18-08-20 Tuesday - Mediterranean Gull

Nice - with the odd heavy shower and the Spitfire celebrating the NHS
Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Tern
Whimbrel, Yellow Wagtail

Redstart, Whinchat, Wheatear

Marsh Tit, Marsh Harrier, Water Rail

Greenshank

BRISTOL

Finzels Reach / Castle Park:

12 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Peregrine - pr, 1 Blue Tit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

"Early morning visit to Pillhead Gout, Oldbury Pill and Oldbury Yacht Club"
3 Ringed Plover, 112 Curlew, 2 Dunlin, 9 Common Sandpiper, 45 Redshank, 4 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 58 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 9 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 140+ Linnet.

OPS:
1 Coot, 1 Arctic Tern -juv, 1 Commic Tern - down river 07:25, 1 Reed Warbler - recently fledged, 1 Grey Wagtail,

New Passage/Northwick:
18 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Turnstone, 15 Redshank, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Wheatear, 6 Yellow Wagtail,

Yate:
1 Sparrowhawk - juv in the garden again, 2 Raven - over the business park

Wickwar - Lower Woods:

1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit

18-08-20 Redstart, Whinchat CSC (Keith Williams)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Raven, 10 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, lots of Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 8 Redstart (inc f type), 3 Whinchat - (m & 2f type), 1 Wheatear, 100+ Small Heath Butterflies.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Pill / Shore:
23 Canada Goose, 1 Whimbrel, 8 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 32 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, 2 Little Egret

Clevedon - garden:

1 Sparrowhawk (m juv)

Clevedon-Yeo:
145 Canada Goose, 1 Bar-headed Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 95 Shelduck - inc 5 half grown brood, 315 Mallard, 4 Teal, 4 Coot, 12 Oystercatcher, 125 Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 200 Curlew, 50 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 7 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 230 Redshank, 7 Greenshank, 250 Black-headed Gull, 10 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 16 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 4 Raven, 165 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 12 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 35 Greenfinch - in stubble field, 65 Linnet, 60 Goldfinch.

Worle:
1 Tawny Owl - calling early hours, 3 Raven - later, flight tumbling

BELOW M4 & BANES

Norton Malreward:

Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, 5 Buzzard - circling together, Kestrel, Jackdaw,
Rook, Carrion Crow, Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, House Martin, Chiffchaff,
Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch, 20+ Linnet, Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

3 Garganey, increasing number of Teal, 2 Dunlin, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 

18-08-20 Greenshank CVL  Stratford (Robert Hargreaves)

Chew Valley Lake 

12 Great White Egret, 10 Little Egret - totals from round the site.

Dam:

1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull

18-08-20 Little Grebe CVL (George Stacey)

Villice:
Little Grebe

Herron's Green:

1 Common Sandpiper

18-08-20 Sparrowhawk CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Stratford:

1 Water Rail, 9 Snipe, 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Tern, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, 2 Sand Martin, 3 House Martin

18-08-20 Wood Sandpiper, Ruff CVL Herriott's Bridge (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's inc Pool:
30 Canada Goose, 1 Shelduck - pool, 22 Shoveler - pool, 6 Grey Heron  9 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 6 Little Grebe lake, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff  - lake, 3 Dunlin - pool, 5 Snipe - lake side, 1 Common Sandpiper - wall pool, 8 Green Sandpiper - pool, 2 Wood Sandpiper - lake, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier - sat on mud in front reeds for a while, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 10 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 2 Cetti's 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail

Reports: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Raoul Chandrasakera, Tony Cook, Mark Coller, Pete Coslett, Stephen Curtis, William Earp, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Simon Isgar, Andy Middleton, Lisa Presland, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Harvey Rose, Carol Rushton, Steve Sanins, Rich Scantlebury, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Keith Williams, 

blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding

17-08-20 Monday - Crane

A bit of everything: fog on the coast first thing, sunshine and cloud for much of the day, rain in Bristol  at tea-time though certainly drier than recent days

