Thursday 28 September 2017

28 Sep '17 Thursday - Egrets

Mainly sunny with some cloud.

Egrets, Egrets, Egrets at Chew and elsewhere


BRISTOL

Bishopston:
Raven (at the County Ground)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 Spotted Redshank (juv, 1st Winter), 4 Little Stint (juv), 2 Curlew Sand  (juv), 1 Greenshank,
7+ Ruff, 6 Chiffchaff, Water Rail
1 Wheatear, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 8 Pied Wagtails, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Stonechat

Stonechat (Martin Tayler)

NORTH SOMERSET:

Portishead:
Wheatear (Lake grounds)

Clevedon:
Buzzard (over Clevedon salerooms on B3133)

Uphill:
1 Kingfisher, 2 Little Egret, 10+ Redshank


Kingfisher at Uphill (Bill Hewitt)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
3 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 20 Linnet, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher
3 Grey Heron, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail


RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:
  
Dam:
2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Egyptian Goose, 3 Little Egret, 4 Swallows, 12 House Martins

East Shore:
Red Kite

Woodford:
200 Cormorant, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Raven, 4 G BB Gull 
Villice:
(On path) 2 Blackcap, Green Woodpecker, Buzzard, 3+ Chiffchaff (some singing)
(Bay) 8 Lapwing, 9 Grey Heron, Cetti's Warbler, Coal Tit

Heron's Green:
2 Cattle Egret, 18 Great White Egret, 22 Little Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Lapwing
2 Buzzard, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Raven, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Little Grebe, 2 G BB Gull
2 Stonechat (M/F), 1 Whinchat (juv), 1 Cetti's

2 Cattle Egrets  in the air plus many Egrets loafing at Heron's Green (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 3 G BB Gull, 1 Cetti's, 1 Buzzard

Herriott's Bridge:
4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 2 G BB Gull, 2 Little Grebe,
3 House Martin, 1 Swallow, 6 Siskin


 Reports: John Martin, Jeff Hosier, Nigel Sluman, Chris Craig, Bill Hewitt, Jon Mortin, Ian Stapp, Janey Clark,
 Derek Angell, Ann Crowe, Martin Tayler, Pete Evans,   blagdonlakebirds,  CVRSnslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds