Saturday 23 July 2016

Sightings 23/7/16

Red Kite day today.

Frenchay (Bristol):
M32: 1 flyover Red Kite, afternoon (Mike George).

Brislington (Bristol):
West Town Lane: 4 Swift over, 20 House Sparrow, garden.

St George (Bristol):
Fir Tree lane: 1 flyover Sparrowhawk this evening.

Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 3 Red Kite over 12.30pm (Darren Pearce).
Other stuff, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Redstart.

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Shelduck broods, 1 Kestrel, 5 Ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Woodpecker families, 8 Raven, 2 juv Cetti's Warbler, 1 flyover Yellow Wagtail.

New Passage-Northwick:
37 Canada Goose, 5 Little Egret, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 30 Lapwing, 60 Dunlin, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper, 70 Redshank, 500 BH Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Yellow Wagtail.

Severn Beach:
1 Yellow Wagtail.

Saltford:
River Boyd: 1 flyover Red Kite 4.05pm to south-east (Chris Vines), 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Raven. lots of Swift and House Martin here today.

Barrow Tanks:
2 juv Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper.


Reports:  Paul Francis, Mike George, Julian Head, Darren Pearce, Chris Stone, Chris Vines, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.