Crane 
Garganey
Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, Ruff
Yellow-legged Gull, Common Tern

Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier, Red Kite
Redstart, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, Blue-headed Wagtail, White Wagtail, Tree Pipit
Redpoll

+ Hoopoe (late report from March)

17-08-20 Wood Sandpiper and Ruff, Herriotts Bridge, CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

16-08-20 Willow Warbler, Westbury-on-Trym (Robert Proctor)
[one of two birds]

Westbury-on-Trym

Garden (16th) - Coal Tit,  2 Willow Warbler, Blackcap

Duchess Pond:
1 m Peregrine, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

A Crane (heard in fog this am), 21 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit with tit flocks, 1 Tree Pipit over, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Late March - report of a Hoopoe at the Shepperdine Riding School (i.e. paddocks to S of Lag 2), from owner..

17-08-20 Yellow Wagtails, New Passage (Adam Cross)

17-08--20 Blue-headed Wagtail, Northwick Warth (Brian Lancastle)

New Passage/Northwick:

47 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Knot, 2 Common Sandpiper, Garden Warbler, 6 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail (inc 1 m Blue-headed Wagtail)

17-08-20 another garden Sparrowhawk, Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)

Chipping Sodbury Common:

4 Raven, 18 Swallow, 1 m. Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point/Bay:

Middle Hope/St. Thomas’s Head -  8 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 11 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Tree Pipit, c36 Linnet, 2 Redpoll, 70 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

17-08-20 Peregrine, Birnbeck Pier, Weston-super-Mare (Simon Williams)

Anchor Head, Weston-super-Mare:

Birnbeck Pier - 1 Peregrine

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marksbury:

250+Starling on wires by traffic lights

Bishop Sutton:

4 Collared Dove,  20+ Jackdaw, still 4/5 House Martin visiting house by the school

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

6 Shoveler, 80 Teal, 26 Little Grebe, 120 Cormorant, juv Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwit (ad in moult + juv), 10 Green Sandpiper, 15 Great White Egret, 9 Little Egret,  juv Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard,  female Peregrine, 3 Hobby together, 2 Ravens, 1 pair Bullfinch.

Also  2 Weasel chasing each other

Hollowbrook:

6+ Long-tailed Tit

Heron's Green:

88 Canada Goose, 6 Little Grebe (pool) 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Common Tern through Heron's Green Bay at 10.30 am, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Pied Wagtail 

17-08-20 Greenshank, Stratford, CVL (George Stacey)

Stratford:

1 Greenshank, 3 Snipe

Herriott's inc Pool:

30 Canada Goose, 1 Shelduck, 20 Shoveler, 1 m Garganey  200+ Great Crested Grebe, 15 Little Grebe (11 together Stratford Bay), 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 9 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper,   5 GBB Gull, 11 Great White Egret,  4 Little  Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier, juv Red Kite over Burledge Hill,  2 Buzzard, 3  Kingfisher, 10 Jackdaw, 1 Jay, 10 Swallow/ House Martin, 2 Cetti'sWarbler, 2 Reed Warbler,  large flock LTT mixed Tits 50+ in the trees in reed bed,  1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail,1 White Wagtail

17-08-20 Marsh Harrier, Herriotts Bridge, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Pete Bryant, Chris Craig, Adam Cross, Rod Holbrook, Matt Hull, Brian Lancastle,  Robert Proctor, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Keith Vinicombe, Simon Williams, opsbirding

16-08-20 Sunday - Little Gull

Temp 18 to 22°C. Dull all the way, relatively dry, the sun peaked out once

Wigeon

Ruff, Snipe, Wood Sandpiper 
Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull

Common Tern

Hobby, Ring-necked Parakeet

Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat

Spotted Flycatcher

Redstart, Whinchat, Wheatear

Yellow Wagtail

16-8-20 Wheatear, New Passage (Aravind Ramesh)

BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle garden:

2 juv Bullfinch

County Cricket Ground:

1 Raven

Durdham Downs:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker,  1 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper

Purdown:

1 Wheatear

16-8-20 Sparrowhawk, Redland (Nacy Barrett)

Redland garden:

Pigeon and Sparrowhawk

Sea Mills:

46 Mallard, 2 Common Sandpiper, 37 Redshank, 23 BH Gull, 6 House Martin

St Andrews garden:

1 Swift

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Peregrine, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 m Redstart, 2 Wheatear

16-8-20 Wheatear, New Passage (Lisegirl)

New Passage & Pilning Wetlands:

3 Little Ringed Plover, 43 Black-tailed Godwit, 36 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 2 juv Mediterranean Gull, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Whinchat, 16 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 50-60 Linnet, 2 Siskin

Severn Beach:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 m Redstart

16-8-20 Wheatear, CSC (Barry Dursley)

Chipping Sodbury Common:

1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 4 Wheatear, Linnets

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

1 Green Sandpiper

Lower Failand:

Green Woodpecker, Swallow, House Martin, Chiffchaff, Goldfinch

16-8-20 Wheatear, Channel View (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon, Channel View:

2 Wheatear

Kenn Moor side of Duck Lane:

pair Tawny Owls calling

Yatton:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1  Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 1 Sand Martin (15th), 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Linnet

Weston Moor:

1 Tufted Duck with 4 young, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Raven

BELOW M4 & BANES

16-8-20 Whinchat, CSC (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:

1 juv Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 8 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 9 Pied Wagtail, 2 Corn Bunting

Willsbridge, St Anne's Ch, Oldland Common:

1 Kingfisher, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet

Marksbury:

200 Starling

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake 

4 Collared Dove, 6 Ringed Plover, 12 Swallow, 20+ House Sparrow

Denny Island:

4 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper

Moreton:

150+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 3 Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Little Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 5 Common Tern, 3 Buzzard, 1 Coal Tit, 15+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 4 Chaffinch

Herons Green:
56 Canada Geese, 2 GBB Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Pied Wagtail

16-8-20 Black-tailed Godwit, Stratford (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Stratford:

3 Water Rail, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler

16-8-20 Wood Sandpiper, Herriott's (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's Bridge:
30 Canada Geese, 1 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 1 Wigeon, 1 Lapwing, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Out Of Avon

All 3 Black-winged Stilts chicks flying around WWT Steart

Reports: Jonathan Angell, Nancy Barrett, Tony Bridges, Ken Carruthers, Raoul Chandrasakera, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig,  Adam Cross, John Croxton, Paul Francis, Alastair Fraser, Rod Holbrook, Simon Isgar, Robert Kelsh, Lisegirl, Paul Marshall, Andy Mears, John Osborne, Jean Oliver, Phill Quinn, Aravind Ramesh, Trevor Riddle, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

Saturday 15-08-20 - Garganey

 Showers - some quite heavy

Golden Plover

Garganey
Common Tern

Marsh Harrier

Little Ringed Plover

Yellow Wagtail

Knot, Greenshank

Wood Sandpiper

Siskin

Redstart, Whinchat, Tree Pipit

Wheatear

BRISTOL

Clifton:

1 Swift " fear for its chances of returning to Africa"

15-08-20 Dipper EP (Allan Chard)

Eastville Park inc R Frome:
1 Dipper - juv

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
4 Lapwing, 6 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Yellow Wagtail, c20 Pied Wagtail, 230+ Goldfinch - counted in the trees of Lag 3

Littleton Brick Pits:
3 Swifts,  Moorhen, 2 Curlew heard, 1 Green Sandpiper, Cormorant, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sand Martin, 20+ Swallows, 15 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 16+ Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 10+ Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest

15-08-20 Siskin NP (Brian Lancastle)

 New Passage/Northwick:

1 Golden Plover to e, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 44 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 2 Snipe, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier - juv to sw, 2 Whinchat, 10 Wheatear, 10 Yellow Wagtail,  1 Siskin

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Redstart, Whinchat, Wheatear, Tree Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

no reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Folly Farm (14th):
25 Canada Goose, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, c.80 Jackdaw - flock, c.30 Swallow, c.30 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff - calls

Cameley:

several Green Woodpecker – on the lawns, feeding on ants, 9 Greenfinch - on the feeders and plenty flying around these last two days, plenty of Goldfinch - juvs inc some very young and yet to start PJ moult.

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Turnstone - ad

Chew Valley Lake

15-08-20 Greenshank CVL (Simon Isgar)

 Stratford:
1 Greenshank

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Garganey, 10 Snipe, 4 Common Tern, 1 Marsh Harrier - juv, 16 Great White Egret, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 10 Green Sandpiper

Reports: Allan Chard, Andy Davis, Simon Isgar, Rob Kelsh, Brian Lancastle, Andy Mears, Bob Medland, Andy Middleton, Jean Oliver, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, Gill Roberts, Jack Rogers, Bri Thompson, Thomas Weston, 

opsbirding

14-08-20 Friday - Golden Plover

Temp 18 to 20°C. Muggy, rain in the morning, cool but not windy

Swift

Golden Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Wood Sandpiper 
Yellow-legged Gull

Common & Arctic Tern

Hobby

Lesser Whitethroat

Spotted Flycatcher

14-8-20 Wood Sandpiper, CVL (George Stacey)

BRISTOL

No Reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

14-8-20 Golden Plover, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)

Oldbury Power Station:

3 Greylag Geese, 1 Golden Plover (earliest ever back at OPS), 39 Ringed Plover, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 16 Dunlin, 1 juv Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

14-8-20 Bar-headed Goose, New Passage (Lisegirl)

New Passage & Pilning Wetlands:

1 Bar-headed Goose,8 Shelduck, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 52 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Turnstone, 5 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 103 Redshank, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, Swallow family, 60 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat

NORTH SOMERSET

14-8-20 Green Sandpiper, Portbury Wharf (Chris Clarke)

Portbury Wharf:

1 Green Sandpiper

BELOW M4 & BANES

Box:

2 Dipper

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, Shovelers, 5 Lapwings, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 ad Common Terns, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret

Chew Valley Lake 

300 Canada Geese, 60 Teal, 20 Shoveler, 7 Swift, 2 Water Rail, 250 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Snipe, 18 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 juv Sparrowhawk

14-8-20 Lapwing, CVL (George Stacey)

Villice:

3 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great White Egret

14-8-20 Yellow-legged Gull, CVL (Ben Sykes)

Herons Green:
2 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 1 3rd yr Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Great White Egret, House Martin

14-8-20 Dunlin & Blackwits, CVL (Mike Trew)

Stratford:

1 Redshank

Herriott's Bridge:
7 Shoveler, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 juv Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 9 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail

14-8-20 Wood Sandpiper, CVL (Mike Trew)

Reports: Chris Clarke, Chris Craig, Rob Emery, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Isgar, Lisegirl, George Stacey, Ben Sykes, Brian Thompson, Mike Trew, Terry Wells, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

13-08-20 Thursday - Grasshopper Warbler

Overcast and murky, very muggy after overnight storms.

Wood Sandpipers

Yellow-legged Gull

Grasshopper Warbler

Yellow Wagtails

Marsh Harrier

Ruff

Redstart

Waders at Chew (Raoul Chandrasakera)

                                                 

BRISTOL

Henbury:
1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch.

R.Frome:
Dipper

Sea Mills:
6 Common Sandpiper.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Bagstone (Wotton-under-Edge):
Barn Owl, 4:20 a.m.

New Passage/Northwick:
31 Teal, 3 Yellow Wagtail.

Pilning Wetlands:
13 Shoveler, 1 ad. and 3 juv. Little Ringed Plover, 43 Black-tailed Godwit (including the one with black neck collar), 1 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 juv. Wood Sandpiper.

Chipping Sodbury Common:

2 Redstart - only thing of note today.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
55 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Stock Dove (displaying), 4 Chiffchaff.

Clevedon:

Grasshopper Warbler heard (from home) five times between 2 a.m. and 2:40 a.m.

Clevedon-Yeo:

30 Ringed Plover, 20 Dunlin, 34 Curlew, 2 Wheatear (Channel View).

Worle:
Peregrine.

13-08-20 Kestrel Bleadon Levels (Bill Hewittt)

 Bleadon Levels/Axe Estuary:

2 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, plenty of Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 8 Linnet, 

BELOW M4 & BANES
no news

Sedge Warbler playing hide-and-seek at Stratford (Lucy Masters)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
19 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, Dunlin.

Canada Geese menacing the fisherman at Chew (George Stacey)

Dam:
Flock of Canada Goose "attacking fishermen", 4 Common Sandpiper.

Greenshank at Stratford (Lucy Masters)

Heron's Green:
 juv. Yellow-legged Gull.

13-08-20 Marsh Harrier CVL (Paul Dunham)

 Morton:

1 Greenshank, 2 Marsh Harrier, several Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 

Stratford:
Several Black-tailed Godwit, some Ruff, 1 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 10 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Sedge Warbler.

Black-tailed Godwits at Herriotts Bridge (George Stacey)

Herriott's inc Pool:
8 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 juv. Wood Sandpiper.

Reports:   Paul Bowerman, Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton, Andy Davis, Paul Dunham, Heather England, Bill Hewitt, Lucy Masters, Andy Middleton, Matt Plenty, Vic Polley, Dean Reeves, George Stacey, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs.

12-08-20 Wednesday - Goosander

Hot and humid, and forecast to be another hot sticky night.

Kingfisher
Marsh Harrier

Wood Sandpiper

Yellow-legged Gull

Goosander

Red Kite

Common Tern

Whinchat

Wheatear

Hobby

Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail

BRISTOL
 

12-08-20 Cormorant EP (Rich Scantlebury)

Eastville Park:

9 Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan - inc 6 cygnet, c26 Mallard, 3 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 15 Black-headed Gull - ad, 9 Lesser Black-backed Gull - ad & 4 juv + 2nd yr, 1 Cormorant, 2+ Sparrowhawk - juv, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 40 Starling, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch - inc juv

Purdown:

1 Spotted Flycatcher

12-08-20 Hobby Stoke Park (Ricky Seery)

 Stoke Park:

1 Hobby

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Common Tern, 22 Cormorant - flock flew upriver, fished in Tidal Res. for 5 minutes before continuing upriver. vids flying and fishing. 4 more on navigation lights making 26  - largest count in last 15 years 

12-08-20 Kestrel NP (Chris Clarke)

 New Passage/Northwick/Pilning Wetlands:

Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Shelduck, hardly any Gadwall, Mallard, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, Coot, Little Grebe, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 1 Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, 43 Black-tailed Godwit, not many Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper,  Redshank, quite a lot Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 imm, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret. 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel - together, 2 Magpie, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, 30 Swallow, 45 House Martin, 1 Whitethroat, Wren, 200+ Starling, 1+ Whinchat, 7 Wheatear, House Sparrow, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting

12-08-20 Whinchat CSC (Keith Williams)

 Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Kestrel, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Whinchat, 1 Bullfinch, 20 Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
5 Swift - most went last week

Worle - garden:

Peregrine - very vocal this morning

BELOW M4 & BANES

no records - and who could blame them!

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Goosander

Chew Valley Lake
1 Red Kite  - over the lake early, flew towards Burledge, 1 Peregrine

Dam:
60+ Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Pied Wagtail

12-08-20 Yellow-legged Gull CVL H Green, panting in the HEAT  (Ian Stapp)

 Heron's Green:
5 Little Grebe - pool, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gull - 3 ad + 3rd sum, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret,  6+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 3 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
100+ Great Crested Grebe, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Buzzard, 300+ Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Rook and Gull - behind the plough still, 2 Coal Tit,  12+ Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff

12-08-20 Reed Warbler CVL (Dave Hughes)

 Stratford:
40+ Woodpigeon, 6 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, Reed Warbler - juv

12-08-20 Wood Sandpiper CVL Herriott's pool  (Ian Stapp)

 Herriott's inc Pool:
30 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 1 Goosander (f) early, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 9 Green Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper - lake side earlier, 1 Wood Sandpiper - pool side, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 11 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Jackdaw 20+ Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail - lake side, 1 Reed Bunting

Reports:  Rich Andrews, Chris Clarke, Sean Davies, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Dave Hughes, Simon Isgar, Dave Newton, Lisa Presland, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves,  Rich Scantlebury, Ricky Seery, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Keith Williams

opsbirding

11-08-20 Tuesday - Wood Sandpiper

Scorchio 

Kingfisher

Dipper
Whinchat

Wood Sandpiper    

Marsh Harrier

Yellow Wagtail

Wheatear

Yellow-legged Gull

Common Tern

Tree Pipit, Siskin

Red Kite

BRISTOL

11-08-20 Dipper Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury)

Eastville Park:
4 Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan - inc 6 cygnet, c40 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 4 Black-headed Gull - ad, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull - ad & juv, 2 Grey Heron - 2cy, 2+ Sparrowhawk - juv, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch

11-08-20 Chiffchaff Duchess Pond (Rich Scantlebury)

 Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
6 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cormorant, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Chiffchaff, 1+ Blackcap, 1 Blackbird, 1 Magpie, 1+ Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
4 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail

Pilning Wetlands:

1 Wood Sandpiper

11-08-20 Sparrowhawk Yate (Chris Teague)

Yate - garden:
1 Sparrowhawk - juv

11-08-20 Whinchat CSC (Lisa Presland)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Great Spotted  Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Redstart, Whinchat, Bullfinch,

Coal Pit Heath - patch:

2 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Swallow, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Willow Warbler -1 in song, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Whitethroat, 15 Starling, 1 Reed Bunting - infrequent here.

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake:

1 Great Crested Grebe - unusual for these to stay 

Lanford - Havyatt Green:

Marsh Harrier

Clevedon - 2 gardens:
1 Red Kite - a garden tick and a first for weeks. Sightings at 14:50 and 14:58

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
1 Swift, 2 Curlew, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 5 Swallow, 5 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 15 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whinchat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Tree Pipit, 13 Linnet, 32 Goldfinch, 8 Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting

Weston-Super-Mare - Kewstoke:
2 Willow Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 10 Reed Warbler

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bishop Sutton:
4 Collared Dove, 

West Harptree:

8 Swallow - on the wires

RESERVOIRS

11-08-20 Great White Egret & all from Herriott's (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake
 
Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose,1 Common Tern, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Pied Wagtail

Heron's Green:
4 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 12+ Swallow and House Martin, 4 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
4 Swift, 100+ Great Crested Grebe, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Buzzard, 300 to 400 Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Rook and Gull - behind the plough, 2 Coal Tit, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 10+ Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 12+ Goldfinch

11-08-20 Snipe, Green Sandpiper & Black-tailed Godwit Herriott's (Ian Stapp)

 
Herriott's inc Pool:
18 Canada Geese, 2 Shelduck, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 14 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 7 Jackdaw, 20 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Geoff Dring, Adrian Hockey,  Matt Hull, Mike Jackson, Lisa Presland, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Gwen Thomas

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG