Monday 18 September 2017

18th Sept '17 Mon - Ring-necked Parakeet

Not bad weather today, bit dull bit cool but ok

Ring-necked Parakeet
Great White Egret
Little StintCurlew SandpiperBar-tailed Godwit
Barn Owl, Woodchat ShrikeMarsh Tit
Spotted FlycatcherWhinchatYellow Wagtail

18-9-17 Sparrowhawk in Stoke Gifford garden (Keith Fowler)
BRISTOL

Hereford Street Car Park, Bedminster:
Ring-necked Parakeet

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

18-9-17 Greenfinch in Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
5 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 1 f Pintail, 3 Little Grebe, 1 j Little Stint, 1 j Curlew Sandpiper, a few Dunlin, 3 Ruff,  1 Snipe, 180 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, Redshank, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Whitethroat, 1 m Stonechat, 1 Yellow Wagtail

18-9-17 Woodchat Shrike at CSC (Craig Lewis)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Kestrel, 1 juv Woodchat Shrike, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Whinchat, 1 Stoat

Yate, Cherington:
2 Ring-necked Parakeets flew to Wapley

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Woodhill Bay:

1 Wheatear hassling Linnets
Weston-Super-Mare:
Stream 750 Swallow and House Martin per hour heading SE

BELOW M4 & BANES

Midford to Monkton Combe:
5 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Spotted Flycatcher

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks, WeBS:
131 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Teal, 47 Mallard, 55 Tufted Duck, 11 Cormorant, 4 Heron, 30 (WeBS record) Little Grebe, 30 Great Crested Grebe, 128 Coot, 8 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear

Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 3 j Ringed Plover

Chew Valley Lake:
13 Great White Egret,  13 Little Egret

18-9-17 Great White Egret at CVL (Craig Lewis)
Dam:
1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20+ Swallows, 20+ House Martins 

Woodford:
5 GBB Gull, 2 Raven

Herons Green:
11 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Green Sandpiper, 

Moreton-Stratford:
1 j Little Stint(Stratford), 3 GBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Goldcrest, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 juv Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Treecreeper

Herriotts End:
1 Peregrine, 3 GBB Gull (Ring left leg P414?  White ring black lettering), 1 Kingfisher

18-9-17 Great Bustard at Chewton Mendip (Ian Stapp)
Out of Avon:
Chewton Plain:

1 f Great Bustard (hard to see at times, dips in the field to hide in, Very Dangerous road, lots of traffic close-by & fast). The Bustard has a ring on the left leg, a large white plastic ring. Released 2016

Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Andy Davis, Keith Fowler, Simon Harris, Phil Hemming, Rod Holbrook, David Howes, John Martin, Darren Pearce, Matt Scott, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Dan White, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds