Sightings 24/7/11

BRISTOL:
Centre: a Grey Wagtail pair plus at least 1 juvenile at the floating harbour area (Cattle Market Rd) today (M Jackson).

Henbury: an odd looking Crow seen on the wooded slope overlooking Lawrence Weston Moor ST555783, possibly some kind of Hooded x Crow hybrid (B Lancastle).

MARSHFIELD:
In the evening, 1 Whinchat and 'Yellowhammers and Corn Buntings everywhere' (E Drewitt).


SEVERNSIDE: B Lancastle:
Aust Warth: the juvenile Redstart still on show this morning.

New Passage-Northwick: 10 Dunlin, 30 Curlew, 3 Common Sandpiper, 20 Turnstone, 2 summer plumage Mediterranean Gull and 2 Raven.

24.7.11 House Sparrow © Brian Lancastle, many thanks

Severnside has several resident House Sparrow flocks along the seawall, notably at the shaft cottages area and also the houses at New Passage. It's easy to dismiss them (along with the other common species) as you rush from the car to reach the seawall to catch up with the pulsating action, especially on a windy day.

PORTBURY DOCK:
A Tufted Duck brood (3 chicks), a female Sparrowhawk (took a Goldfinch), the pale resident Buzzard, 20 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, single summer plumage Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Turnstone, 10 Swallow, 2 Sedge Warbler broods and 30 Goldfinch (CJ Stone).

PORTBURY WHARF:
Nothing knicker-gripping, main sightings today were: 1 Little Egret, a Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 45 Redshank, 2 Little Owl, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker and 3 Chiffchaff (combined reports, S Hale, A Rhodes).

CHEW VALLEY LAKE:

11 Little Egret and 4 Green Sandpiper of note (S Davies).

BARROW TANKS:
1 Little Egret, 10 Grey Heron, 10 Common Sandpiper and 36 Stock Dove (S Davies).

Yesterday 23/7/11, 2 Red Kite circling over along with 2 Raven (TE Bond).