Wednesday 14 September 2016

Sightings 14-9-16

Little Stint, and 3 Sandwich Tern at Oldbury Power Station
2 Little Stint,  1 Spotted Redshank,  2 Wood Sandpiper at New Passage
Redstart, 10 Whinchat, (the highest in a busy day for them) at Chipping Sodbury Common
All-white female Pochard, a first for Chew, and a ringed BH Gull (Yellow ring 2KTS)

14-9-16 Chiffchaff (Allan Chard)
in Bristol at Eastville Park
Bristol
Aztec West: 1 Egyptian Goose with the Canada herd
Bristol Cathedral: 2 Peregrine
Eastville Park: 1 Chiffchaff
Filton BS7: 2 Raven (more Raven activity around our house than in the previous 25 years)

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Little Stint, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Sandwich Tern

New Passage/Northwick:
15 Wigeon, 2 Shoveler, 9 Little Grebe, 2 juv Little Stint, 2 juv Curlew Sand, 28 Dunlin, 100+ Black-tailed Godwit, 40+ Knot, 1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Turnstone, 1w Common Gull, 3 Whinchat,
5 Wheatear, 1 Tree Pipit to NE, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit, 25+ Linnet
Pilning wetland: 2 Wood Sandpiper

14-9-16 Wader Flock at Pilning (John Martin)
mostly Black-tailed Godwit
Chipping Sodbury Common:
Redstart, 10+ Whinchat,  1 Wheatear

Weston Level:
1 Barn Owl
Clevedon-Yeo:
90 Shelduck, 8 Teal, 3 Little Egret, 2 Heron, 1 Water Rail,  4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Oystercatcher,
15 Curlew, 2 GBB gull, 9 Wheatear, 25 Meadow Pipit, 2 Cettis Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff

Clapton Moor Reserve:
1 Kingfisher

Bath, Lansdown:
1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby (c. 9am), 11 Swallow (on move), group of 40+ House Martin

Barrow Gurney:
180 Canada Goose, 3 Wigeon, Gadwall, 26 Teal, 3 Common Sandpiper

Blagdon Lake:
8 Pintail, 3+ Garganey, 1 Great White Egret, 8 Little Egret,1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Hobby,
5 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 1 juv GBB Gull

Chew Valley Lake:
9 Wigeon, 5 Pintail, 1 Tufted x Pochard hybrid, 10 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 (2nd-yr) Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Meadow Pipit (1st this autumn here)
Dam:
12 Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Egret, 1 Common Gull, 20 Swallow & Martin  
East Shore:
All-white female Pochard, a first for Chew
Heron's Green:
2 imm Wigeon, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Snipe, 1 BH Gull (Yellow ring 2KTS), 2 GBB Gull,
2 Whinchat    
Moreton:
2 Little Egret, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Raven, 1 Hobby, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff
Stratford:
3 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Hobby, 2 Little Egret, 1 Turnstone (11.13 Fly through South), 1 Jay,
30+ Martin & Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff
Herriotts End:
1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 GBB Gull

14-09-16 Black Headed Gull (Ian Stapp)
Note Yellow Ring 2KTS at Chew
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