Sunday 4 September 2016

Sightings 4-9-16

Manx Shearwater, at Anchor Head & Severnside, 1 Storm Petrel, at Anchor Head (W-S-M)
Bar-tailed Godwit at Clevedon-Yeo
Black-necked Grebe at Blagdon Lake and Chew Valley Lake
1st autumn Great White Egret at Chew Valley Lake
1st autumn Siskin at Langford nr Churchill
Shovellerm/f, First sighting at Newton St Loe Lakes

4-9-16 Dipper (Allan Chard)
An obliging Dipper in the river Frome
Bristol
Eastville Park: 1 Dipper

Aust Warth:
2 Kestrel, 1 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, c.120 Starling (migrating in small groups)

4-9-16 Knot (Mrs Trellis)
Rare photo at Portbury
New Passage/Northwick:
240+ Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 31 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 1 Manx Shearwater, 5 Little Egret, 7 little grebe, 1 Hobby, 1 juv. Kestrel, 11 Knot, 1 juv Sanderling, 1 juv Curlew Sand, 1 juv Ruff,
10 Dunlin, 45 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank,  1 juv Black Tern,
1 Kingfisher, 8 Sand Martin, influx of Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge warbler, 6 Wheatear, 2 Reed Bunting

4-9-16 Manx Shearwater (John Martin)
New Passage
Severn Beach: 2 Manx Shearwater

Portbury Wharf:
18 Ringed Plover, 2 Knot, 28 Dunlin, 18 Redshank

Gordano Valley Ringing Station:
3-9-16: 72 birds ringed (65 new, 7 retraps) inc 3 Chiffchaff, 33 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Sedge Warbler, 9 Reed Warbler

4-9-16 Greenshank (Mrs Trellis)
Northwick Wharf
Clevedon-Yeo:
130 Shelduck, 3 Teal, 22 Little Egret, 3 Peregrine, 6 Oystercatcher, 13 Ringed Plover, 13 Knot, 48 Dunlin, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Whimbrel, 110 Curlew, 2 Greenshank, 18 Turnstone, 2 Swallow, 5 Wheatear, 2 Rock Pipit, 40+ Linnet

Anchor Head (W-S-M): 7.55-10.10am 30 Shelduck, 3 Fulmar, 2 Manx Shearwater, 1 Storm Petrel, 1 Ringed plover, 1 Tern sp.

Langford, nr Churchill: 1 Siskin (first this autumn)

4-9-16 Shoveler (Wayne Tucker)
First sighting at Newton St Loe Lakes
Newton St Loe:
2 m/f Shoveller, 2 Teal, 3 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 20 Barn Swallow, 50/60 House Martins,
2 Chiffchaff, 30+ Mistle Thrush, 15 Starling, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Wheatear(7 acre),
1 Yellowhammer

Blagdon Lake:
1 Garganey, 1 Black-necked Grebe (Top End), 12 Ringed Plover (Lodge)

Chew Valley Ringing Station:
Nest recording: 12th & 13th Stock Dove nestling ringed
Numbers today incl: 12 Chiffchaff, 10 Sedge Warbler. 6 Reed Warbler

Chew Valley Lake:
1 Great White Egret seen from Herons Green Bay down to Herriotts End
Stratford: 1 Black-necked Grebe
2 Otters in Stratford Bay from Herriott's End this evening
3-9-16 Whitethroat (Molly Parnell-GVRS)
Unusual extra white tail feathers
Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Rob Emery, David Gibbs, David Goodliffe,  Robert Hargreaves, Andrew Mason, John Martin, Andy Mears, Shane & Molly(7) Pannell, Lois Pryce, Harvey Rose, Mrs Trellis, Wayne Tucker, Jason Williams,CVRS,  nslbirding