16-07-25 Wednesday - Kittiwake

Temp 15°C to 22°C - Overnight cloud and rain soon cleared for a bright, sunny day.  A slight westerly breeze kept the temperature down and brought some showers towards the end of the afternoon.

Little Ringed Plover

Wood Sandpiper

Kittiwake

Mediterranean Gull

Manx Shearwater

Hobby

BRISTOL

16-07-25 Lesser B-b Gull Bedminster (John Lewis)

Bedminster

1 Juvenile Lesser Black-Backed Gull

Sea Walls, Clifton Down:

1 Kestrel

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

6 Swift, 2 House Martin, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 5 Whitethroat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Hobby

Pilning Wetlands:
5 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, c30 Redshank, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Hobby (same bird as reported at New Passage)

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point sea watch and vis mig:

1 Mediterranean Gull, 1st Common Gull, 1 Auk species (downstream), 2 Manx Shearwater (downstream), 10 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 alba Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit - - - Also present: 1 Whimbrel, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hunstrete:

1 Red Kite

Yellowhammer, Paulton (Patrick Hancock)

Paulton:
1 Swift, 150 Woodpigeon, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 50 Rook, 3 Whitethroat, 8 Linnet, 5 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Wood Sandpiper, Barrow No 2 Tank ( David Hughes)

Barrow Tanks:
9 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Kittiwake, 2 Cattle Egret

Kittiwake, Barrow No 3 Tank ( Raoul Chandrasakera)

Chew Valley Lake

16-07-25 Common Sandpiper CVL (George Stacey)

Walley Bank Path:
5 Common Sandpiper

Herons Green:

150+ Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan (+Polish cygnet), Gadwall (+ducklings on pool),  2 Little Grebe (+3 chicks pool), 4 Cattle Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 12+Sand Martins, 10+ House Martin, 3 House Sparrow (wall), 7 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
150+ Cormorant (Sunning and drying off wings)

Reed Warbler, Stratford Hide - boardwalk (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:

4 Swift, 80+ Great Crested Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret,  5 Little Egret, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 10+Sand Martins, 2 Swallow, 30+ House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 12+ Reed Warbler (mostly chicks being fed on Ladybirds), 2 Blackcap (feeding chicks 3)   - - - (lots & lots of 7 Spot Ladybirds on the reeds being fed to Reed Warbler chicks)

Green Sandpiper, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:

2 Egyptian Goose (lake), 3 Lapwing (lake), 2 Little Ringed Plover (pool), 2 Common Sandpiper (pool), 14 Green Sandpiper (pool) 5 GBB Gull (lake), 6 Grey Heron, 20 Great White Egret (pool & lake), 5 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher (pool),  20+ Sand Martin, 6+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 4+ Reed Warbler (+ lots of chicks calling from the reeds), 1 Grey Wag (pool), 5+ Pied Wag (pool), 1 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Jon Angell,  Raoul Chandrasakera,  Patrick Hancock, David Hughes, Matt Hull, John Lewis, Mike Owen, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland
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