Sunday, 17 August 2025

17-08-25 Sunday - Glossy Ibis

Temp 16°C to 27°C - Sunny all day with a gentle breeze from the east and gust up to 25 mph.

Glossy Ibis
Redstart
Spotted Flycatcher
Willow Warbler

BRISTOL

Bell Hill, Hillside Rd:
1 Willow Warbler

Bishopston:
1 Raven - over calling
17-08-25 Common Sandpiper Netham Weir (Lee Gardiner)
Netham - Weir:
1 Common Sandpiper

St George, Crew's Hole Woodland:
1 Stock Dove - singing, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Chiffchaff, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest

Trooper Hill - LNR:
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Redstart

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severn Beach:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Swallow

Chipping Sodbury Common:
5 Stock Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel , 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Skylark, 2 Sand Martin, 31 Swallow. 2 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 15 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 6 Redstart, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Bullfinch, 7 Greenfinch, 65 Linnet

Filton - garden:
1 Yellow Wagtail - over calling, early morning moth release

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Reed Warbler

Clevedon - Yeo:
1 Wheatear
17-08-25 LTT Middle Hope (Wayne Pannell}
Sand Point/Bay/Middle Hope:
c12 Long-tailed Tit

Weston-super-Mare:
1 Swift - lingering

BELOW M4 & BANES

Mangotsfield:
2 Raven - tumbling flight

Hanham:
4 Swift

Keynsham, Keynsham Rd:
1 Red Kite

Bath - Englishcombe:
1 Swift, 1 Buzzard
17-08-25 Chiffchaff Cameley (Bob Medland)
Cameley:

1 Peregrine, many Chiffchaff and Blackcap, Greenfinch - inc 2 juv
17-08-25 Blackbird Paulton (Patrick Hancock)
Paulton:

Blackbird - juv

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Gurney Tanks:
390 Tufted Duck, 34 Little Grebe, 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 34 Sand Martin, 8 Grey Wagtail

Blagdon Lake:
4 Lapwing, 1 Redshank, 8 Greenshank, 1 Glossy Ibis, 2 Cattle Egret, 27 Great White Egret, 10 Little Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull - ad, 

Chew Valley Lake
17-08-25 Peregrin & Swallow CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Nunnery:

26 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Dunlin, 1 Peregrine - juv, 30 to 40 mix of Swallow and House Martin

Herons Green:
6 Greenshank

Stratford:
1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine

Herriott's Bridge:
5 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 3 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 22 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 2 Kingfisher

Reported by:Paul Bowerman, Raoul Chandrasakera, Bryan Cook, Chris Craig, John Croxton, Duncan Evered, Lee Gardiner, Markas Gilmartin,  Chris Hall, Nick Hawkridge, John Lewis, Bob Medland, Ross Nairn, Wayne Pannell, Andy Pym, Paul Sawyer, Nick Tippett
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