Monday 14 August 2017

14th August '17 Monday - Osprey

Light rain here and there, a little sun, a mild day

Great White Egret, OspreyRuffBar-tailed GodwitShort-eared Owl, Whinchat, Wheatear, Redstart, Yellow Wagtail
14-8-17 Grey Heron at Backwell Lake (Richard Bedwell)
BRISTOL

Zilch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

14-8-17 Yellow Wagtail at New Passage (Lisegirl)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
150-200 Canada Goose, 14 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 20 Lapwing, 70 Ringed Plover, 61 Black-tailed Godwit, 60 Turnstone, 300+ Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 90 Redshank, 4 Snipe, 2 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 12+ Swallow, 1 Reed Warbler, 50+ Starling, 2 Pied Wagtail, 6 Goldfinch, 3 Yellow Wagtail.


14-8-17 Redstart at Chipping Sodbury (Mark Coller)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 8 Redstart, 3 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Kilkenny Place:
1 Coal Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldfinch

Clevedon, Wains Hill to Yeo, High tide 10.30-13.45:
60 Shelduck, 3 Teal, 1 + 7 juv Tufted Duck, 18 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Sparrowhawk, 5 Kestrel (2 juv), 31 Oystercatcher, 225 Ringed Plover, 1 Golden Plover, 200 Dunlin, 2 Ruff, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Whimbrel, 225 Curlew, 6 Common Sandpiper, 145 Redshank, 5 Turnstone, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Raven, 80 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 8 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 225 Goldfinch, 65 Linnet
14-8-17 Kingfisher at Backwell Lake (Richard Bedwell)
Backwell Lake:
2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher

Sand Point Middle Hope and Woodspring Bay, 13th WeBS:
12 Mute Swan, 51 Canada Geese, 6 Shelduck, 5 Mallard, 6 Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 10 Oystercatcher, 8 Whimbrel, 112 Curlew, 10 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 70 Redshank, 240 BH Gull, 23 LBB Gull, 36 Herring Gull, many Swallows, 5 Wheatear, 20 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bullfinch in Bath (NSL-Birding)
RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, WeBS:
451 Canada Geese, 3 Teal, 488 Tufted Duck, 8 Little Egret, 1204 Coot, 2 Curlew, 6 Common Sandpiper, 3 Swift, Sand Martins, 50 House Martin, 1 Siskin

14-8-17 Water Rail in Villice Bay (Bob Brewer)
Chew Valley Lake:
a juv Sparrowhawk, 1 Oystercatcher (at Bernard King), 2 Greenshank (1 at Hollow-brook), 20 Swift

Villice:
1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 14 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 14-8-1741 Moorhen, 4 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 8 Common Sandpiper, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler

Heron's Green:
2 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Yellow-legged Gull

Moreton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine over lake centre, 4 Little Egret

14-8-17 Common Sandpiper, from Villice Bay(Bob Brewer)
Herriott's End:
1 Osprey (Richard Mielcarek, Andy Davis) flew to South West, 2 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 3 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 ad intermedius LBB Gull,  1 Grey Wagtail


Reports: Richard Bedwell, Bob Brewer, Vera Carpenter, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Roy Curber, Andy Davis, Phil Delve, Terry Doman, Robert Hargreaves, Lisegirl, Richard Mielcarek, Nigel Milbourne, Giles Morris, Dee Pope, Steve Sanins, Ian Stapp, Keith Vinicombe, Warwick Wright,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds