Sunday 9 September 2018

09-09-18 Sunday - Curlew Sandpiper

Temp 14 to 20℃. Breezy and wet over high tide early morning, sunny with a fresh breeze

9-9-18 Curlew Sandpiper on Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)
This weekend is the International Shorebird Day when counts all over the world are collected

Garganey 
Red-legged Partridge
Cattle Egret
Grey PloverCurlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank
Hobby
Redstart, Whinchat
Yellow Wagtail
Whimbrel


BRISTOL

Downs:
2 Jay, 4 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch.

Longwell Green:
24 House Martin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

9-9-18 Curlew Sandpiper at OPS (Matt Plenty)
Oldbury Power Station:
Ringed Plover, 1 ad Curlew Sandpiper

9-9-18 Grey Plover at Littleton (John Martin)
Littleton WeBS:
4 Teal, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 sum plum Grey Plover, 53 Curlew, 24 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 2 Hobby hunting Swallows, 2 Yellow Wagtail


9-9-18 Bar-tailed Godwit at NP (Paul Bowerman)
Severn Beach:
1 Bar-tailed Godwit, flock Black-tailed Godwit, flock Knot, 1 ad Curlew Sandpiper, flock Dunlin

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Mute Swan, 2 Buzzard, Whimbrel calling from the golf course, 1 Kestrel, 1 Skylark, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Redstart, 7 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail 

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
South Pool:  1 Grey Heron, 1 unusually obliging Cetti's Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, and 1 Whinchat
North Pool:  2 Shoveler, 5+ eclipse Wigeon, 18 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 8 Little Grebe (incl stripy juveniles),1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 15 House Martin, 3 Blackcap in sub-song and 1 Chiffchaff by the barns. The star bird, however, was a juvenile Garganey feeding in the shallows on the North Pool island! 

9-9-18 Wheatear at Cl-Y (Jason Williams)
Clevedon-Yeo:
7 Mute Swan, 90 Shelduck, 10 Teal, 60 Mallard, 8 Red-legged Partridge, 18 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 130 Oystercatcher (Probably a record for the site), 16 Ringed Plover, 100 Curlew, 18 Black-tailed Godwit (At KP), 2 Turnstone, 5 Knot, 90 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 9 Greenshank (At least 8 up Yeo and 1 at Kenn), 240 Redshank, 150 Black-headed Gull, 2 Raven, 30 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 3 Whinchat, 6 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtail, 4 Rock Pipit, 30 Goldfinch

Woodspring Bay - WeBS count:
31 Mute Swan, 87 Shelduck, 63 Mallard, 36 Teal, 4 Wigeon, 6 Coot, 2 Grey Heron, 12 Little Egret, 41 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel, 16 Oystercatcher, 79 Redshank, 2 Snipe, 137 B-Headed Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Wheatear and a flock of 40+ Linnets

BELOW M4 & BANES

9-9-18 Meadow Pipit at Marshfield (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield:
10 Pheasant, 20 Red Legged Partridge, 1 Buzzard, the most photographed Little Owl, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 8 Sky Lark, 3 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 9 Pied Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 60 Linnet,

RESERVOIRS

9-9-18 Grey Wagtail showing off at Barrow Tanks (NSL Birding)
Barrow Tanks:
1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Grey Wagtail

9-9-18 Cattle Egret Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
2 Greylag Geese, 1 Shelduck, 10 Little Grebe (Villice), 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 15 Lapwing, 6 Snipe, 1 Knot (Villice), 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

9-9-18 Hobby at Villice (David Hughes)
Hobby, 2 Jay, 40 Jackdaw, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler

CVRS:
Reed Warbler numbers down from last weekend, 81, to 18 this weekend

9-9-18 Little Owl at Marshfield (Peter Coslett)
Here it is, the most photographed Avon Little Owl
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Barry Dursley, Robert Hargreaves, David Hughes, John Martin, Giles Morris, Matt Plenty, Lois Pryce, Matt Rogers, Ian Stapp, Dan White, Jason Williams, NSL Birding, CVRS, TtB