Sightings 7/7/16

Walton Common NR: Dexter cattle now grazing this Avon Wildlife Trust reserve, details: HERE.

Ashton Court (Bristol):
Mansion House environs: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Chiffchaff.

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Tufted Duck broods, lake.

New Passage-Northwick:
Wetland stuff, little overall change, 5 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck broods, 3 Little Egret, 18 Little Ringed Plover, 20 Lapwing, 12 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 20 Redshank, 40 Sand Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail.

North Somerset:
2 Barn Owlets ringed at an undisclosed site.

Portbury Wharf:
1 juvenile Redstart, by the electricity sub-station opposite the middle hide.
Pools: 1 female Wigeon, 1 new Gadwall brood, 1 new Moorhen brood, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Sheepway Lane: 1 Barn Owl again, by the railway bridge fields.

North Weston (Gordano Valley):
How Ham Farm: 1 Kingfisher (Portbury Ditch), 1 Sand Martin, 2 Redstart.

Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 18 Canada Goose, 60 Shelduck + 29 young, 45 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine (adult + juv), 12 Oystercatcher, 1 Dunlin, 2 Whimbrel, 30 Curlew, 4 Common Sandpiper, 105 Redshank, 200 BH Gull, 30 LBB Gull, 20 Herring Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 3 Rock Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting.

Newton St Loe:
7 Mute Swan cygnets, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 5 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Yellowhammer.

Planet Chew:
2 Shelduck, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Song Thrush, 4 House Sparrow, 29 Pied Wagtail, 5 Reed Bunting.

7/7/16 Common Sandpiper (Dave Hughes)
2 on the dam, 2 at Heron's Green

7/7/16 Redshank (Dave Hughes)
Heron's Green

Very little mud exposed yet so the waders are currently forced to use the dam walls around the lake.

Reports: Robert Hargreaves, Melvin Hedges, Dave Horlick, Dave Hughes, Karin Rhodes, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Jason Williams, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.

Sightings 6/7/16

Bristol Avon:
Cumberland Basin-Netham Lock: 6 Mute Swan, 1 Canada Goose, 31 Mallard, 4 Grey Wagtail of note (Tony Scott + kayak).

Clifton (Bristol):
Royal York Crescent: 1 Peregrine.

Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 1 Quail calling late afternoon (Vic Polley). Other stuff, 3 Redstart, 1 Reed Bunting.
Town: 1 flyover Red Kite 2.30pm to north-west (Nick Beamson).

New Passage-Northwick:
2 Mute Swan + 5 cygnets, 8 Shelduck, 1 Gadwall brood, 3 Tufted Duck broods, 2 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Little Grebe, 15 Coot + young, 15 Oystercatcher, 20 Little Ringed Plover (wetland, Paul Bowerman), 20 Lapwing, 3 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 25 Curlew, 3 Common Sandpiper, 16 Redshank, 60 BH Gull, 1 juv 1 Skylark, 50 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting.

Portbury Dock:
105 BH Gull, 100 Starling.

6/7/16 Ringed Plover & chick (Mrs Trellis)

2 pairs Ringed Plover have bred here so far this season.

Nest 1: 4 eggs laid but outcome unknown.

Nest 2: 2 chicks hatched  and up and running.

Churchill:

18 House Sparrow, garden.

W-s-M:

Milton: 8 Swift.

Barrow Tanks:

100+ Tufted Duck (numbers still rising), 4 Common Sandpiper, 6 Swift.

Blagdon Lake:
6 Common Sandpiper. 

Planet Chew:
2 Shelduck + 3 young, 1 Little Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 3 Peregrine, 2 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 20 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay + 2 young, 107 Sand Martin (passage), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap + 3 young, 3 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 7 House Sparrow, 5 Pied Wagtail, 6 Reed Bunting.

Reports: Nick Beamson, Paul Bowerman, Mike Jenkins, John Martin, Vic Polley, George Rabin, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, BL birds, severnsidebirds.

Sightings 5/7/16

(14/5/16) colour-ringed Knot at New Passage (Brian Lancastle)
ringing news from Brian...

A Dutch ringing event, first ringed Mauretania 27/11/13, then wintered hereabouts until 5/12/15 before turning up on Severnside this Spring.

5/7/16 Greylag Goose (Mrs Trellis)
Planet Chew 

The annual Greylag Goose round-up took place at Chew this evening. It turned out to be a rather disappointing affair with just 1 Greylag Goose caught plus 189 Canada Goose. 

Canada Goose: 153 new birds ringed, 36 re-traps, heaviest bird 5.45kgs.

5/7/16 Canada Goose (Mrs Trellis)
....don't ask...don't even go there....

Ashton Court (Bristol):

Mansion House environs: 17 House Martin, 2 Song Thrush.

Frenchay (Bristol):
UWE: 1 recently fledged Raven.

