Sightings 25/8/16

1 juv Garganey, 1 Little Stint at Severn Beach

3 Black Tern, 3 Garganey, 1 juv Yellow-legged Gull, at Chew Valley Lake
2 Orcas at both Bickfield Farm and Lidl's, Bath

25/8/16 Little Stint (A Chard)
A large Ringed Plover

New Passage/Northwick:
1 juv Garganey,  Little Egrets, 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Knot, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank,
120 Redshank, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Whinchat

Severn Beach:
1 juv Garganey, 1 Little Stint, 5 juv Curlew Sandpiper

Portishead, Kilkenny Place:
1 Coal Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit

Walton (in-Gordano) Bay;
11 Shag

Mangotsfield Station: Female Tawny Owl calling loudly

Marshfield:
Rushmead Lane: c.500 large gulls, mix of Herring and LBB Gull
Shire Valley: Common Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 female Blackcap 4 Song Thrush (juvenile I think)

Bath, Lower Bristol Rd, Lidl's:
1 juv Moorhen, 5 Magpie, 6 Carrion Crow, 30+ House Martin inc 2+ Orca, 3+ nests still in use

Barrow Gurney Tanks:
7 Wigeon, 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Turnstone, 2 Wheatear

25/8/16 Curlew Sandpiper (Allen Chard)
Severn Beach bird unfortunately

Blagdon Lake:
43 Mute Swan, 21 Cormorant, 4 Little Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Common Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 1 LBB Gull (black ring 'F352'), 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Common Tern, 2 Green Woodpecker, 6 Goldcrest.
Bickfield Farm:
1 active House Martin nest (2 Orca whales inside), 21 House Sparrow

25/8/16 Orca whale (Mrs Trellis)

Chew Valley Lake:
4 juv Mute Swan, c30 juv Moorhen, 3 Black Tern, totals on lake 5 Little Egret, 3 Kingfisher
Dam:
3 Barnacle Goose, 3 Egyptian Goose, 2 Grey Heron, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Wagtail
Woodford:
3 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 3 GBB Gull, 150+ Swallows Sand & House Martins    
Villice:
3 Garganey, 1+ f Shoveler, 1 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper
Heron's Green:
1 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper,
1 juv Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Wheatear
Moreton:
14 Shoveler, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Black Tern, 1 Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 10 Chiffchaff
Stratford:
c.50 Pochard, 1-2 Sparrowhawk, 1 LBB Gull, 5 GBB Gull, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Treecreeper
Herriotts End:
2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 GBB Gull

25/8/16 Help please....name that tune...(Mrs Trellis)
Blue birds on a Funeral March over White Cliffs by Leonard Cohen

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Jim Boyd, James Butcher, Allen Chard, Teresa Chard, Sean Davies, Anthony Goodwin, Dee Pope, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Reuben Veal (14), blagdonlakebirds, severnsidebirds, TBOSG