Friday, 30 August 2024

30-08-24 Friday - Wryneck

Temp 10°C to 21°C - Sunny intervals with light winds from the east.

Knot
Wryneck
Osprey
Common Gull

BRISTOL

Clifton Down:
1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit (juv), 3 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat (prob.), ++ Starling, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Bullfinch, 8+ Greenfinch

Bishopston:
1 Swift

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Wheatear, Oldbury Pill (Mike Davis)

Oldbury (Pill & Gout):
6 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 30+ Dunlin, 20+ Redshank, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Skylark, 5+ Wheatear, ++ Meadow Pipit

Oldbury (Yacht Club):
+ Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, + Chiffchaff, 3+ Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Redstart

Aust STW:
1 Wryneck (briefly 0830hrs), 2 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit


Whinchat, CSC (Nigel Kempson)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Kestrel, 5 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 40+ Swallow, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 9 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 25 Starling, 4 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 3 Linnet, c100 Goldfinch

Frampton End/Mayshill:
2 Cormorant, 40 Jackdaw, 50 Rook, 130 Carrion Crow, 30 Swallow


NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon Garden:
6 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 2 Blue Tit

Sanderling, Clevedon (Howard Taffs)

Knot, Clevedon (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon (Channel View Bay):
10 Ringed Plover, 9 Knot, 5 Sanderling, 2 Dunlin, 1 Whinchat

Barrow (Fox and Goose):
2 Buzzard, 8 Swallow

Yatton:
1 Hobby (mobbed by Swallows)

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
5 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 2 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 1 Greenshank, 22 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 22 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Cormorant, 1 Osprey, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 4 Skylark, 1 Sand Martin, 34 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Firecrest, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 1 House Sparrow, 18 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied/White Wagtail (alba), 29 Meadow Pipit, 1 Tree Pipit, 6 Tree Pipit, 45 Goldfinch

Uphill:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Redshank, 11 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 30+ Starling, 4 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Meadow Pipit, 5 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

No Reports

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
100+ Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 5 Pied/White Wagtail

Bernard King Hide:
2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Greenshank, 1 Marsh Harrier

Villice:
1 Spotted Flycatcher (juv in lane)

Herons Green:
10+ Shoveler, 30 Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow- legged Gull, 1 Cormorant (Ringed - Orange "111", originally Cheshire 2022)

Moreton:
2 Garganey, 7 Shoveler, 32 Gadwall, 50+ Great Crested Grebe, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1+ Osprey, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1+ Hobby, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler

Stratford:
1 Garganey, 5 Greenshank, 1 Common Gull (juv), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult), 4 Osprey (2 juv, ad female, ad male - new juv is unringed), 1 Sparrowhawk (juv male), 5 Marsh Harrier (3 juv, 2 2cy female), 1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel (female/imm), 1 Hobby


Osprey, Herriott's Bridge (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Swift, 3 Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 1 Common Gull - juv, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 10 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 2 Osprey, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 3 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw

Reported by: David Allward, Louise Bailey,  Mark Coller, Stephen Curtiss, Mike Davis, Paul Davison, ~Graham, Matt Hull, MJ, Mike Jackson, Nigel Kempson, Ross Nairn, Mike Moxon, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Trevor Riddle, Joe Sargent, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Howard Taffs