Sightings 7/8/11

SLIMBRIDGE WWT: Vic Savery

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper © Vic Savery, many thanks

Lots of sandpipers on show around the various scrapes and pools today.

CHIPPING SODBURY: M Hayes
The Woodchat Shrike still in situ into the afternoon. 9th day of stay now.

OLDBURY POWER STATION: per opsbirding
2 Egret sp upriver, 6 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper and 3 Wheatear of note.

SEVERNSIDE: B Lancastle, J Martin, per severnsidebirds
New Passage:

7.8.11 Grey Heron © Brian Lancastle, many thanks
in Chestle Pill this morning

15 Shelduck, single Little Egret, 6 Oystercatcher, 8 Ringed Plover (no August influx yet), 100 Dunlin, 18 Curlew, 2 Whimbrel, 3 Common Sandpiper, 34 Redshank, 38 Turnstone, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 300 BH Gull, 2 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 4 Yellow Wagtail and singles of Swift and Sand Martin.

Severn Beach: 2 Lesser Whitethroat and a Wheatear of note.

TITCHFIELD HAVEN (HANTS) 6/8/11: A Chard
Some pics from Allan in case members are 'rained in' today:

Common Terns - everywhere!

Black-headed Gull (back) and Mediterranean Gull (foreground)

BH Gull and Med Gull (top) in flight

all photos © Allan Chard, many thanks

Sightings 6/8/11

SLIMBRIDGE WWT: Andy Jordan

6.8.11 Greenshank © Andy Jordan, many thanks

Plenty of other pics to enjoy on Andy's website at: http://andyjordan.zenfolio.com/p843200733

COTSWOLD WATER PARK:

6.8.11 Hobby

6.8.11 Common Tern

6.8.11 Kingfisher, all photos © Pete Blanchard, many thanks

Always plenty of birds to see around the various lakes here.

CHIPPING SODBURY: Ian Duncan, J Martin

6.8.11 Woodchat Shrike © John Martin, many thanks
present since 30 July

The Woodchat Shrike still present to 7pm at least.


OLDBURY POWER STATION: per opsbirding
Migrants reported this morning: 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Reed Warbler and singles of Tree Pipit, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler and Wheatear.

SEVERNSIDE: highlights per severnsidebirds
New Passage-Northwick: 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Mediterranean Gull (adult+juvenile), a Common Tern, 2 Redstart, 10 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit and 40 Linnet.

Severn Beach:

6.8.11 ♀ Common Scoter © Paul Bowerman, many thanks
reported on Severnside on/off since 17 July

Not much else along the shore, migrants noted were 2 Wheatear and a Lesser Whitethroat.

PORTBURY DOCK: S Hale, CJ Stone

6.8.11 (pale) Buzzard © Sightings Page team, many thanks
the resident bird around the dock area

6.8.11 young Shelduck © Sightings Page team, many thanks

6.8.11 Wheatear © Sightings Page team, many thanks
on the shoreline rocks mid-day

6.8.11 Black-tailed Godwits © Sightings Page team, many thanks
this evening

On the shoreline R.Avon towards Portbury Wharf: 34 Oystercatcher, a few Dunlin, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 Curlew, 2 Whimbrel and 100+ Redshank.


PORTBURY WHARF: S Hale, J Williams

A Water Rail at the pools and 3 Common Sandpiper at Chapel Pill creek this morning.

PORTISHEAD: I Duncan
a Mediterranean Gull on the beach opposite the boating lake mid-day.

Sightings 5/8/11

CHIPPING SODBURY:

5.8.11 Woodchat Shrike © Allan Chard, many thanks
still present but elusive at times

OLDBURY POWER STATION:

(Yacht club area): 12 Canada Goose, 1 Shelduck with a new brood (lagoon 1), 23 Redshank, 514 BH Gull, a Wheater and 3 juvenile Yellow Wagtail (A Middleton).

SEVERNSIDE: highlights per severnsidebirds
Aust Warth: 5 Kestrel and 5 Common Sandpiper.

New Passage: an adult winter Mediterranean Gull this morning.

CLEVEDON COAST: Wain's to Yeo 9-11.15am
4 Shelduck (+10 young), 90 mallard, 2 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, the GC Grebe still, 1 Sparrowhawk, 9 Oystercatcher, 18 Ringed Plover, 260 Dunlin, single Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Whimbrel, 225 Curlew, 12 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 120 Redshank, 700 BH Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, single Wheatear and 200 Linnet (S Sanins).

SAND BAY/PT:

6 Wheatear in the bay (R Skipp).

Slimbridge 4/8/11:

the Spoonbill, now assuming squatter's rights

Wood Sandpiper

Sandwich Tern

Yellow Wagtail, all photos © Alex Rhodes,many thanks
30+ on site yesterday

Sightings 4/8/11

CHIPPING SODBURY:

Woodchat Shrike © Vic Savery, many thanks
....from our inexhaustible supply....

2 Spotted Flycatcher on the Common but no reports of the Shrike today (I Duncan).


SEVERNSIDE: highlights per severnsidebirds
Aust Warth: a Whimbrel and 5 Common Sandpiper at Cake Pill.

NP-NW: 

4.8.11 Swallow at New Passage, resting at the sluice gates

6 Ringed Plover, 48 Dunlin, 94 Curlew, 9 Common Sandpiper, 130 Swallow and 2 Grey Wagtail during a wet morning.

CHEW VALLEY LAKE: from our early morning drive-by agent:

Heron's Green-Herriott's: 12 Little Egret still, a paltry 8 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover and 11 Green Sandpiper (S Davies).

Sightings 3/8/11

The Woodchat Shrike was still present to mid-afternoon at least. Here are a couple more shots of this delightful little bird.

© Andy Jordan, many thanks

On an upbeat note, we have been sent a near inexhaustible supply of photos of the bird....so there is no chance of us having to post any from the Sightings Page team and so sullying the experience. We thought members would like to know that...

SLIMBRIDGE WWT:

3.8.11 juvenile Wood Sandpiper
© Gordon Youdale, many thanks

SEVERNSIDE: per severnsidebirds highlights
Aust Warth: a very early Short-eared Owl seen this evening.

3.8.11 Short-eared Owl, one of our earliest ever

© Vic Savery, many thanks

NP-NW: 12+ Common Sandpiper in the pill this evening and an adult Mediterranean Gull this morning.

BARROW TANKS:
The Tufted brood still doing well, 1 Little Egret, 5 Common Sandpiper and a Grey Wagtail around the shoreline. Still 5+ Goldcrest in the car park trees (S Hale).

A clear-off of the GC Grebes, only 12 counted today but c.70 here on 30 July.

CHEW VALLEY LAKE: late morning report:
Heron's Green: 10 Little Egret, 5 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper.

Herriott's: 2 Little Egret, 3 Little Ringed Plover (end of the channel), 2 Green Sandpiper and 3 Common Sandpiper.

Elsewhere, 16 Grey Heron and 68 Lapwing around the lake (S Hale).

per S Davies: 14 Little Ringed Plover were near the Herriott's channel early am (overnight roost), it's possible that they disperse during the day. Counts can be hit and miss due to the difficult viewing conditions.

Sightings 2/8/11

A Little Ringed Plover convention underway at Chew this evening.


CHIPPING SODBURY:

Woodchat Shrike

Woodchat Shrike

Redstart

above photos © Andy Jordan, many thanks

Woodchat Shrike
© Allan Chard, many thanks

Woodchat Shrike

© Don Smith, many thanks

Woodchat Shrike

© Gordon Youdale, many thanks
still present to 7.30pm at least

Darren's local patch continues to go through an obscenely rich vein of form, we're not happy about it at all. Through gritted teeth, we post a few more super shots of the Shrike and one of the Redstarts, many thanks Andy, Allan, Don and Gordon.

Today 7.15-8.15 Darren had the Woodchat Shrike still, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Redstart and a juvenile Whinchat as well as 'background noise' provided by a Buzzard, Lesser Whitethroat and Whitethroat.

SEVERNSIDE: highlights per severnsidebirds
Aust Warth: 19 Dunlin and 3 Common Sandpiper.

NP-NW: 120 Dunlin, 120 Curlew, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 juvenile Med Gulls, 2 Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff and a Grey Wagtail.

Severn Beach: a fly-past adult Med Gull (evening) and 20 Swift over the shops.

Chittening Warth: 8 Whitethroat and 4 Chiffchaff along the railway bushes and a female Sparrowhawk nearby too.

BRISTOL:
Combe Dingle: a juvenile Kingfisher along the river Trym 2pm (S George).

PORTBURY WHARF:
3 Common Sandpiper at Chapel Pill creek this evening (S Hale).

CLEVEDON COAST: a good showing of waders
Wain's - Yeo Est 7.30-11.30am: 7 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck+10 young, 4 Teal, 110 Mallard, 3 Cormorant, 14 Little Egret, the juvenile GC Grebe still (Mill Leaze), 12 Oystercatcher, 12 Ringed Plover, single Sanderling,225 Dunlin, 2 Whimbrel, 325 Curlew, 24 Common Sandpiper (10 Kenn Est, 14 Yeo Est), 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Greenshank (Mill Leaze), 120 Redshank, 3 Turnstone, 700 BH Gull, single Green Woodpecker, 115 Swallow, just 2 Rock Pipit, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 14 Pied Wagtail, 4 Wheatear and 250 Linnet (S Sanins).

CHEW VALLEY LAKE:

Early morning: 10 Little Ringed Plover (Herriott's) and 9 Green Sandpiper (most at Heron's Green).

Evening: 16 (sixteen) Little Ringed Plover at Herriott's and a Little Gull at Heron's Green bay (S Davies)

Sightings 1/8/11

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CHIPPING SODBURY:
Common:

1.8.11 Woodchat Shrike © Allan Chard, many thanks
present into the late afternoon 

BRISTOL:

Purdown: singles of Lesser Whitethroat and Whitethroat near Duchess pond (L Wheatland).


SEVERNSIDE: per severnsidebirds, B Lancastle
Aust Warth: 3 Common Sandpiper in Cake Pill over the high tide. Along the seawall scrub/bushes, 3 Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Tree Pipit, 38 meadow pipit, 13 Chiffchaff and 2 Willow Warbler.

New Passage-Northwick: the female Common Scoter still hanging about, waders were 90 Dunlin, 100 Curlew, 70 Redshank, 6 Common Sandpiper and 35 Turnstone. 2 juvenile Mediterranean Gull on the warth.


PILL:
Avon foreshore: 4 juvenile Shelduck, 22 Mallard, 4 Oystercatcher, 35 Redshank, 4 Whitethroat, 5 Sedge Warbler, 10 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet and 2 Reed Bunting (R Hawley).

PORTBURY DOCK:

© Chris Stone, many thanks

We post quite a few records of the shoreline birds so we though we'd show a landscape view of the dock too.

This is one of the wildlife corridors inside the dock boundary and the pool is where the Tufted Ducks bred this season.

The many rhines always hold good numbers of Reed and Sedge Warblers during the summer and a few Cetti's Warblers are resident throughout the year. Many thanks Chris.

This evening: 9 Oystercatcher, 32 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 18 Curlew, a Wheatear and 17 alba Wagtail (influx) (S Hale).

SAND BAY:
4 Yellow Wagtail this evening, little else of note (P Bowyer).

BLAGDON LAKE: per BL birds
The Black-necked Grebe still present (Hellfire Corner) and 11 Common Sandpiper around the lake.

CHEW VALLEY LAKE:
This evening: 11 Little Egret, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, a Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Common Sandpiper and 6 Green Sandpiper (S Davies).

Present at Herriott's/Heron's Green.