, 1 Redstart, Bullfinch

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Wheatear

Pilning Wetlands:
140 Canada Goose, 3 Shoveler, 7 Teal, Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 75 Dunlin, 130 Redshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull - juv, 1 Hobby, 

Severn Beach:
14 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Kestrel, Swallow, 2 Garden Warbler, Pied Wagtail, Linnet, 

Tortworth Lake:
9 Mute swan (7juv), 30 Mallard, 3 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 9 Little Grebe, Buzzard, Coal/Blue/Great Tit, Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 4 Spotted Flycatchers - inc 2 juv

Wickwar - garden:
2 Nuthatch
06-06-23 Treecreeper Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar - Lower Woods:
Buzzard, Marsh Tit, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Treecreeper,  Spotted Flycatcher, Bullfinch, 

Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Stock Dove, 3 Raven, 20+ Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 26 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 11 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, 3 Redstart

Coalpit Heath - Mayshill:
5 Stock Dove, 4 Buzzard, 3 Black-headed Gull, 1 Little Owl, 2 Kestrel, 1 Grey Wagtail - juv, 2 Wheatear, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Raven, 3 Yellowhammer
06-08-23 Tawny Owl Almondsbury (Vĕra Carpenter)
Almondsbury - garden:
1 Tawny Owl - am visitor

Badminton - Deer Park:
1 Marsh Harrier - flew through

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
26 Curlew - flew onto the salt marsh over the high tide, 1 Caspian Gull on the  island
06-08-23 OC Cl-Y (Jason Williams)
Clevedon - Yeo:
52 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 50 Shelduck - inc 20 big juv, 35 Mallard, 12 Swift, 3 Stock Dove, 6 Coot, 45 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 50 Curlew, 2 Turnstone, 100 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 65 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 200 Black-headed Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 90 Jackdaw - flock, 3 Raven, 1 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 1 House Martin,  4 Stonechat - inc 2 juv, 1 Wheatear, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 30 Linnet, 20 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Wheatear - juv

Oldland Common:
1 Swift

Mangotsfield:
a few Swift, Raven - vocal, Linnet - moving through, but rare here

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
4 Egyptian Goose, 3 Redshank, several Hobby
06-08-23 Mute Swan CVL (Bri Thompson)
Chew Valley Lake


Mute Swan family - inc 'Polish' cygnet
06-08-23 GW Egret CVL (Bri Thompson)
Stratford:

1 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher
06-08-23 Willow Warbler  CVL (CRVS)
CVL Ringing Station:
1 Willow Warbler - juv

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Osprey - didn't stay long

Reported by: John Barnett, Paul Bowerman, Vĕra Carpenter, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Jane Cumming, Alan Daniells, Tim Ford, Nick Hawkridge, Mike Jackson, Andy Mears, Nige Milbourne, Lisa Presland, Mike Prior, Matt Rogers, Harvey Rose, Paul Sadley, Joe Sargent,  Bri Thompson, Nick Tippett, Thomas Weston, Dan White, Jason Williams

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