Month: August 2017
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27th August 2017 – Goldcliff and Newport Wetlands
We thought we would have a look on the other side of the Severn Estuary. It was a beautiful day: we started at Goldcliff saline lagoons near Newport with loads of waders (particularly ringed plovers) ; then had a picnic lunch (accompanied by long-tailed tits) on the estuary straight across from Portishead (see photo of…
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23rd August 2017 – Severn Estuary
I saw a rich variety of waders at New Passage this morning aided by Mr “Severnside” Paul Bowerman. There were flocks of dunlin, redshanks, black-tailed godwits, turnstones and a 3 greenshank. Paul also pointed out yellow wagtails (but I was not up to getting a photo). I also saw a curlew, 3 little egrets and…
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20th August 2017 – Chew Valley Lake
A brief visit to Chew Valley Lake this afternoon before the rain came in. 2 great white egrets, 1 little egret and a grey heron at Herriot’s End; 1 common sandpiper, 3 great crested grebes, a grey heron and loads of mallards, coots and moorhens and a deer at Villice Bay. Not terribly exciting but…
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15th August 2017 – WWT Slimbridge
It was a disappointing start to our trip to Slimbridge as, although a bright day was forecast, the skies were very grey and the light was very poor for photography. I was hoping to see a wood sandpiper but I only saw a green sandpiper. From the Holden hide we could see a peregrine on…
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13th August 2017 – Cotswold Water Park
Locally we have had poor weather for the last week but on Sunday we enjoyed a very pleasant walk on the Cleveland Lakes circuit of the Cotswold Water Park. There was not much bird life but their food store was building up nicely in the countryside with an abundance of berries. The most interesting of…
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5th – 11th August 2017 – Somerset
My birdwatching activities have been restricted recently but I have had a few quick trips out in the last week but there is not an awful lot of bird activity at present. Saturday 5th August at Chew Valley Lake: Barnacle goose Great crested grebe Grey heron Lesser black-backed gull Wednesday 9th August 2017 at Chew…
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