Thursday 6 September 2018

06-09-18 Thursday - Spotted Flycatcher

Temp 10 to 18℃. Bright start today, duller later, still quite mild

Pintail, Wigeon
Marsh Harrier, Hobby
Spotted Flycatcher
Redstart, Whinchat, Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail

6-9-18 Great White Egret, Herriotts, CVL (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

St Anne's:
2 Little Egret

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear

6-9-18 Spotted Flycatcher at New Passage (Paul Bowerman)
New Passage/Northwich Warth:
252 Canada Geese plus the hybrid, 20 Shoveler, 46 Gadwall, 3 Wigeon, 145 Teal, 1 Whimbrel, 250 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Grey Wagtail

Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Mute Swan over, 1 Stock Dove, 100 Swallow through, Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps, 6 Lesser & 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Redstart, 6 Whinchat, 1 Yellow Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point/Bay:
Marsh Harrier, Raven, 15 Swallow, 10 Chiffchaff, 12 Wheatear, 10 Meadow Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail

BELOW M4 & BANES

6-9-18 Long-tailed Tit at NSL (NSL Birding)
Newton St Loe:
6 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 5 Swallow, 25 House Martin, 5 Coal Tit, 30 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Song Thrush, 15 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 11 Linnet

Southstoke, Bath, Engine Wood:
1 Hobby (1st I've ever seen here), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, Marsh Tit

RESERVOIRS

6-9-18 Egyptian Geese at the Woodford Lodge (Anne Crowe)

Chew Valley Lake:
400 Canada Geese (flew to Mendips at dusk), 2 Greylag Goose, 3 Egyptian Geese (WL to Herriotts late), 1 Shelduck, 15 Pintail, 20 Wigeon, 7 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 1 j Marsh Harrier, 1 Water Rail, 13 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper (Dam), 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Kestrel, 5 Hobby, 200 mixed Hirundine, 1 Grey Wagtail

6-9-18 Reed Warbler, Nunnery (Ian Stapp)
Out of Avon:
Red-footed Falcon at WWT Steart Marshes

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Mark Coller, Anne Crowe, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves,  Simon Harris, Peter Hazelwood, Darren Pearce, Aravind Ramesh, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Chris Teague, NSL Birding