17-08-26 Monday - Sabine's Gull

Temp 18°C to 24°C - overcast with rain until 11am, then sunny through to the evening. A gentle breeze from the west, increasingly gusty as the day warmed up - 28 mph.

Sabine's Gull

Short-eared Owl

Wood Sandpiper

Redstart

Whinchat

Wheatear

BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle to Sea Mills - R Trym:

2 Common Sandpiper. 1 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 21 House Martin, 3 long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Robin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Cliff/Services
1 Redstart (m) trapped and ringed

17-08-26 Redstart NP (Andy Stockhausen)

New Passage/Northwick:
105 Oystercatcher, 220 Ringed Plover, 3 Whimbrel, 221 Curlew, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Turnstone, 2 Knot, 1 Common Tern, 1 Med Gull, c50 Swallow, 1 Redstart (m), 1 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 

Pilning Wetlands:
5 Little Ringed Plover

Severn Beach:
170 Ringed Plover, 20 Curlew, 30 Dunlin, 8 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Wheatear

17-08-26 Shot-eared Owl Chipping Sodbury (Les Williams)

Chipping Sodbury:
1 Short-eared Owl

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - 'the hole':
2 Mute Swan, 9 Shelduck, 2 Common Sandpiper, 60+ Redshank, Black-headed Gull

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common - Westcourt:

26 House Sparrow - enjoying the rain

Bath - Victoria Park:
1 Jay

Burnett:

1 Kestrel

Chelwood

1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck, 13 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 G BB Gull, 3 G W Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 5 Magpie, 2 Raven, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
1 Common Tern, 9+ Little Egret - on Denny Island, 6 G W Egret - on Denny Island, 2 Chiffchaff

17-08-26 Lapwing CVL (George Stacey)

Herons Green:
1 Lapwing, 1 Cattle Egret, 4 Grey Heron - inc 2 juv

17-08-26 Ringed Plover & Dunlin CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
1 Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 2 Dunlin, 1 Common Tern, 1 Sabine's Gull, 4 G BB Gull, 7 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier - juv, 1 Peregrine

17-08-26 Green & Wood Sandpiper, Snipe CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:
Mute Swan family + polish cygnet, 1 Canada Goose & 1 Greylag Goose+ 4 hybrid goslings, 1 Gargany, 19 Lapwing 1 Black tailed Godwit, 18 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 12 to 15 Green Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 2 G BB Gull, 19 Little Egret, 5 G W Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kingfisher, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Reed Warbler, 40+ Sand Martin - low in the rain, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Di Bunniss, Beth & Darren Burton, Andy Davis, George Stacey, Andy Stockhausen, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, Les Williams

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