Saturday, 9 August 2025

09-08-25 Saturday - Osprey

Temp 12°C to 23°C - Cloudy start first thing then long sunny intervals.  A fresh breeze with near gale force gusts at 34 mph.

Common Scoter
Garganey
Spotted Flycatcher
Yellowhammer
Wood Sandpiper
Osprey

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher

Netham inc Lock and Weir:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher - over

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
5 Common Scoter, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Oystercatcher, 5 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, 24 Redshank, 21 Turnstone, 300+ Black-headed Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Skylark, 23 Swallow, 3 Stonechat, 3 Bullfinch
09-08-25 Hobby Littleton-on-Severn (Tony Scott)
Littleton-on-Severn:
3 Hobby - inc 2 juv

Pilning Wetlands:
25 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 60 Redshank, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, Swallow, House Martin

Severn Beach:
1 Shelduck, 10 Oystercatcher, 12 Curlew, 3 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk - 1 juv, Whitethroat, Song Thrush

Chittening Warth:
1 Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Curlew, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, Swallow

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Moor Farm:
2 Moorhen, 1 Sparrowhawk
09-08-25 Turnstone Clevedon Sea Front (Wyane Pannell)
Clevedon - Sea Front:
4 Turnstone

Wraxall - Watercress Farm (2 survey routes):
2 Buzzard, 7 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 3 Raven, 2 Skylark, 14 Swallow, 37 House Martin, 7 Whitethroat, 3 Grey Wagtail, 4 Greenfinch, 3 Yellowhammer

Dolebury Warren:
1 Tawny Owl

Oldbridge River - south of Hewish:
1 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham:
1 Swift - over, 1 Peregrine (m)

Kingswood:
1 Raven - over

Emersons Green - Pomfret Hill:
1 Sparrowhawk
09-08-25 Mandarin Dyrham (Caron Thornton Trippit)
Dyrham - garden:
1 Mandarin

Saltford:
2 Little Owl

Bath:
- Entry Hill:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet
- Englishcombe Lane:
3 Swift - over

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks - WeBS count:
117 Canada Goose, 7 Swan, 62 Mallard, 1 Pochard, 377 Tufted Duck, 8 Swift, 1 Moorhen, 365 Goot, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Arctic Tern, 6 Common Term, 28 Little Grebe, 55 Great Crested Grebe, 27 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret

Blagdon Lake - BOC walk:
300 Canada Goose, 22 Mute Swan, 40 Mallard, 32 Tufted Duck, 4 Woodpigeon, 17 Moorhen, 100 Coot, 5 Little Grebe, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Lapwing, 7 Black-headed Gull, 40 Herring Gull, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Cormorant, 4 Little Egret, 11 Great White Egret, 9 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 15 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 5 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Robin, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

Chew Valley Lake

Stratford:
4 Garganey, 3 Swift, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Turnstone - sum plum, 4 Greenshank, 1 Osprey - late afternoon, 1 Marsh Harrier

Herriott's Bridge:
3 Garganey, 30 Shoveler, 15 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 5 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Green Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 3 GBB Gull, 8 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 10 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 9 Sand Martin, 25 Swallow, 50 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Elaine Arundel, Graham Blacker, Paul Bowerman, Peter Bryant, Bryan Cook, Chris Craig, Katherine Davies, Sean Davies, Andy Davis, Duncan Evered, Lee Gardiner, Anthony Goodwin, Martyn Hayes, Rob Laughton, Wayne Pannell, Tony Scott, Bri Thompson, Caron Thornton-Trippit
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