Emerson's Green:
Science Park: 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 male Reed Bunting.

New Passage-Northwick:
Wetland stuff, 3 Little Egret, 14 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover (NW flash), 14 Lapwing, 14 Dunlin, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 15 Redshank.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 flyover Raven, 6 Swallow, garden.

Portbury Dock:
5 new Shelduck broods 5-10-13-5-18, 1 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 10 Oystercatcher, 3 Ringed Plover (+2 chicks), 8 Dunlin, 61 Curlew, 100 Redshank, 250 BH Gull (inc 1 albino), 7 Stock Dove, 10 Reed Warbler, 8 Rock Pipit.

Portbury:
Village: 105 flyover Jackdaw late morning.
Sheepway Lane: 1 Barn Owl out again 9.15pm, railway bridge area.

Pensford:
Lord's Wood: 18 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap.

Bath:

5/7/16 Red Kite (Helen Haddon)

Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Common Sandpiper of note.

Planet Chew:

Things picking up here a bit but still no muddy fringes for the waders.
20 Gadwall, 19 Teal, 1 Shoveler, 120 Tufted Duck, 3 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egret, 4 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Curlew, 6 Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, 11 BH Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 3 Sand Martin, 14 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap + 5 young, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 9 House Sparrow, 4 Grey Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.

5/7/16 Common Sandpiper (Ian Stapp)
numbers starting to pick up here in recent days

Reports: Paul Bowdler, Teresa Chard, Tim Ford, Helen Haddon, Robert Hargreaves, Mike Jenkins, Brian Lancastle, Karin Rhodes, Roger & Jean Staples, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Gwen Thomas, Mrs Trellis, BL birds, severnsidebirds.

Sightings 4/7/16

4/7/16 Buzzard (Lee Gardiner)
over St George, Bristol today

Stockwood (Bristol):

Open Space: 1 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 5 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 7 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch.

Chipping Sodbury 3/7/16:

(3/7/16) male Redstart (Paul Woolams)
presumably an early returning migrant..

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Green Sandpiper, L3 scrape again.

Aust Warth:

Cake Pill environs: 17 Shelduck + 8 ducklings, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Curlew, 1 Redshank, 33 BH Gull, 4 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 1 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 10 Meadow Pipit.

New Passage-Northwick:
Mostly wetland stuff,  6 Teal, 3 Little Egret, 16 Little Ringed Plover (10 juvs), 16 Lapwing, 12 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 33 Curlew, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 22 Redshank. Pools being topped up ready for the autumn rush. Standby.

4/7/16 Gadwall brood (John Martin)
1st breeding record for Severnside this year

For much of its history, Severnside has not had much freshwater habitat. All that has changed with the recent creation of the beautiful Pilning wetland so expect more stuff to come onto the record books in times ahead.

4/7/16 Little Ringed Plover (Paul Bowerman)

Severn Beach:

Orchard Pools: 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Song Thrush.
Tesco Pool: 2 Mallard, 4 Coot, 1 Little Grebe + chick, 7 Goldfinch.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane: 2 Tawny Owl (calling during the night), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 male Bullfinch.

Portishead:
Marina: 1 Herring Gull nest with young, 2 other nests failed.

Portbury Wharf:
2 Gadwall broods, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Sand Martin, 6 Chiffchaff.
Sheepway Lane: 1 Barn Owl (7am), 1 Little Owl, by the railway bridge.

Felton:
Common: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Stonechat of note.

4/7/16 Linnet (Richard Bedwell)

Compton Dando:

1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Swallow, 4 House Martin nests, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 6 Goldfinch,  4 Yellowhammer.

4/7/16 Kestrel (Ian Stapp)
inset, 4 chicks on 15 June but 1 lost since then

Bath:

Albert Terrace 1 Sparrowhawk,  4 flyover Raven.

Barrow Tanks:
77 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 40+ Sand Martin (inc juvs), 4 Grey Wagtail.

Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12 BH Gull.

Planet Chew:
1 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Shelduck pair + 3 young, 1 Wigeon, 2 Shoveler, 2 Goldeneye, 5 Little Egret, 240 Great Crested Grebe (numbers rising), 2 Hobby, 1 Little Ringed Plover new (Heron's Green), 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Sand Martin.

Reports: Richard Bedwell, Paul Bowerman, James Butcher, Teresa Chard, John Clark, Robert Hargreaves, John Martin, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Mrs Trellis, Keith Vinicombe, Jason Williams, Paul Woolams, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.

Sightings 3/7/16

3/7/16 Adder (Dave Hughes)
on the Mendips

Cumberland Basin (Bristol):
Baltic Wharf: 1 2nd summer Mediterranean Gull, near the caravan site 10am with some BH Gulls (Mike Salter). Unusual location for this species.

Ashton (Bristol):
North St: 5 flyover Raven to north 1.30pm.

Marshfield:
West Littleton Down: 1 Buzzard, 4 Raven, 12 Skylark, 6 Whitethroat, 6 Yellowhammer, 3 Corn Bunting.

Oldbury Power Station:
Morning stuff, 36 Canada Goose, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 33 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper (shore), 1 Green Sandpiper (lagoon 3 scrape), 1 Grasshopper Warbler (Yacht club reeds), seen and heard (Andy Middleton).

New Passage-Northwick:
Wetland stuff, 2 Shelduck broods (shore-side), 1 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 11 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing, 8 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 19 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher.

Portbury Wharf:
9 Mute Swan + 4 cygnets, 6+ Gadwall, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher. Exciting is not the word...

Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 3 Mute Swan, 20 Canada Goose, 50 Shelduck, 70 Mallard, 11 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 12 Oystercatcher, 3 Dunlin, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Whimbrel, 60 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, 105 Redshank, 180 BH Gull, 80 LBB Gull, 25 Herring Gull, 3 Swift, 1 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 5 Rock Pipit, 5 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting.

Dolebury Warren:
1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 singing Tree Pipit (possible breeder?), 2 calling Crossbill (Paul Bowyer).

Langford:
1 Hoopoe this morning (per Paul Bowyer), present in a private garden, unfortunately with minimal public views. ST 474599.

Batheaston:
1 flyover Red Kite 1pm to south (Brian Edge).

Bath:
Chilcombe Bottom: 1 Little Grebe + chick, Moorhen + young.

Backwell Lake:
1 Mute Swan pair + 8 cygnets, 1 Grey Heron, 1 BH Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 4 Swift, 23 Jackdaw, 2 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 3 Reed Warbler.

Barrow Tanks:
4 Mute Swan, 2 Mallard broods, 55 Tufted Duck, 4 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 3 Swift, 3 Goldcrest, 11 Sand Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Grey Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtail.
BG village: 2 Buzzard.

3/7/16 Common Sandpiper & Redshank (Mrs Trellis)

Blagdon Lake:

42 Mute Swan + 2 cygnets, 95 Canada Goose, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank (dam), 8 BH Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Brown Hare.

Reports: Paul Bowyer, Pete Coslett, Brian Edge, Dave Hughes, Andy Middleton, Mike Salter, Tony Scott, Mike Thomas, Mrs Trellis, Bob Webber, Jason Williams, BL birds, severnsidebirds.

Sightings 2/7/16

2/7/16 Kingfisher at Bradford on Avon (Simon Williams)
Simon was so inspired by our kind comments of yesterday, that he was motivated to send in another feeble effort...

Oldbury Power Station:
115 Curlew (yacht club high tide), 2 Redshank, 4 Raven, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 juv Stonechat.

New Passage-Northwick:
Wetland stuff, little change, 2 Little Egret, 9 Little Ringed Plover, 16 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 9 Redshank, 4 Sand Martin.

Severn Beach:
70 fly-past Curlew, evening tide.

Abbots Leigh:

Sandy Lane: 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 1 Bullfinch.

Portbury Dock:
245 BH Gull.

Portbury Wharf:
44 Canada Goose (foreshore), 1 Little Egret, 1 Moorhen brood, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Little Owl, 2 Sand Martin, 20 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 juv Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler.

Worlebury:
3 House Martin.
Congratulations to George Rabin for winning a recent Science competition.
Details on his blog: HERE

Anchor Head (WsM):
40+ Manx Shearwater, 3 Fulmar, 5 BH Gull, morning.

Blagdon Lake:
16+ fly-by Black-tailed Godwit new, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank.

Reports: Paul Bowyer, George Rabin, Alex Rhodes, Chris Stone, Simon Williams, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.

Farne Islands - John Thorogood

John just back from a birding trip to the Farne Islands off the Northumbrian coast and sent in these pics, all classic breeding species for the islands.

Guillemot & Razorbill

Puffin & Shag

Kittiwake

Arctic Tern

Very many thanks John.

Sightings 1/7/16

1/7/16 Redshank (Simon Williams)
RSPB Greylake, Somerset

A rubbish pic by Simon, the photo lacks resolution, definition, colour rendition as well as a total lack of any artistic merit. Other than that, it's not too bad....

Filton (Bristol):

MOD: 1 Kestrel.

Sea Mills (Bristol):
5 Common Sandpiper, 3 Redshank.

New Passage-Northwick:
Wetland stuff, 2 Little Egret, 12 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 2 Sand Martin.

Severn Beach:
1 Fulmar on the evening tide.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane: 1 juv Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Bullfinch.

Portishead:
Boating Lake: 1 Greylag Goose, 16 Canada Goose, 1 floating solar panel raft.

Blagdon Lake:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker.

Reports: Chris Jones, Alex Rhodes, Tony Scott, Simon Williams, BL birds, severnsidebirds.

