11-08-25 Monday - Spoonbill

Temp 18°C to 29°C - Sunny but clouded over after lunch, it was still hot, even with all the cloud. A light breeze from the east south east, with gusts increasing  to 15 mph as the day warmed.

Spoonbill

Bar-tailed Godwit

Yellowhammer

Crossbill

Osprey 

Yellow-legged Gull

BRISTOL

Bishopston:

1 Jay, 1 Raven - calling

Blaise Estate - The Dingle

4 Crossbill - west at 7:50 am

Knowle:

1 skua sp over going north at 5pm - couldn't get bins on it to id, 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station - WeBS:
5 Shelduck - imm, 54 Mallard, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Whimbrel, 4 Curlew, 64 Turnstone, 36 Redshank, 250 Black-headed Gull, 7 Common Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk (f), 1 Kestrel, 2 Lesser Whitethroat - juv, 2 Mistle Thrush - juv, 2 Stonechat - juv

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Bar-tailed Godwit

Churchill - towards Star
15 Mistle Thrush

Uphill - WeBS:
12 Shelduck - imm, 22 Mallard, 5 Grey Heron, 12 Little Egret, 2 Cormorant, 82 Oystercatcher,
3 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 51 Redshank, 600 Black-headed Gull - ad, 72 Herring Gull,
43 Lesser Black-backed Gull, many Swallow, 2 Pied Wagtail

BELOW M4 & BANES

11-08-25 Marsh Harrier MF (Paul Francis)

Marshfield - Shire Valley:
2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 3+ Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker - 1juv, 3 Raven

Cold Ashton:

2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite (harassing the PE), 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Swallow, 6+ Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Linnet, 6+ Goldfinch, 3 Yellowhammer

 

Keynsham, Somerdale Playing Fields:
1 Red Kite

Saltford:
1 Little Owl, many Chiffchaff & Goldfinch

Bath, Englishcombe Lane:
5 Swift 

11-08-25 Red Kite Timsbury (Alex Carlisle)

Timsbury:

1 Red Kite - juv

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
110 Canada Geese, 1 Pochard, 2 Red Kite, 5-6 Grey Wagtail

Blagdon Lake:
1 Osprey (m)

Chew Valley Lake

Knowle Hill
1 Spotted Flycatcher

11-08-25 Black-tailed Godwit CVL (George Stacey)

Picnic Site 2 to Denny Island:
1 Black-tailed Godwit - long way off

Nunnery:
24 Ringed Plover, 4 Turnstone, 1 Redshank, 2 Spoonbill

Herons Green:
2 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 1 Spoonbill, 2 Cattle Egret, 24 Great White Egret, 82 Little Egret

Moreton:
1 Spoonbill

Little Denny:

1 Yellow-legged Gull

Stratford:
1 Cattle Egret, 9 Ringed Plover, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 1 Common Tern, 2 Spoonbill, 2 Marsh Harrier

Herriott's Bridge:
5 Egyptian Goose, 1 Lapwing, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff, 4 Snipe, 14 Green Sandpiper, 1 Sparrowhawk (m) - over

Reported by: Davis Allward, Lauren Barwell, Graham Blacker, Alex Carlisle, Raoul Chandasakera, Bryan Cook, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, William Earp, Julian Eastoe, Paul Francis, Andy Gibb, Nick Hawkridge, Adrian Hockey, Sue and Nigel Kempson, Andy Mears, Andy Middleton, Steve Mott, Stewart Poiner, George Stacey, Rod Taylor
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