Saturday 29 September 2018

29-09-18 Saturday - Spoonbill

Temp 4 to 18℃. Just beautiful again, misty icy start yet hardly any wind, great day

Spoonbill
Cattle Egret
Spotted Redshank
Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull
Ring-necked Parakeet
Whinchat

29-9-18 Spotted Redshank at Villice (Raoul Chandrasakera)
BRISTOL

Bishopston:
1 Grey Heron - over Egerton Rd
1 Raven - switched to the spire of the old church on Kersteman Rd - Carrion Crow were unimpressed.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Mediterranean Gull in the yacht club BH Gull roost at HT,  1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Stonechat on Lagoon 3, 2 Wheatear

29-9-18 Blackcap at New Passage (John Martin)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
flock 16 Cormorant to NE, 37 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 20+ Ringed Plover, 2 Snipe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Wheatear, 1 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail

Thornbury, Streamside Walk:
Ring-necked Parakeet

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Grey Phalarope (CS)

29-9-18 Stonechat at Kenn Pill (Rob Hargreaves)
Clevedon, Wain's Hill to Kenn Pill, BOC walk:
250 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon, 6 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 40 Oystercatcher, 41 Lapwing, 17 Ringed Plover, 40 Curlew, 2 Turnstone, 70 Dunlin, 230 Redshank, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 6 Skylark, 5 Stonechat 4 Wheatear, 3 Rock Pipit

29-9-18 Spoonbill on Middle Hope (Paul Bowyer)
Sand Bay/Point:
Spoonbill feeding in Sand Bay and then flew around Sand Point (1st site record PB), 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret (1st site record PB), 15 Little Egret, 8 Swallow, 25 Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap, 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 200 Meadow Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Paulton:
4 Buzzard, 300 Woodpigeon, 1 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 30 Meadow Pipit, 1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
3 Great White Egret (2nd site record)

Blagdon Lake:
Spotted Redshank, 4 Greenshank

29-9-18 Cattle Egret, North Widcombe, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Reservoir:
3 Egyptian Geese, 1 Shelduck, 26 Wigeon, 9 Pintail, lots Pochard, 1000+ Tufted Duck, 1 presumed f Lesser Scaup (28th at Stratford, RM)16 Little Grebe (HG), 7 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cattle Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 15 Great White Egret to roost, 7 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 white Coot, 1 Water Rail, 16 Lapwing, 11 Snipe, 5 Common and 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank (V), 2 Greenshank (Moreton), 5 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (HG), 5 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted and 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Hobby (HG), 1 Raven, 6 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 20 House Sparrow, 3 Grey and 5 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

29-9-18 Cattle Egret, Herriott's Pool tonight
CVRS:
2 Reed and 1 Sedge Warbler this morning

Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowyer, Raoul Chandrasakera, Chris Craig, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Nick Hawkridge, Simon Isgar, John Martin, Rich Mielcarek, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Nevitt, Jean Oliver, James Packer, Matt Plenty, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Jason Williams