Tuesday 18 September 2018

18-09-18 Tuesday - Cattle Egret

Windy - but not hard enough to drive anything up the Severn Estuary - - sadly

Goldeneye
Cattle Egret
Marsh Harrier
Spotted Redshank
Mediterranean Gull
Sandwich, Common & Black Tern
Hobby
Sand Martin
Bearded Tit


18-9-18 Cattle Egrets at Stratford, CVL (George Stacey)
Twenty-seven today
BRISTOL

City Docks:
Not a Coot this time but a Moorhen; but they do breed here.

Sparrowhawk 18th Sept 2018 Henleaze (Geoff Daniels)
Henleaze:
Sparrowhawk - keeping the Feral Pigeon population down.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
A juv. Peregrine chasing Turnstones around, before an adult male Peregrine came and gave it a seeing-to !

New Passage/Northwick:
7 Shelduck. 30 Wigeon, Pintail, 11 Ringed Plover, 360 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Turnstone, 54 Knot, 21 Dunlin, 1 Hobby, 1 juv Peregrine, 1 Bearded Tit - visiting birder reports - flew across the Grebe Pond (NW), 1 Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

Tickenham:
BOC walk; 1 Mute Swan, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant (1 juv – v. pale beneath), 2 Buzzard (1 v. pale), 1 Herring Gull, 4 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Coal Tit, c.10 Sand Martin, c.30 Swallow, c.40 House Martin, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Anchor Head:
Swallows and Martins on the move - but nothing else!

BELOW M4 & BANES

nil

RESERVOIRS


18-9-18 Shoveler and Pintail at Herriotts (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
54 Mute Swan, 1 Shelduck, 20+ Pintail, 20+ Shoveler, lots of Pochard (Stratford), 1 f Goldeneye, 17 Little Grebe (HG), 44 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Grey Heron

18-9-18 Some of the 27 Cattle Egrets today nr Blue Bowl (George Stacey)
27 Cattle Egret (S), 4 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 j Marsh Harrier, 4 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail (Moreton & Herriotts), 1 Ringed Plover, 9 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 6 Greenshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 7 GBB Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern, 2 Common Tern, 2 Black Tern, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Hobby, 12 Jackdaw, 3 Sand Martin, 25+ Swallow/ House Martin, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 9 Pied Wagtail

OUT OF AVON
Black Tern 18th Sept 2018 Cheddar Res (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Grey Phalarope 18th Sept 2018  West Huntspill  (Andy Slade)
Spoonbill & Sabine's Gull also present
Reports:Rich Andrews, Paul Bowyer,  Raoul Chandrasakera, Geoff Daniels, Ptere Hazelwood, Nick Hudson, John Martin, Andy Mears, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, Matt Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, BUPP, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG