24-07-20 Friday - Crossbill

Overcast and muggy with a light SW wind, brightening up after noon.  Dry.

Cattle Egrets, Great White Egrets
Marsh Harrier
Yellow Wagtail
Crossbill

Marsh Harrier at Herriotts Bridge, Chew (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Kingsweston Down:

Flyover calling Crossbill, heading west (8.00 am.)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Lagoon 1:  15 Mistle Thrush (OPS record), 3+ Yellow Wagtail.
Lagoon 2: juv. Willow Warbler  

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
c.130 Canada Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck, 3 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 9 Oystercatcher, 3 Avocet, 11 Lapwing, c.150 Dunlin, 35 Redshank, c.180 BH Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 25 Swallow, 25 House Martin, flock c.60 Starling, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Pied Wagtail, flock c.40 Linnet, flock 30 Goldfinch.


NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:

Herring Gull family on a Portishead roof (John Clark)

Nailsea Park:

2 Buzzard, 4 Magpie, 1 Raven (fly over), 4 young Long-tailed Tit, 1 Greenfinch.

Backwell Lake:
15 Canada Goose, 13 Mute Swan with 9 cygnets (2+7), Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Moorhen, 3 Black-headed Gull, 1 Kingfisher.

Young Wood Lane:
2 Buzzard, 4 Swallow, 1 Wren, 2 Song Thrush.


Worle:
Peregrine over the garden, Coal Tits.


BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
Dipper (from track to road right of Mill), Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch.

RESERVOIRS

Great Spotted Woodpecker at Chew (George Stacey)

Blagdon Lake:

8 Pochard, 78 Moorhen, 5 Lapwing, 11 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Hobby.

Looks like the Cormorant is about to pounce! (Rob Hargreaves)

Chew Valley Lake

8 Great White Egret, 1 Peregrine.

Hollow Brook:

Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Heron's Green:

19 Canada Goose, 6 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 G BB Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.

Herriott's - inc Pool:

68 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck, 100+ Swift, 200 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 8 Green Sandpiper, 7 GBB Gull, 2 Cattle Egret, 6 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, c.4 Kingfisher, 4 Jackdaw, 50+ hirundines, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.

Cormorants and egrets at Chew (Rob Hargreaves)

Reports:  John Clark, Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton, William Earp, Richard Giles & Fiona Neate, Rob Hargreaves, Lois Pryce, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, opsbirding

23-07-20 Thursday - Cattle Egret

Not as sunny as in recent days, and increasingly overcast in afternoon. Rain late pm. Bristol max 20°C

Egyptian Goose

Greenshank

Yellow-legged Gull 

Cattle Egret, Great White Egret

Marsh Harrier

Wheatear, Redstart

23-07-20 Cattle Egrets + Great White Egret, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp)

             

BRISTOL

R. Avon at Sea Mills:

1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher (River Trym)

Avon Gorge at Sea Walls:

3 Raven soaring and tussling at eye level - presumably the family party previously reported from here.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

23-07-20 Whinchat, Chipping Sodbury Common (Pete Coslett)

    
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Whinchat

NORTH SOMERSET

Clapton:

Report (per Lyndon Roberts) of a Marsh Harrier found injured earlier this week. One of its wings was badly smashed, thought by a vet to have been caused by a power cable strike. It had to be put down unfortunately.

Clevedon-Yeo:
8 Canada Goose, 12 Shelduck, 90 + Mallard, 6 Oystercatcher, 15 Lapwing, 6 Whimbrel, 110 Curlew, 12 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 210 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 450 Black-headed Gull, 20 Herring Gull, 10 LBB Gull, 2 Cormorant , 6 Little Egret, 12 Swallow, 1 Wheatear, 1 Rock Pipit

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 20+ Swallow/House Martin,  4 Chiffchaff, 7 Whitethroat incl 3 juveniles, 1 Redstart, 3 Stonechat, 3 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting

 

Congresbury:

Woodpigeon, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 2 Blue Tit, Swallow, 1 Blackbird, 6 House Sparrow, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

23-07-20 Sparrowhawk, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
1 Egyptian Goose, 17 Teal, 5 Pochard, 1 Stock Dove, 1 second-year Yellow-legged Gull, 37 Cormorant,  2 Hobby, 1 Whitethroat

Dam End:
45 Canada Goose,1 Little Egret (Wally bank), 3 Grey Heron, 4 Common Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull , 

80+BH Gull, 1 adult Yellow-legged Gull (Dam wall),10+ House Martin, 4 Pied Wagtail

Hollowbrook:
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher

Heron's Green:
198 Canada Goose, 6 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 1 3rd year Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier (over Moreton from HG),1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting         

23-07-20 Cattle Egrets doing what they are supposed to do, field by Stratford, CVL (Lucy Masters)

              

23-07-20 Cattle Egret, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp)

    
Herriott's - inc Pool:

34 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck, 2+ Swift, 170 Great-Crested Grebe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Dunlin, 5 Common Sandpiper, 10 Green Sandpiper, 6 G BB Gull, 15 Cattle Egret (at least 2 juveniles), 6 Little Egret , 6 Great White Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Kingfisher,1 Peregrine, 9 Jackdaw, 30+ Swallow/ House Martin inc  some Sand Martin,1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

23-07-20 another shot of gathered Cattle + Great White Egrets, Herriott's Pool, CVL (George Stacey)

    

 

23-07-20 Cattle Egrets, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Simon Isgar)

Out of Avon:

Steart Marshes WWT - Black-winged Stilts showing well on Stockland Marsh, with a glimpse of the chicks too

Goldcliff, nr Newport - Glossy Ibis

 

23-07-20 Dad showing junior the way, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

               

Reports: Pete Coslett, Andy Davis, Sean Davies, William Earp, Matt Hull,  Simon Isgar, Lucy Masters, Jean Oliver, Lyndon Roberts, Harvey Rose, Cliff Smith,  George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Keith Vinicombe, WWT Steart Marshes

22-07-20 Wednesday - Bar-tailed Godwit

Sunny - light breeze, really glorious

Avocet, Redstart

Little Ringed Plover, Kingfisher
Yellow-legged Gull

Marsh Harrier

Red Kite

Yellow Wagtail

Bar-tailed Godwit

Bar-headed Goose
Wood Sandpiper

Hobby

22-07-20 Marsh Harrier CVL (Robert Hargreaves)

 
BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:

4 Swift - red letter day!!

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:

5 Swift, 13 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Swallow, 1 Wren, 4 Starling, 5 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 38 House Sparrow, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

Redland - garden:

3 Swift, 1 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Herring Gull - over, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Robin -juv, 6+ House Sparrow, Goldfinch heard.

Sea Mills - R Avon:

20 .Mallard, 3 Common Sandpiper, 9 Redshank, 45 Black headed gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker

Westbury-on-Trym:

22 Swift - appear to be heading away!

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
18 Oystercatcher, 49 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Turnstone

Pilning Wetlands:
Water Rail - calling, 4 Avocet, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 47 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Turnstone, c230 Dunlin - inc 4 juv, 108 Redshank, 1 Redstart - fem/ imm 

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Kestrel, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat - skulking, c30 Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury - Estuary shore & mud:
21 Canada Goose, 1 Bar-headed Goose, 5 Shelduck - inc 3 juv, 3 Whimbrel - upriver,  150 Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Rock Pipit, more Linnet than you could shake a stick at. 

Clevedon Town ctr:
4 Peregrine - circling & playing over the town this morning

Clevedon - Blind Yeo:

6 Canada Goose, 5 Moorhen incl. juvs, 15 Black- headed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, c.20 House Martin, 2 Greenfinch.

Walton Common:
1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Nuthatch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
4 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper - juv,  5 Mistle Thrush, and 4 Grey Wagtail.

West Kington:

2 Kestrel., 2 Yellow Wagtail, 10 Linnet - at least, 3 Corn Bunting

Hanham - garden:

2 Raven - over

RESERVOIRS

22-07-20 Wood Sandpiper BG tank 2 (Sean Davies)

Barrow Tanks:
2 Little Ringed Plover - juv, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Hobby, Sand Martin

22-07-20 Sand Martin, Barrow Tanks (Robert Hargreaves)

Chew Valley Lake

22-07-20 Dunlin CVL Dam (Ian Stapp)

Dam End:
22 Canada Goose, 4 Swift, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 80+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 20+ House Martin,  6 Pied Wagtail

22-07-20 Yellow-legged Gull CVL H Green wall with a fish (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:
176 Canada Goose,  6 Little Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Sedge Warbler 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Moreton:

30+ Woodpigeon, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 12+ Jackdaw, 30+ Carrion Crow, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker - cottage garden, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay, 1 Wren, 3 Dunnock, 

22-07-20 Marsh Harrier CVL (Paul Dunham)

Stratford:

5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier

22-07-20 Common Sandpiper CVL (Geeorge Stacey)

Herriott's - inc Pool:
77 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck, 31 Teal, 2+ Swift, 200 Great-crested Grebe - all together, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 9 Green Sandpiper, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 8 Jackdaw, some Sand Martin, 4+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

    Reports: Martin Aspinall, Nancy Barrett, John Budd, Jonathan Bull, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Paul Dunham, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Matt Plenty, Robert Proctor, Lois Pryce, Paul Sawyer, Tony Scott, George Stacey,  Ian Stapp, Keith Williams

 blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

21-07-20 Tuesday - Wood Sandpiper

Sunny

Little-ringed Plover
Wood Sandpiper
Red Kite

Hobby

Kingfisher

Marsh Tit

Whimbrel

Knot

Greylag Goose, Wheatear

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:

1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrine, 2 Raven 

20-07-20 Little Grebe St George's Park (Rich Scantlebury)

St George's Park

5 Little Grebe - inc 3 chicks

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

10 Greylag Goose - inc 4 juv, flew upriver, 1 Red-legged Partridge - calling lag 3, 1 Whimbrel, 11 Turnstone, 11 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 5 Mistle Thrush.1 Wheatear - juv/fem,

New Passage/Northwick:
86 Canada Goose, 9 Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Turnstone, 210 Dunlin, c50 Redshank, 

Pilning Wetlands:
6 Black-tailed Godwit,

Alveston:

12+ Swift - screaming party over the house

NORTH SOMERSET

21-07-20 Knot Cl-Y (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon-Yeo:
2 Whimbrel, 10 Curlew, 2 Knot, c20 Dunlin

Backwell Lake:
2 Mute Swan families, 23 Black-headed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher - very active, several Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler

Cleeve Garden Centre:

1 Green Woodpecker - over calling

Goblin Combe:
1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Raven - duongg call, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap (f), 3+ Goldcrest, 6 Nuthatch, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

21-07-20 Peregrine Bath St John's Church (Rich Scantlebury)

Bath - St John's Church & R Avon:
c30 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Peregrine, 

Marksbury:
2 Red Kite - morning - and again in the pm over Farmborough

Cameley:

1 Hobby - after Swallow, 2 Greenfinch - juv ringed, but will they survive their own virus problem? Ringing may help us find out.

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Wood Sandpiper - juv

Blagdon Lake:
2 Redshank 

Chew Valley Lake

21-07-20 Little-ringed Plover CVL Dam (Ian Stapp)

Dam End:
66 Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Little-ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 200+ Black-headed Gull inc yellow ring 2KTS, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 5 Sand Martin, 20+ House Martin, 4 Pied Wagtail

Heron's Green:
156 Canada Goose 6 Little Grebe - pool,  1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Sedge Warbler, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Wren, 2 Dunnock,  

(WARNING lot of Hornets in the hide)

21-07-20 Black-tailed Godwit CVL Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)

 
Herriott's - inc Pool:
77 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck, 32 Teal, 2+ Swift, 2 Collared Dove, 166 Great-crested Grebe -  lake side all together, 1 Oystercatcher - came in & went later, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 10 Green Sandpiper, 7 Grey Heron,  5 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 3 Marsh Harrier - all flying together, lots of activity first thing,  8 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Jackdaw, some Sand Martin, 4+ Swallow, 40+ House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports: Sean Davies, Rich Ford, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Andy Mears, Bob Medland, Matt Plenty, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Gwen Thomas, Sean Whyte

 blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

20-07-2020 Monday - Cattle Egret

10 to 22°C, with plenty of sun.

Sanderling 

Red Kite

Cattle Egret 

Redstart, Whinchat, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Siskin

BRISTOL

20-07-20 Raven, Clifton Downs (Peter Walton)
One of three present

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetlands:

73 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 22 Shelduck, 1 Shoveler, Mallard, 3 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 14 Lapwing, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Redshank, BH Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 12 Starling, 5 Pied Wagtail, 25 Linnet, 65 Goldfinch

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Peregrines divebombing a Buzzard, 3 Buzzard, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 6 Linnet

20-07-20 Whinchat, Chipping Sodbury Common (Craig Lewis)

Lower Woods:

10+ Marsh Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Spotted Flycatcher families, 1 Grey Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:

14 Canada Goose, 17 Mute Swan, 3 juv + 1 ad Egyptian Goose, 225 Shelduck (including a relatively new brood of 6), 40+ Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, 12 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 27 Oystercatcher, 3 Lapwing, 8 Whimbrel, 220 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Sanderling (Yeo), 52 Dunlin (all adult schinzii), 6 Common Sandpiper, 135 Redshank, 600+ BH Gull, 1 juv GBB Gull, 6 Cormorant, 2 Cattle Egret (coastal fields Yeo Estuary), 2 Grey Heron, 8 Little Egret, 1 f Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red Kite (Wain’s Hill), 2 Kestrel, 15 Skylark, 40 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Wheatear (Kenn), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 115 Linnet, 100 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Kenn Moor Gate:

4 Mute Swan, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker - calling, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Worle:
2 Peregrine

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bishop Sutton:
4 Collared Dove

Chew Magna:

3 Raven, 1 Siskin

RESERVOIRS

20-07-20 Moorhen & Little Grebe, Heron's Green (CVL) (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake
Dam End:
48 Canada Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Pied Wagtail, 12+ House Martin, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 GBB Gull

Heron's Green:
4 Little Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Kestrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 GBB Gull

Moreton:

2 Jay, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Wren, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Stock Dove, 8 Chaffinch, 4 Silver-washed Fritillary, 9+ Roesel's Bush Cricket

Herriott's - inc Pool:
68 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck, 4 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Oystercatcher, 6 GBB Gull, 6+ Swift, 3 Kingfisher, 14 Jackdaw, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

20-07-20 Silver-washed Fritillary, Moreton (CVL) (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Craig Lewis, Dean Reeves, Harvey Rose, Steve Sanins, Ian Stapp, Peter Walton, Keith Williams blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

19-07-20 Sunday - Common Scoter

Sunnier than yesterday. Bristol temperatures 13 - 21°C

Common Scoter

Little Ringed Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Sanderling, Wood Sandpiper 

Whinchat

Corn Bunting

BRISTOL

19-07-20 Greenfinch, Coombe Dingle, Bristol (Di Bunniss)

Coombe Dingle:

18th 1 ad +1 juv Green Woodpecker
Today - 1 Greenfinch (first record here)

Redland:

Garden - 3 Swift, 1 Wood Pigeon, 5 Feral Pigeon, 6+ Herring Gull over, 1 Jay, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 10 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock

5 House Martins, usual spot, above nesting sites Redland Hill roundabout

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

19-07-20 Little Ringed Plover (above) and Sanderling, New Passage (Rob Hargreaves)

  

New Passage/Pilning Wertlands:
1 m Common Scoter, 30 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, 10 Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Sanderling, 38 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 55 Redshank. 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Meadow Pipit

19-07-20 Common Scoter. New Passage (Rob Hargreaves)
[The strong light on this bird makes it look almost like the much rarer Black Scoter)

  

Yate Common: 

1 Green Woodpecker

Wapley Common:

1 Mallard, 1 Buzzard.1 Green Woodpecker with 1 youngster,  2 Magpie,  1 Whitethroat with 1 young (seen yesterday). 

Wapley Church:

1 Green Woodpecker

Wick:

Weir - 1 juv Dipper

NORTH SOMERSET

Lower Failand:

Swift, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Magpie, Jackdaw ( a lot  by Lower Failand Church),Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, House Martin  (visiting nests under eaves in Lower Failand), Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Wren, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Robin, House Sparrow, Chaffinch , Greenfinch

Bristol Airport:
1 Peregrine

Weston-Super-Mare:
3.00am 1 Bar-tailed Godwit heard over house

BELOW M4 & BANES

     

19-07-20 Whinchat, Northfield Lane, Marshfield (Pete Coslett)

Marshfield:
Northfield Lane - Skylark, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Whinchat Yellowhammer, Corn Bunting 

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

191-07-20 2 ad 1 juv Redshank, Dam, CVL (Dave Hughes)

Dam End:
1 Dunlin, 3 Redshank

19-07-20 Little Ringed Plover + Dunlin, Stratford, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Stratford:
2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Great White Egret

19-07-20 Black-tailed Godwit, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Antony Bridges)

Herriott's - inc Pool:
Curlew over, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great White Egret

19-07-20 Rose-coloured Starling, Stone, S Gloucs (Chris Teague)

Out of Avon:

Rose-coloured Starling at Stone, S Gloucestershire

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowyer, Antony Bridges, Dru Brooke-Taylor,  Di Bunniss, Raoul Chandrasakera, Derek Clarke, Pete Coslett, Chris Craig, Richard Giles and Fiona Neate, Rob Hargreaves, David Hughes, Nigel Jones, Chris Teague,  

 

 

18-07-20 Saturday

Temp 16 to 20°C. Grey day, some sun, some rain later

Common Scoter
Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Wood Sandpiper

Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull
Yellow Wagtail

18-7-20 Marsh Harrier, CVL (David Hughes)

BRISTOL

Clifton: 

Marsh Tit back

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Lapwing, Curlew, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank

Pilning Wetland:
8 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 ad f Peregrine, Raven, 2 Yellow Wagtail

Frampton Cotterell: 

2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff (inc 1 juv), Whitethroat, Song Thrush, Grey Wagtail, Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Dundry Hill: 

1 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, Raven, juv Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch

Clevedon garden:

2 Coal Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 10+ Starling, m & f Blackbird, pair Dunnock, 5 Goldfinch

Chewton Mendip:

1 Hobby

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:

1 Kestrel, 2 Yellow Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

18-7-20 Black-tailed Godwit, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake 

Dam:

48 Canada Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 20 House Martin

Spring Bay:

2 m Common Scoter

18-7-20 Kingfisher, Stratford (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Stratford:

1 Whimbrel, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher

CVRS:

Reed Warblers: 2 ringed here as juvs in late summer of 2019 can now be sexed as females (brood patch now contracted); 2 others now have full 'incubating' brood patches but when ringed c3 weeks ago 1 showed no sign of breeding, t'other appears to be having a go at another clutch

18-7-20 Black-tailed Godwit, Herriott's (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Herriott's Bridge:

88 Canada Geese, 4 Shelduck, 10+ Swift, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 9 Green Sandpiper, 6 GBB Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 40 Sand Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

18-7-20 Greater Black-backed Gull, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Rich Andrews, Peter Bryant, Raoul Chandrasakera, Andy Davis, David Esam, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, David Hughes, Aravind Ramesh, Ben Searle, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

17-07-20 Friday

Nice day, lots of sun, thankfully cooled towards evening.

Redstart, Whinchat

Common Tern, Kingfisher, Greenshank

Red Kite, Little Owl, Hobby, Yellowhammer

17-02-20 Jackdaw CVL Herriott's (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
1 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk

Stockwood Open Spaces:
Swift, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Swallow, several Chiffchaff - heard, Blackcap, Wren, Nuthatch, Blackbird, Robin

17-07-20 House Martin Bristol (Nadia)

Bishopsworth:

1 House Martin - rescued chick

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
10 Oystercatcher -Shepperdine, 4 Mistle Thrush - famil, 1 Stonechat - juv, 

17-07-20 Wood Sandpiper NP - NW (Paul Bowerman)

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Wood Sandpiper

17-07-20 Whinchat CSC (Terry Wells)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Redstart (m), 3 Whinchat - inc 2 juv, 

Patchway:

3 Swift - over the garden

NORTH SOMERSET

NOTHING reported

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Red-legged.Partridge, Buzzard, Kestrel, 1 Raven, 8 Swallow, 10+ Skylark, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Whinchat - potato field on Northfield Lane, 10 House Sparrow, 7 Pied Wagtail, 20 Linnet, 12 Corn Bunting, 8 Yellowhammer

17-07-20 Little Owl Compton Dando (Chris Perry)

Compton Dando:

1 Red Kite, 7 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl, 1 Hobby, 3 Raven, 6 Swallow, 14 House Martin, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Yellowhammer

17-07-20 Green Woodpecker Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

Chew Stoke:

Green Woodpecker - juv, back in the garden again today.

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
200+ Cnada Goose, 100+ Swift, 211 Great Crested Grebe, 20 Sand Martin, 23 Swallow, 100+ House Martin, 

17-07-20 Redshank CVL (George Stacey)

Dam End:
100+ Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 2 Grey Heron

Hollowbrook:
2 Sedge Warbler - feeding juv

Villice:
1 Greenshank

17-07-20 Common Tern CVL (Raoul Chandrasakira)

 Stratford:

1 Common Tern

Heron's Green:
76 Canada Goose, 5 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

17-07-20 Black-tailed Godwit CVL Herriotts Pool (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's - inc Pool:
46 Canada Goose, 1 Shelduck, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Raoul Chandrasakera, Pete Coslett, Greg Dawes, Rupert Higgins, Simon Isgar, Lucy Masters, Chris Perry & Nadia, Don Smith, George Stacy, Ian Stapp, Terry Wells,

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