The Somme 1st July 1916

In memory of all our boys on this day, 100th anniversary of the first day of battle.
Over the top 7.30am to the sound of their officers' tin whistles.

Not forgotten, always remembered.

Sightings 30/6/16

Avon Gorge (Bristol):
BOC watch-point: An American Goldfinch type seen around the seawall environs, seen by 2 observers separately. Presumably an escaped cage-bird and worth watching out for if you visit the Peregrine watch-point.

Ashton Court (Bristol):
1 Buzzard, 7 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 14 Swallow, 3 Song Thrush, 5 Goldfinch.

Cold Ashton:
A46: 1 flyover Red Kite 7.30am to north-east (Gary Hughes).

Oldbury Power Station:
Yacht Club end: 11 Curlew, 1 Greenshank new, 3 Common Sandpiper, 100 BH Gull, this evening.

Northwick (nr Pilning):

30/6/16 Little Owl (Matt Scott)

New Passage-Northwick:

Mostly wetland, 2 Mute Swan + 5 cygnets, 2 Tufted Duck broods, 2 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 8 Little Grebe + 3 juvs, 9 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Lapwing, 1 Snipe new, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Whimbrel (shore again), 1 Green Sandpiper, 12 Redshank, 1 Sand Martin.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane: 2 Buzzard (1 carrying a prey item), 1 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Swallow, 3 Goldfinch.

Clevedon:
Wain's Hill: 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 2 nesting Rock Pipit, 6 Linnet.

Barrow Tanks:
2 flyover Curlew to south-west, 2 Common Sandpiper, 35 Sand Martin.

Blagdon Lake:
2 Common Sandpiper (dam), 2 Common Tern.

Planet Chew:
114 Mute Swan + 8 cygnets, 2 Shelduck + 3 young, 14 Teal, 2 Goldeneye, 6 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 165 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 16 BH Gull (some juvs), 11 GBB Gull, 2 Common Tern, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Sand Martin, 1 singing Willow Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Grey Wagtail.

Reports: Matt Ames, Clive Dodds, Pete Hazelwood, Gary Hughes, Mark Parsons, Alex Rhodes, Karin Rhodes, Trevor Riddle, Matt Scott, Chris Stone, Keith Vinicombe, BL birds, severnsidebirds.

Sightings 29/6/16

There is a proposal that a local community trust is set up to help run the reserve and protect its future.

New Passage-Northwick:
Wetland stuff, 13 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 7 Oystercatcher, at least 14 Little Ringed Plover (Paul Bowerman), 16 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew, 1 Redshank, 110 BH Gull.

Severn Beach:
10 Curlew, 15 BH Gull.

Abbots Leigh:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 6 Goldfinch.

Portbury Dock:
10 Shelduck ducklings, 35 Curlew, 190 BH Gull.

Portbury Wharf:
1 female Wigeon, 3 Little Grebe broods 1-1-3, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Redshank, 20 Swift, 3 Sand Martin, 100 Starling, 3 Bullfinch.

Blagdon Lake:
2 Common Sandpiper.

Planet Chew:

29/6/16 Pied Wagtail (George Stacey)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Karin Rhodes, George Stacey, Chris Stone, BL birds.

Sightings 28/6/16

Spoon-billed Sandpiper: A hatching expected at Slimbridge tomorrow, updates: HERE.

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 6 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet.

Marshfield:
Downthorns Farm: 2 Spotted Flycatcher.

New Passage-Northwick:
Wetland stuff, 6 Teal, 5 Tufted Duck + 9 ducklings, 2 Little Egret, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Redshank, 50 BH Gull,

North Somerset;
3 recently fledged Peregrine, at a new site.

Lulsgate Airport:
1 fly-by Hobby this evening.

Compton Dando:
Village & environs stock-check by Ian: 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 4 Collared Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker + young, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 48 Jackdaw, 4 Raven, 24 Swallow, 2 House Martin nests, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Dunnock, 9 Wren, 14 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 40 House Sparrow (2 sites), 2 Grey Wagtail, 20 Chaffinch, 12 Goldfinch, 4 Yellowhammer.

28/6/16 Green Woodpecker (Ian Stapp)

28/6/16 Yellowhammer (Ian Stapp)

Barrow Tanks:

1 juv Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 8 Grey Wagtail.

Blagdon Lake:
45 Mute Swan + 10 cygnets in 3 broods, 21 Pochard, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Redshank, 2 BH Gull, 28 LBB Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Cuckoo.
Bickfield Farm: 3 House Martin nests active, 3 House Sparrow.

Planet Chew:
9 Common Scoter new off the dam this morning (Chris Craig).
Other stuff, 2 Shelduck + young, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Redshank.

Reports: John Barnett, Teresa Chard, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Mrs Trellis, severnsidebirds.