Monday 26 August 2024

26-08-24 Monday - Osprey fest!

Temp 14°C to 22°C - Light showers in morning cleared to give sunny afternoon. A force 2 SW wind.

Looking like a better week for autumn migration with high pressure and south-easterly winds tomorrow and again at the weekend. Should hopefully bring in the first push of Whinchats and Curlew Sandpipers and maybe a couple of eastern scarcities like Wryneck or Red-backed Shrike.

Lots of amazing photos came in of the Ospreys at CVL today. Too many to pick from!

Late Swift
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Tern
Ospreys
Hobbies - not just at Chew
Whinchat

26-08-24 Osprey, Herriott's (Merv Carlyon)
BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Swift

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
26-08-24 Whinchat, OPS Yacht Club (Heather England)
Oldbury Power Station - Yacht Club:
28 Redshank, ++ Swallow/House Martin, 1 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear

Aust Warth:
2 Kestrel, ++ House Martin, 3 Stonechat

Pilning Wetland:
1 Snipe - acting like a Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Swallow, 2 Stonechat

New Passage:
1 Whimbrel, 11 Curlew, 100 Redshank
26-08-24 Hobby, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar:
1 Little Owl, 1 Hobby

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Hobby, 2 Raven, 20+ Swallow, 12 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 11 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 5 Redstart

Hanham Hills:
1 Redstart

Oldland Heath:
1 Peregrine - failed in it's efforts to catch any pigeons...

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Highdale Road:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
Vismig:
5 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 16 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Tern, 15 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Linnet, 4 Goldfinch
Present:
1 Kestrel, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Yellow Wagtail - pretty reliable here at the moment

Sand Bay:
185 Ringed Plover, 58 Dunlin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Saltford:
2 Hobby

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 11 Pochard, Tufted Duck, 3 fresh, tiny Moorhen, 13 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret

Chew Valley Lake
26-08-24 Yellow-legged Gull, CVL Dam (Merv Carlyon)
Dam:
8 Egyptian Geese, 1 Yellow-legged Gull
26-08-24 Greenshank, Moreton (George Stacey)
Bernard King Hide:
1 Greenshank

Villice:
1 Barn Owl, 1 Goldcrest, 4+ Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Chaffinch

Moreton:
1 Great White Egret
26-08-24 Osprey, Herriott's (Kevin Balch)
Herriotts inc. Pool:
2 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Green Sandpiper, 2 Osprey, 4 Hobby

Out of area:
Grey Phalarope at Barry, Glamorgan
Red-necked Phalarope at WWT Llanelli

Reported by: Kevin Balch, Merv Carlyon, Mark Coller, Heather England, Shaun Evans, Tim Ford, Ollie Fournier, Julian Gutsell, Matt Hull, John Klosinki, Rob Laughton, Nigel Povey, Joe Sargent, George Stacey, Bri Thompson.