Cattle Egret, Great White Egrets, Little Stint and Osprey at Chew
Spotted Redshank, Little Stint and Curlew Sandpiper at Pilning Wetlands
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| 19/9/17 One of the 18 Great White Egrets seen at Chew Valley Lake this morning (Nigel Tucker) |
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| Fab blog post about the joys of reporting ringed birds, here's the same individual spotted every year since 2004 (BTO) |
Sea Mills:
c. 40 Redshank, 1 Chiffchaff.
Eastville Park:
Kingfisher
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| 29/9/17 Kingfisher in Eastville Park (Allan Chard) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
Fem Marsh Harrier flew over lagoon 3 and on towards lagoon 2.
Beauty of a Golden Plover landed at Pillhead Gout for half hour feed-up, then headed inland.
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
Pilning wetland:
2 Spotted Redshank, 5 Curlew Sandpipers and 4 Little Stint still on Pilning Wetland with the Blackwit flock (c450) on Butts Pool
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
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| 17/9/17 Kingfisher in front of the sluice gates at New Passage (Alan Gilbert) |
Pilning wetland:
2 Spotted Redshank, 5 Curlew Sandpipers and 4 Little Stint still on Pilning Wetland with the Blackwit flock (c450) on Butts Pool
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| 29/9/17 Distant shot of 1 of 2 Spotted Redshank (Brian Lancastle) |
Chipping Sodbury Common:
Kestrel, Grey Heron, 2 Whinchat, 4 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, Little Owl.
NORTH SOMERSET:
Felton:
10 juv Blackbirds - looked like continental birds, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 15 Chiffchaff,
40 Chaffinch, 4 Goldcrest and 6 stonechats together, most probably a family of locals rather than migrants.
Sand Point:
Firecrest
Bleadon:
2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Buzzard, 1 Wheatear, 3 Stonechat, 1 Kestrel (juv)
BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports
RESERVOIRS:
Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
1 L Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper (on Dam wall), 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 House Martin
Woodford:
1 Kingfisher, 7 L Egret (around lake edges), 4 G-W Egret (Stratford Bay), 13 G BB Gull (on lake & Denny)
Heron's Green:
100 Gadwall, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (feeding on bread today), 2 G BB Gull, 15 G-W Egret,
9 L Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Kestrel,1 Green Sandpiper, 24 L Grebe 1 Cetti's, 3 Snipe (dropped in to pond), 1 Stonechat, 2 Buzzard,1 Raven, 3 House Martin, 17 L Egret (field opposite gate to Moreton),
Moreton:
8 G BB Gull (lake), 1 Cetti's, 4 Jay, 1 Buzzard, 2 Swallows, 1 Osprey (12.45 East shore flying from B K hide to the back of Denny Island)
Herriott's Bridge:
18 G-W Egret, 30+ L Egret, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 3 G BB Gull,
1 Cetti's, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (juv on the pond), 1 Osprey 12.45 East shore, 20+ G BB Gull
Additions -
32 Pintail, female Goldeneye (first report since 24th Aug) 2 Cattle Egret, 15 Ruff, 2 Little Stint (juv at Stratford), 3 juv Black Tern, double figure count of Common Gull, 1 Hobby, 3 Peregrine (family), and 2 Sand Martin.
Reports: Bob Brewer, Allan Chard, Janey Clarke, Chris Craig, David Gibbs, William Hewitt, Brian Lancastle, Jon Mortin, David Poulton, Lois Pryce, Ian Stapp, Nigel Tucker
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Kestrel, Grey Heron, 2 Whinchat, 4 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, Little Owl.
NORTH SOMERSET:
Felton:
10 juv Blackbirds - looked like continental birds, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 15 Chiffchaff,
40 Chaffinch, 4 Goldcrest and 6 stonechats together, most probably a family of locals rather than migrants.
Sand Point:
Firecrest
Bleadon:
2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Buzzard, 1 Wheatear, 3 Stonechat, 1 Kestrel (juv)
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| 29/9/17 Juvenile Kestrel at Bleadon (William Hewitt) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports
RESERVOIRS:
Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
1 L Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper (on Dam wall), 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 House Martin
Woodford:
1 Kingfisher, 7 L Egret (around lake edges), 4 G-W Egret (Stratford Bay), 13 G BB Gull (on lake & Denny)
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| 29/9/17 Kingfisher hitching a ride (Ian Stapp) |
Heron's Green:
100 Gadwall, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (feeding on bread today), 2 G BB Gull, 15 G-W Egret,
9 L Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Kestrel,1 Green Sandpiper, 24 L Grebe 1 Cetti's, 3 Snipe (dropped in to pond), 1 Stonechat, 2 Buzzard,1 Raven, 3 House Martin, 17 L Egret (field opposite gate to Moreton),
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| 29/9/17 Great White Egrets (Bob Brewer) |
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| 29/9/17 Great White and Cattle Egret at Heron's Green this evening (Jon Mortin) |
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| 29/9/17 Yellow-legged Gull at Heron's Green (Ian Stapp) "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche" - perhaps Marie-Antoinette may have said this about gulls? |
8 G BB Gull (lake), 1 Cetti's, 4 Jay, 1 Buzzard, 2 Swallows, 1 Osprey (12.45 East shore flying from B K hide to the back of Denny Island)
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| 29/9/17 Possible sighting of Osprey at Chew (Bob Brewer) |
18 G-W Egret, 30+ L Egret, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 3 G BB Gull,
1 Cetti's, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (juv on the pond), 1 Osprey 12.45 East shore, 20+ G BB Gull
Additions -
32 Pintail, female Goldeneye (first report since 24th Aug) 2 Cattle Egret, 15 Ruff, 2 Little Stint (juv at Stratford), 3 juv Black Tern, double figure count of Common Gull, 1 Hobby, 3 Peregrine (family), and 2 Sand Martin.
Reports: Bob Brewer, Allan Chard, Janey Clarke, Chris Craig, David Gibbs, William Hewitt, Brian Lancastle, Jon Mortin, David Poulton, Lois Pryce, Ian Stapp, Nigel Tucker
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