6th August '17 Sunday - Garganey

Not a lot of weather action in Bristol - alternating cloud and  sun

Garganey, Redstart, Whinchat


BRISTOL

The indignity of being driven off by one's daughter -Finzels Reach (Rich Scantlebury)

Bishopston:

2 Raven on the County Ground floodlights for second consecutive day

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Tortworth Park Lake
10 Mallard, 21 Tufted Duck, Grey Heron, 2+ Little Grebe, 49 Coot, Treecreeper

Oldbury Power Station:
4 Shelduck, 11 Tufted Duck, 23 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, 19 Ringed Plover, 11 Dunlin, 1 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, c25 Turnstone. Also Painted Lady

New Passage:
45 Turnstone

Pilning Wetland:
 c.210 Dunlin, Sanderling, 45 Black-tailed Godwit incl 12 juveniles though no sign of yesterday's limosa, Yellow Wagtail

Yate:
Kingsgate Park: female Wigeon, Kingfisher, 3 Willow Warbler

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Green Sandpiper on pond, Little Owl,1 Lesser  Whitethroat, 5 Redstart, 3 Whinchat, 10 Whitethroat

NORTH SOMERSET:

Clevedon-Yeo:

Black-tailed Godwit (Jason Williams)

8 Mute Swan, 15 Shelduck, 3Teal, 90 Mallard, 1Tufted Duck, 11 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron,1 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 23 Oystercatcher, 52 Ringed Plover, 3 Whimbrel, 175 Curlew 175 (65 at Kenn), 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Turnstone,  120 Dunlin, 4 + Common Sandpiper, 1+ Greenshank, 220 Redshank (105 at Kenn, 115+ up Yeo), 250 Black-headed Gull, 2 LBB Gull , 4 Herring Gull, 1 juvenile GBB Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 3 Swift, 1(!) Swallow, 6 House Martin (edge of town, local breeders?), 2 Wheatear

Weston Airfield:
4 Little Egret, 2 Sanderling, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Sparrowhawk

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
Young Peregrine begging in conifers from horses' field at top of Willsbridge Hill. Also 21 Swift,1  Yellowhammer

Keynsham:
Manor Road - 1 Magpie, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 5 Goldfinch

Newton St Loe:

Jay (nsl birding)

6 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel,  1 Stock Dove, 4 Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 45  Swallow, 30 House Martin , 1 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper , 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 60 Goldfinch, 6 Bullfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

Paulton: 
2 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Coal Tit, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper.
At the STW - 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Grey Wagtail

RESERVOIRS:


Chew Valley Lake:

Heron's Green:
1 Egyptian Goose, a few Pochard, 1 Raven. Also 2 Roe Deer

Stratford:
Gadwall in eclipse, c 75 Sand Martin, a few Swallow and House Martin

Herriott's Pool:

Promising patch of mud at Herriott's Pool (Rich Andrews)

1 juvenile Shelduck,1 Garganey still, 10+ Teal, 1 eclipse Shoveler,1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern, Swift

Reports: Rich Andrews, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Mark Coller, Patrick Hancock,  Adrian Hockey, Nigel Kempson, John Martin, Lisa Presland, Harvey Rose, Rich Scantlebury, Thomas@gardenbirder, Wayne Tucker, Jason Williams,  blagdonlakebirds,   CVRS,  nslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds