Thursday 30 June 2016

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.