Sightings 6/7/11

BRISTOL:
Leigh Woods:

6.7.11 Green & Great Spotted Woodpecker

6.7.11 Nuthatch © John Sparks, many thanks

John was lucky enough to have all 3 birds on the telegraph pole at the same time this morning!......in North Somerset birding terms, this is known as a 'Severnside' moment.......

PORTBURY WHARF:
A Little Egret and a juvenile Common Gull at the pools today, no sign of the Little Ringed Plover (S Hale).

PILL:
A Grasshopper Warbler singing at the river Avon foreshore scrub near the M5 bridge this afternoon (V Savery).

Reported here in April/May also so may have bred here.

Sightings 5/7/11

HAWKESBURY UPTON:
Tuesday group walk: 2 Yellow Wagtail and up to 5 Corn Bunting around the Highfield/Bodkin Hazel lanes (N Hawkridge).

BRISTOL:
Avonmouth docks: 7 Oystercatcher and 3 Common Sandpiper at the Holesmouth section early am (S Hale).

Hengrove: 2 Green Woodpecker near the school grounds (R Daw).


PORTBURY WHARF:

5.7.11 Little Ringed Plover © Sightings Page team, many thanks
(smaller image available on request).

A juvenile Little Ringed Plover at the main pool 11.20am, right hand bank from the middle hide but best viewed from the seawall or tower hide. Little else of note except for 20+ Swift brought down by the rain (S Hale).

CHEW VALLEY LAKE:
Highlights early am: 6 early Wigeon, 2 Water Rail and 4 Greenshank (S Davies).

Buzzard Recovery:
A Common Buzzard chick (one of a brood of three) ringed near Walton-in-Gordano on 17th June 1997 was recovered dead on 21 April 2011 46km ESE at Brokerswood Country Park, Hawkeridge, Wilts. 


It was not far off its 14th birthday. It was, no doubt, living and breeding in that area having dispersed from my study area within a couple of years of fledging (RJ Prytherch).

Sightings 4/7/11

BRISTOL:
Sea Mills: a flyover Cuckoo in the garden this morning (S George).

SLIMBRIDGE WWT:
Some super pics from Allan at the site today, especially the last wader shot! Click on it to really appreciate the size comparisons.

the resident Spoonbill

summer plumage Black-tailed Godwit
100+ birds on site recently

Common Tern chick

Black-headed Gull feeding chicks
(er....one of the Tern chicks, sorry)

  

Greenshank with Green Sandpiper & Redshank

all photos © Allan Chard, many thanks

SEVERNSIDE: per severnsidebirds:
Aust Warth: 2 Common Sandpiper in Cake Pill.

New Passage: Not much in the way of waders yet, best bird was a juvenile Yellow Wagtail.

Chittening Warth:

4.7.11 Reed Bunting

A Common Sandpiper and 10 Reed Bunting at the Stup Pill leg this morning. Some were young Reed Buntings being fed by the parents.

EASTON in-GORDANO:
The Quail was calling again in the barley field at Common Lane 10pm (JF Copeland).

PORTBURY WHARF:

A juvenile Mediterranean Gull on the main pool this evening (S Hale).

CLEVEDON COAST:

7 Common Sandpiper at the Kenn Est this evening (H Taffs).

CHEW VALLEY LAKE:
Twycross: 10 Little Ringed Plover in the evening, 2 adults and 8 juveniles (per cvlbirding).

Portbury M5 J19 on 1/7/11:
Late report received of a flyover Red Kite around 10.30am (per clevedonbirds).

Sightings 3/7/11

BRISTOL:
Henbury: 2 Green Woodpecker and a Great Spotted Woodpecker showing well in the garden this morning (E Drewitt).

MARSHFIELD:
A 2nd calendar year Montagu's Harrier seen near Downthorn's Farm 8.50pm (M Hayes). Only 8 previous Avon records, the last one in 2008.

Many thanks to Martyn for phoning in 'from the field'.

Check out http://www.thebirdsofsouthgloucestershire.co.uk/ later.

Other reports from the patch, 2 juvenile Buzzard, 4+ Quail (Down track) and 2 Raven (M Hayes, W King).

OLDBURY POWER STATION: per opsbirding
The juvenile Redstart present again along the track to the hide. Waders conspicuous by their absence.

SEVERNSIDE: per severnsidebirds:
Aust Warth: 2 Greenshank and at least 6 Common Sandpiper at the cake Pill section this morning. 50+ Swallows also hawking over the water.

New Passage: single Little Egret, 40 Curlew, a flyover Greenshank, 5 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 flyover Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher and a Coal Tit.

PORTBURY DOCK:

3.7.11 Little Egret © Chris Stone, many thanks

Clouded Yellow © Chris Stone, many thanks

Other sightings: 25 Shelduck ducklings, a Red Kite over 8.30am, 3 juvenile Oystercatcher (bred here), 1 sitting Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 60 Curlew and a Common Sandpiper (CJ Stone).

PORTBURY WHARF:

Estuary: 120 Redshank and 2 Common Sandpiper in Chapel Pill.

Pools: a 3rd Little Grebe brood out today (3 chicks) and the Barn Owl showing well to late morning (S Hale).

EASTON-in-GORDANO:
Common Lane: at least 1 Quail heard in barley field this evening (JF Copeland).

Presumably the same bird(s) reported here also in late May.


CLEVEDON COAST:
2 Mute Swan + 5 cygnets, 18 Canada Goose, 40 Shelduck + 21 ducklings, single Cormorant, 7 Little Egret, a kestrel, 8 Oystercatcher, single Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 6 Dunlin, 1 Whimbrel, only 30 Curlew (250 yesterday), 90 Redshank, 9 Common Sandpiper, 160 BH Gull, 2 Wheatear (a juvenile + adult female) and a singing Willow Warbler at Blake's Pool (HE Rose).

SAND POINT:
1 juvenile Wheatear, a Stonechat pair and a Rock Pipit (I Duncan).

LONG ASHTON:
A Green Sandpiper at Ashton Brook reservoir (S Davies).

CHEW VALLEY LAKE 24/6/11:

the female Blue-winged Teal © Sean Davies (finder), many thanks

Sightings 2/7/11

Some influx of passage waders, especially Green and Common Sandpiper.


SLIMBRIDGE WWT:

2.7.11 Green Sandpiper © Andrew Jordan, many thanks
Good numbers coming through now

2.7.11 Little Ringed Plover © Andrew Jordan, many thanks

2.7.11 the Spoonbill, present for several days now
© Andrew Jordan, many thanks

Andy has a new website, full of wildlife photos and well worth checking out: http://andyjordan.zenfolio.com/

MARSHFIELD:

2.7.11 Corn Bunting © Sarah Loaring, many thanks

2.7.11 Red-legged Partridge
© Sarah Loaring, many thanks

2.7.11 Red-legged Partridge chick
© Vic Savery, many thanks

OLDBURY POWER STATION: per opsbirding:
Little in the way of passage waders, highlights were: 300 BH Gull, 16 Sand Martin upriver, 2 juvenile Redstart (hide and lagoon 1), a juvenile Goldcrest and 2 Sedge Warbler.


ALMONDSBURY:
Lower Knole Farm: 2 Siskin in trees this morning (M Dadds).


BRISTOL:

2.7.11 the Avon gorge Peregrines© Andrew Jordan, many thanks

A few shots of the gorge Peregrines sent in by Andy. The 'boys' are doing fine and have not left the building yet.

PORTBURY WHARF:

2.7.11 Chiffchaff this morning
regular perch by the wharf lane barns

Estuary: 2 Teal and 85 Redshank of note at chapel pill am, later 2 Common Sandpiper in the evening.

Pools: the Little Egret and Kingfisher present at main pool again (S Hale).

CLEVEDON COAST:
Wain's Hill to Yeo Est:  18 Canada Goose, 70 Shelduck + 21 young, 7 Little Egret, 9 Oystercatcher, single Ringed Plover, 8 Lapwing, 16 Dunlin, a Black-tailed Godwit (over Yeo Est), a Whimbrel, 250 Curlew, 12 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 46 Redshank, a Turnstone, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 15 Pied Wagtail, 7 Whitethroat and 60 Linnet (S Sanin).

CHEW VALLEY LAKE:
Stratford: the Wood Sandpiper in front of the hide early am, it was at Hollow Brook last night. At least 6 Common Sandpiper at the lake also (S Davies).

BARROW TANKS:
7 Common Sandpiper (S Davies).

Sightings 1/7/11

BRISTOL:

a couple of Bee photos 

at Eastville Park © Allan Chard, many thanks

at Blackberry Hill, Fishponds© Nigel Strickland, many thanks

SEVERNSIDE:
Aust Warth:

1.7.11 Whitethroat & Linnet this morning
© Rod Holbrook, many thanks

Sightings 30/6/11

BRISTOL
Eastville Park:

30.6.11 Grey Heron

30.6.11 Coot and chick © Allan Chard, many thanks

Also seen around the area by Allan, Kingfisher and Dipper.

PORTBURY DOCK:
18 Shelduck, 4 Oystercatcher, single Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 22 Curlew and a GBB Gull. Nearby, 4 soaring Buzzard at M5 J19 (S Hale).


CLEVEDON COAST: some stirrings of life at last
Wains hill-Yeo Est: 2 Mute Swan, 18 Canada Goose, 70 Shelduck + 2 existing broods, 45 Mallard, 2 Cormorant, 7 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, single Buzzard, 11 Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, a Whimbrel, 98 Curlew, 38 Redshank, 160 BH Gull, 10 Herring Gull, single GBB Gulll, 20 Swallow, a juvenile Wheatear, 2 Chiffchaff, a Raven and 15+ Linnet (HE Rose).


CHEW VALLEY LAKE:
Herriott's: the Wood Sandpiper and a Green Sandpiper still present this morning (S Davies).