Tuesday 26 September 2017

26th September '17 Tuesday - Merlin

Dull start today, then turned out nice again. Very still and dull in evening but mild

Cattle Egret
Merlin, Hobby
Yellow-legged Gull,
Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Bar-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank
Redpoll, Sabine's Gull

26-9-17 Black-tailed Godwit at CVL (George Stacey)
BRISTOL


Hanham Bird Obs:
Migrant Chiffchaff and Meadow Pipits

Eastville Park:
3 Canada Geese, 1 Peregrine (Holy Trinity), Kingfisher, 6 Swallow, Dipper, Grey Wagtail

Avonmouth Dock by u+v shed, 17.20 at least:
1 Sabine's Gull
26-9-17 Sabine's Gull in Avonmouth (Bob Laughton)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton Ringing Station, 23/24th:
Sunday better with most of the birds (57). 65 new, 18 re-traps in total. Coal Tit are a scarcity here
5, 1 Blackcap, 8, 6 Blue Tit, 0,1 Cetti's Warbler, 3,0 Coal Tit, 29,0 Chiffchaff, 1,2 Dunnock, 5,0 Goldcrest, 8,3 Goldfinch, 4,1 Great Tit, 1,2 Robin, 1,3 Wren

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 Merlin, 9 j Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stint, 5 Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank, 12 Stonechat, 2 Yellow Wagtail,  1 Redpoll

NORTH SOMERSET

BELOW M4 & BANES

Stockwood Open Space:
2 Buzzard, 36 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Magpie, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 8 House Martin, 2 Blackbird, 13 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch

Paulton:
3 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 300 Corvids, 1 Wheatear, 5 Chiffchaff, 30 Goldfinch, 5 Yellowhammer
RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:

Chew Valley Lake:
200+ Wigeon, 2 Cattle Egret(Villice & Herons Green), 16+ Great White Egret, 23+ Little Egret, 22+ Ringed Plover, 4 Yellow-legged Gull


Woodford:
3 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 8 GBB Gull, 12 Swallow

26-9-17 Cattle Egret (George Stacey)
Villice:
Cattle Egret(, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear

Herons Green:
70 Wigeon, 2 Cattle Egret, 6 Great White Egret, 17 Little Egret, 13 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 GBB Gull, 40+ Martins (House and Swallow), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 m/f  Stonechat

26-9-17 Kestrel at Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Moreton/Stratford:
100 Wigeon, 3 Great White Egret, 4 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, 1 Water Rail, 8 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 3 Raven, 2 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch

Herriotts End:
130 Wigeon, 7 Pintail, 8 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 5 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 13 Ringed Plover, 3 Ruff, 22 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Common Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail,

26-9-17 Great Bustard (NSL Birding)
Out of Avon:
Chewton Plain:
Great Bustard still around

Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Teresa Chard, Robert Hargreaves, Paul House, Brian Lancastle, Rob Laughton, Richard Scantlebury, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds