Monday 19 September 2016

19th Sept '16 Monday - Wood Sandpiper

Miserable wet day but the birders are still out there!  Late update.

Dipper singing in Eastville Park (Richard Scantlebury)
Bristol.
Eastville Park(WeBS):
67 Mallard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dipper singing, Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch.
Stockwood Open Space:
30 House Martin hunting.  Unusual sight of Raven and Magpie having an aerial spat.

Yate Rocks:
Red Kite, Kestrel, Barn Owl, Jay.

New Passage / Northwick Warth:
9 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 5 Shelduck, 20 Gadwall, 130 Teal, 140 Wigeon, 15 Shoveler, 15 Pintail, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine, 120 Oystercatcher, 30 Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 16 Grey Plover, 140 Knot, 5 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 2 juv Little Stint, 450 Dunlin, 90 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel, 11 Snipe, Bar-tailed Godwit, 260 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 Redshank, 1 juv Wood Sandpiper, 70 Turnstone, Rock Pipit, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wheatear.

Portbury Wharf (WeBS):
5 Mute Swan, 38 Wigeon, 26 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 44 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 3 Little Grebe, 9 Coot, 7 Moorhen, 29 BH Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Herring Gull.

Spoonbill, probably 2nd summer, at Blagdon Lake
(Ian Stapp)
Blagdon Lake:
50 Wigeon, 50 Gadwall, 30 Teal, 8 Pintail, 20 Shoveler, 11 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 10+ Grey Heron, 1 imm Spoonbill (Nigel Milbourne), 60 Little Grebe (counted earlier in week), 5 Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 juv Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 6+ Snipe, 12 Sand Martin, 100+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin.

Chew Valley Lake:
6 Pintail, 2 juv Black-necked Grebe (East Shore), 7 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 2nd-yr Yellow-legged Gull, juv Black Tern, 1 Common Tern, 2 juv Hobby, 1 Kingfisher, 300 Swallow, 25 Sand Martin, 1 Nuthatch.

Reports: Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Paul Francis, Robert Hargreaves, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, David Poulton, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Keith Vinicombe, blagdonbirds, Severnsidebirds.