Saturday 15 September 2018

15-09-18 Saturday - Savi's Warbler

Temp 12 to 19℃. Bright start, dulled over later on, still mild

Red-crested Pochard
Red Kite, Marsh Harrier
Cattle Egret
Spotted Redshank
Savi's Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
Redstart, Whinchat, Stonechat
Yellow Wagtail
Ortolan Bunting
15-9-18 Red Crested Pochard, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
16 Moorhen, 1 Water Rail (earliest ever), 2 Peregrine, 1 Garden Warbler singing (Al), 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Grey Wagtail (record count)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 Pintail, c300 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Knot, 5 Snipe, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Savi's Warbler (5th record, last in Avon, 2001) (BL), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, poss Ortolan Bunting

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Redstart, 4 Whinchat

SOMERSET

Clevedon, Little Harp Beach:
6 Turnstone

Clevedon, Channel View:
1 Mute Swan, Wigeon, 6 Teal, 9 Little Egret, Ringed Plover, 4 Knot, 200 Dunlin, Raven, 2 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

15-9-18 Wheatear at Marshfield (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield:
4 Raven, 1st autumn Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 15 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit

Bath Blathwayt Arms:
100 Starling

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Greylag Goose, 170 Canada Geese, 4 Mute Swan, 9 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 64 Mallard, 89 Teal, 136 Tufted Duck, 29 Little Grebe, 17 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cattle Egret (1st here), 4 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 68 Cormorant, 248 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 7 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Blagdon Lake:
1 Red Kite, 8 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 56 Knot, 5 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 5 Greenshank, 1 Peregrine, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Meadow Pipit

15-9-18 Hobby, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Reservoir:
2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Shelduck, 9 Pintail, 1 Red-crested Pochard (Herons Green), 11 Little Grebe, 54 Great Crested Grebe, 13 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 juv Marsh Harrier, 5 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail (Moreton), 13 Lapwing, 8 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper (M), 6 Green Sandpiper, 3 Stock Dove, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 30 Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit

CVRS:
7 Reed Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (1st of the year)

15-9-18 Grey Phalarope on Cheddar Reservoir (Terri Borash)
Out of Avon:
Grey Phalarope at Cheddar
Black Redstart at Sharpness

Reports: Martin Aspinall, Terri Borash, Peter Coslett, Anne Crowe, Sean Davies, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Andrew Jordan, Nigel Milbourne, Carole Rushton, Cliff Smith, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, CVRS