Saturday 22 September 2018

22-09-18 Saturday - Six Grey Phalarope

Temp 11 to 12℃. Miserable today, very wet, very dull, cool, but not very windy.

22-9-18 Grey Phalarope, Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)
Goldeneye
Cattle Egret
Manx & Balearic Shearwater
Grey Phalarope
Spotted Redshank
Mediterranean Gull
Sandwich, Common, Arctic & Black Tern
Yellow Wagtail


BRISTOL

Park St, Wills Building:
Manx Shearwater found dead below building, eaten by a Peregrine

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

22-9-18 Two Grey Phalaropes at NP/NW, (Paul Bowerman)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
3 (2 1stW + ad) Grey Phalarope, 1 j Common Sandpiper, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit

22-9-18 Grey Phalarope flying at NP/NW, (John Martin)
Dyer’s Common, Avonmouth: 
4 Moorhen in rhine; c.90 Starling on pylon lines

SOMERSET

Portishead:

2-3 Sandwich Tern

Portbury Wharf:
2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap

Sand Point:
1 Manx Shearwater, 2 Sandwich Tern

Anchor Head:
5 Manx and 1 Balearic Shearwater

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
8 Mute Swan, 34 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Jay, 15 Barn Swallow, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail

Marksbury:
200 Starling

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks, 21st:
3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Black Tern

Blagdon Lake:
1000's Teal, plenty of Wigeon, 9 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 40 Lapwing, 5 Ringed Plover, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, 3 Dunlin, 1 Grey Phalarope (Rainbow Point), 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 5 Greenshank, 1 Arctic and 1 Black Tern, 1 Peregrine, 3 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 50+ Pied Wagtail


22-9-18 Grey Phalarope, Herriott's Pool, (Duncan McLaughlin)
Chew Valley Reservoir:
2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Shelduck, lots Shoveler, 15 Gadwall, 3 Pintail, lots Pochard, 1 f Goldeneye, 14 Little Grebe, 30 Great Crested Grebe, 15 Cattle Egret (Dam & Herriott's), 5 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 white Coot, 14 Lapwing, 8 Snipe, 7 Dunlin, 2 Grey Phalarope (Dam & Herriott's), 5 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper,  1 j Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 5 GBB Gull, 25 Common Tern, 2 Black Tern, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay

22-9-18 Sand Martins, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
50 Sand Martin, 70 Swallow, 300 House Martin, 2 Cetti's and 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Out of Avon:
Leach's Petrel, Grey Phalarope, Sabine & Little Gull, Black Tern and Pomarine Skua on Cheddar Reservoir
Curlew Sandpiper and Little Stint at Steart

21-9-18 Leach's Petrel from Stratford yesterday (Brian Thompson)
Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Paul Chapman, Anne Crowe, Sean Davies, Duncan McLaughlin, William Earp, Lee Gardiner, Paul Gregory, Rob Hargreaves, David Horlick, Mark Hynam, Robert Kelsh, , Brian Lancastle, Rob Laughton, Paul Marshall, John Martin, Andy Mears, Richard Mielcarek, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Nevitt, James Packer, Adam Rawson, Dean Reeves, Andy Slade, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Gary Thorburn, Khem Tonsakulrungruang, Lauren Tucker, NSL Birding