Temp 15°C to 20°C - overcast with showers this morning (at least on the Mendips), brighter later with a lot of high cirrus cloud. A light south-westerly breeze and a fresh, pleasant evening.
Little Ringed Plovers
Ruffs
Whimbrels
Ruffs
Whimbrels
Grasshopper Warbler
Crossbill
Wood Sandpiper
Spotted Flycatcher
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| Great White Egrets at Herons Green (George Stacey) |
BRISTOL
Victoria Park, BS3:
3 Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 4 Carrion Crow, 3 Raven (not usual at this site), 1 Goldcrest, singing Goldfinch.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
9 Redshank in the Pill, juv. Stonechat (shore by Lagoon 3).
juv. Peregrine attacking BH Gulls, then picked out a lone Oystercatcher and dived at it a couple of times over the estuary, forcing the wader to ditch in the water.
Pilning Wetlands:
(yesterday, 21st) 81 Canada Goose, 5 Mute Swan, 48 Shelduck, 3 Oystercatcher, 8 Lapwing, 4+ Little Ringed Plover, 4 Curlew, 5+ Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 40 Redshank, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Common Tern, 2 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 3 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, Sand Martin, Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Grey Wagtail
(yesterday, 21st) 81 Canada Goose, 5 Mute Swan, 48 Shelduck, 3 Oystercatcher, 8 Lapwing, 4+ Little Ringed Plover, 4 Curlew, 5+ Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 40 Redshank, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Common Tern, 2 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 3 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, Sand Martin, Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Grey Wagtail
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| 22-07-25 Stonechat SB (Vic Savery) |
6 Stonechat - inc 4 Juv
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| 22-07-25 Spotted Flycatcher Avening Green (Heather England) |
2 Kingfisher, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail - juv, 1 Sislin
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| Oystercatcher flying into Herriots Pool this morning (Merv Carlyon) |
NORTH SOMERSET
Sand Point/Middle Hope:
1 Swift, 3 Whimbrel, 200 Rook/Carrion Crow, 7 Sand Martin, 9 Swallow, 27 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (flushed above Woodspring Priory), 5 Blackcap, 13 Lesser Whitethroat, 24 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 1 alba Wagtail, 14 Meadow Pipit, 1 Crossbill (over), 4 Reed Bunting.
BELOW M4 & BANES
No reports
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| Ruff at Herons Green (Dave Hughes) |
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Walley Bank Path:
3 Common Sandpiper
Herons Green:
Canada Goose, Little Grebe - juv, 2 juv. Little Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin (summer plumage), 1 Ruff (a female? - not the same bird as at Herriotts), 1 Wood Sandpiper, Black=headed Gull, 1 juv. Cattle Egret, Marsh Harrier, Hobby.jpg) |
| Little Ringed Plover at Herons Green on the exposed old road (Merv Carlyon) |
Stratford:
1 Swift, 1 Red Kite, adult Cattle Egret, 1 Peregrine (juv), 1 Hobby, 1 Redshank
Herriotts Bridge:
1 moulting m. Ruff , 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 12 Green Sandpiper, 2 Cattle Egret. 1 Red Kite.
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| Ruff and Blackwits on Herriotts Pool (George Stacey) |
Out of Area
Stockhill Woods and Mineries:
(BOC walk): 8
Woodpigeon, 3
LBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 2
Magpie, 1
Carrion Crow, 2
Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 3 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Mistle
Thrush, 4 Robin, 1 Whinchat, 4 Stonechat, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin.
R.Severn in Glos:
Frampton: White-winged Black Tern
Westbury-on-Severn: Caspian Tern
Reported by: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Andy Davis, Heather England, Dave Hughes, John Lewis, George Stacey, Vic Savery, all WhatsApp contributors, opsbirding, severnsidebirds
