Wednesday, 13 August 2025

13-08-25 Wednesday - Wheatear

Temp 17°C to 26°C - Overcast to start, with a light breeze from the west south west that veered to south west by late morning, some longer sunny intervals from lunch time and gusts increasing to 22 mph by tea time.

Wheatear
Sanderling 
Osprey
Ring-necked Parakeet

BRISTOL

Hotwells - garden:
4 Peregrine - family party calling and interacting

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
2 Swift, 13 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Whitethroat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
8 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Nuthatch 1 Yellow Wagtail
13-08-25 Bullfinch Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar- garden:
1 Bullfinch - juv

NORTH SOMERSET
13-08-25 Wheatear Clevedon (Wayne Pannell)
Clevedon - Bandstand Beach:
7 Turnstone, 1 Wheatear
13-08-25 Ruff Cl-Y Darran Birdton)
Clevedon - Yeo:
1 Oystercatcher, 15 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, Curlew, 1 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 50 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 20 Linnet, 40 Goldfinch

Sand Point/Bay:
4 Stock Dove, 1 Snipe over, 1 Common Sandpiper, 200 Corvids, 200+ Swallow, 4 Willow Warbler, 18 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 10 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 1+ Whinchat, 2 Stonechat,
1 Yellow Wagtail, 26 Meadow Pipit & 3 Tree Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Downend, Cleeve Hill Allotments:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet

Downend - garden:
2 Ring-necked Parakeet

Siston Hill:
1 Tawny Owl - calling from midnight - for an hour!!!

Warmley - William Champions gardens:
3 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven 

Bath - Spring Gardens:
1 Tufted Duck, 2 Swift, 12 House Martin

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
13-08-25 Common Tern CVL (George Stacey)
Nunnery:

55 Ringed Plover, 1 Sanderling, 7 Dunlin, 5 Greenshank, 29 Common Tern, 2 Cattle Egret
13-08-25 Egrets CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:

2 Little Grebe, 1 Dunlin, 4 Common Tern, flock of Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 88 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard - very white, 30+ mixed Sand & House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 20+ Pied Wagtail,  
13-08-25 Whimbrel CVL (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:

2 Avocet, 8 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Greenshank, 20+ Common Tern, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 20+ mixed Sand & House Martin, 20+ Pied Wagtail

Herriott's Bridge:
5 Lapwing, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff, 4 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 14 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 5 Common Tern, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 40+ Mix of Sand Martin, Swallow and House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 20+ Pied Wagtail, 

Reported by: Phil Barlow, Darren Birdton, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Anthony Goodwin, Matt Hull, Wayne Pannell,  Andy Rhodes, George Stacey, 1an Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Paul Villaespesa