21-09-18 Friday - Leach’s Petrel

Weather : Windy but warm between the frequent showers.

Leach’s Petrel
Balearic Shearwater, Manx Shearwater, Golden Plover.
Shag
Cattle Egret, Black Tern, Grey Phalarope, 
Pectoral Sandpiper
Bar-tailed Godwit
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling

Wheatear & Kestrel 21st Sept 2018 NP (Brian Thompson)
A bit of early morning sun bathing

BRISTOL

Lawrence Weston Moor:
1 Hobby - heading south.

Sea Mills:
2 Redshank,  150+  Feral Pigeon sheltering on lee side of railway bridge,  6 House Martin.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Curlew Sandpiper (j) at Shepperdine, 6 Sanderling - at high tide, 1 Arctic Tern (a) downriver.

Grey Phalarope 21st Sept 2018 NP Pilning Wetlands (Aravind Ramesh)

and a little closer (Ian Loats)

Northwick Warth / Pilning wetland:
2 Grey Phalarope (a+j), 220 Black-tailed Godwit, 120+ Knot, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Wheatear,

Severn Beach:
1 Manx Shearwater, 1 Grey Phalarope (j), 1 Arctic Tern

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
1 Shag off the seafront

Clevedon-Yeo - Ladye Bay:

Leach’s Petrel - slowly going out

Backwell Hill:
3 Treecreeper, 1 seen 2 heard.

Anchor Head:

Short Sea Watch - evening

1 Leach's Petrel, 5 Manx Shearwater, 1 Arctic Tern (imm),

Sand Point/Bay:
Sea Watch 07:20 to 10:05
7 Shelduck (down), 2 Manx Shearwater, (1 up 1 down), 1 Balearic Shearwater (down at 8:34am), 2 Golden Plover (down), 1 Curlew (up), 8 Dunlin (down), 4 Arctic Tern west towards Flat Holm, 1 alba wagtail, & 6 Meadow Pipit in/off the sea from Wales,

Bleadon - Cross Sluice
1 Greenshank, 3 Arctic Tern.

Axe Estuary:
1 Bar-tailed Godwit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wheatear 21st Sept 2018 Marshfield (Robert Hargreaves)

Marshfield:
1 Buzzard, 24 Stock Dove, 1 Kestrel, 12 Swallow, 8 House Martin (Plough Farm), 1 Wheatear (Rushmead Lane), 14 Linnet.

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
Pectoral Sandpiper

Wigeon - colouring up nicely - 21st Sept 2018 CVL Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake
54 Mute Swan, 1 Shelduck, 10 Gadwall, 16 Wigeon, 7 Pintail,  lots of Pochard,  13 Little Grebe, 43 Great Crested Grebe, 29 Cattle Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 15 Lapwing, 8 Snipe, 5 Green Sand, 1 Common Sand, 1 Common Gull, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Black Tern, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Hobby, 1 Peregrine (f juv), 2 Jay, 5 Jackdaw, 200+ House Martin,  30+ Swallow, a small number of Sand Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Treecreeper, 20+ Starling, 4 House Sparrows, 2 Grey Wagtail,
5 Pied Wagtail, 12+ Goldfinch.

Dam:

Grey Phalarope 21st Sept 2018 CVL Dam (TalkingtoBears)

1 Grey Phalarope, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Treecreeper 21st Sept 2018 CVL Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
1 Goldeneye (f), 1 Great White Egret, 1 Leach’s Petrel 




Herriott's Pool:
6 Great White Egret, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 1 Grey Phalarope (ad) (different bird), 3 Commnon and 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 2 Black Tern, 1 Hobby.

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Karle Burford, Chris Craig, David Gibbs, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Robin Lambert, Brian Lancastle, Ian Loats, Paul Marshall, Lois Pryce, TtB, Aravind Ramesh, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson,  Keith Vinicombe,  BUPP, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG