13-07-26 Monday

Temp 15°C to 27°C - sunny, wind north east to east gusting to 24 mph.

Rarities

Green Sandpiper

Yellow Legged Gull

Mediterranean Gull

Quail

BRISTOL

Clifton Suspension Bridge:

1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Kestrel

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1st returning Lapwing, 12 Sand Martin, 1 Garden Warbler 

Aust Warth:
3 Curlew, 5 Common Sandpiper,  3 Dunlin, 2 Sand Martin, 14 Skylark 6 Meadow Pipit

New Passage/Northwick:
2 Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew, 4 Kestrel, 6 Raven, 30+ Sand Martin (moving north east), 6 Swallow, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail, 12 Linnet

Pilning Wetlands:

9 Teal, 250 Black Headed Gull (7 Juv) 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 25 Redshank, 4 Dunlin, 12 Lapwing, 10 Swift, 2 House Martin

NORTH SOMERSET

Watercress Farm:
1 Red Kite, 1 Hobby, 1 Quail, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

Banwell:
2 juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker

BELOW M4 & BANES

No Reports.

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
17 Little Egret, 4 Great Egret, 18 Cattle Egret, 30+ GBB Gull

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:

240+ Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Canada Goose Hybrid,  2 Egyptian Goose, 2 GBB Gull, 10+ Sand Martin

Woodford:
1 Green Woodpecker,  2 Chiffchaff (singing),  2 Song Thrush

Herons Green:
1 Gadwell (+ 2 Ducklings pool), 2 Common Sandpiper (wall), 1 Great White Egret, 4 Cattle Egret,  4 Little Grebe (pool),  2 Reed Warbler (singing),  2 Reed Bunting

Stratford:

3 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Great White Egret,  5+ Cattle Egret,  2 GBB Gull, 1 Hobby, 1 Red Kite, 1 Sparrowhawk,  2 Reed Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff,  3+ Cetti's Warbler (adult feeding chicks)

Herriotts inc Pool:
54+ Gadwell (pool),  2 Egyptian Goose (+4 Goslings pool),  9 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Yellow- legged Gull (pool), 1 Hobby, 1 Snipe (pool) 1 Common Snipe (pool),  2 Reed Warbler,  1 Cetti's Warbler

Reported by: Paul Chapman, Andy Davis, Mike Owen, Andy Stockhausen, Ian Strapp, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson

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