17-09-18 Monday - Black Tern

Dull, autumnal start today but very mild; brighter later and warm in the sun

Mandarin
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Red Kite
Black Tern
Yellow Wagtail 

BRISTOL

17-09-18 Dipper, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Eastville Park:
1 Dipper

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Ringed Plover 17th Sept 2018 OPS (Gemma)

Oldbury Power Station:
Ringed Plover

Chittening Warth:

Mitchell’s Salt Rhine - 45 Mallard, 20 Teal, 6 Oystercatcher, 6 Black-headed Gull

Stup Pill -  8 Shelduck, 30 Mallard, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron , 16 Black-headed Gull, 3 LBB Gull.
Cetti’s Warbler singing at southern end near the oil tanks

Kingfisher 17th Sept 2018 NP (Lisa Presland)

New Passage:
7 Wigeon, 1 Water Rail (heard), 186 Black-tailed Godwit, 78 Knot, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail.

Severn Beach:
1 Wheatear (in the evening sun)

Yate:
Kingsgate Park - Mandarin, 3 Gadwall, 120+ Mallard, Teal ( rare here) ,  Kingfisher

Little Stoke:
3 Swallow

NORTH SOMERSET

Weston-Super-Mare:
A flock of  c. 20 presumed Cattle Egret circling on north side of Weston Woods then drifted west and flew south over Anchor Head

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

Litton Reservoir:
1 Treecreeper, 1 Yellow Wagtail 

17-09-18 Long-tailed Tit,Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake
15+ Pintail, 1 Shelduck, 20+ Shoveler,  7 Little  Grebe, 34 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail (Herriotts), 1 Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 9 Snipe, 13 Lapwing, 7 GBB Gull, 1 Common Tern, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher,  2 G S Woodpecker (Moreton and Herriotts), 3 Hobby, 12 Jackdaw, 3 Jay, 2 Raven, flock of mixed LTT /Blue/ Great Tit (Moreton Lane), 50+ Swallow/ House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Dunnock, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 20+ House Sparrow, 6 Pied Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit

Heron's Green:
Juvenile Black Tern perched with the Mallards and BHGulls on the embankment (3.30 p.m.)

 Moreton:
1 Great White Egret, 2  Black Tern, 1 Common Tern,  

Herriott's Bridge:
1 Red Kite

Out of Avon: 
Grey Phalaropes still at Cheddar, and now at Huntspill as well

17-09-18 Grey Phalarope, Cheddar Reservoir (Raoul Chandrasakera)

17-09-18 Grey Phalarope, Huntspill (Andy Slade)

Reports: Adrian Adams, Paul Bowyer,  Karle Burford, Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Gemma,  Patrick Haigh, Lisa Presland, Aravind Ramesh, Tony Scott, Andy Slade, Mark Smith, Ian Stapp