Wednesday 26 July 2017

26th July '17 Wednesday

Showery in the morning, drier with some sunny spells in the afternoon.


BRISTOL

Crew's Hole:
4 Greenfinch

Snuff Mills:
Stoat, Holly Blue

Stockwood Open Space:
Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit and Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick Warth:

Growing numbers of waders including snipe (observed by Paul Bowerman)

Severn Beach:
Sparrowhawk (in garden)

Sparrowhawk (Rod Holbrook)

NORTH SOMERSET:

Portishead:
3 Cormorant (Marina)


BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
Little Egret, 4 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 20 Swift, 3 Kestrel, 1 Marsh Tit, 50 House Martin, 60 Swallow
3 Spotted Flycatcher (juv)

Pensford:
The Pensford Dipper (Ian Stapp)
1 Kestrel, 5 Jackdaw, 6 Swifts, 2 House Martins, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 House Sparrows


RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:

Herriotts
1 Shelduck, 1 Gargany , 1 Little Egret (pool), 3 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull juv (in the spill way in the same place as always then out on a log in the pool), 2 G BB Gull,
20+ Swifts came down when the drizzle started, 1 Kingfisher, Jackdaws, Sand Martins & House Martins in the 50 + a few Swallows, 1 Cetti's  Warbler
Jackdaw at Herriots (Ian Stapp)
Juvenile Shelduck (Bob Brewer)

Heron's Green
178 Canada Goose, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Sandpiper (wall), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (2nd Summer)

Moreton
2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Arctic Tern
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, lots of Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

Ringing Station:Black-headed Gull. J55C for another year. ringed Nr Oslo, Norway as a chick in 2015 - 1247km. Was also present CVL 30/07/16!


Reports: Ian Stapp, Janey Clark, Teresa Chard, Lee @wild_woodphotos,  Bob Brewer,  Paul Bowerman, Rod Holbrook,   blagdonlakebirds,  CVRSnslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds