Sunday 18 September 2016

18th Sept '16 Sunday - Black Tern

Little Stint, anf 1 Wood Sandpiper at New Passage
Snipe, and 2 Bar-tailed Godwit at Clevedon
Great White Egret at Blagdon Lake
125 Wigeon and 12 Pintail arriving in 1 flock, and 1 juv Black Tern at Chew Valley Lake
Marsh Tit, at Newton St Loe

18-9-16 Ringed Plover (Jason Williams)
Clevedon
Bristol
Warmley Forest Park: 
2 Moorhens, 4 Jay, 30+ Jackdaw, 2 Rook, 6 Chiffchaff , 30 Starling, 4 Swallow

Oldbury Power Station:
27 Wigeon, 10 Teal, 154 Mallard, 5 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Ringed Plover, 10 Lapwing (Yacht Club), 8 Dunlin (Yacht Club),  2 Black-tailed Godwit (Shepperdine), 4 Curlew, 64 Redshank (Yacht Club),
50 Turnstone, 1 Cettis Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Wheatear

New Passage/Northwick:
Masses of waders on Pilning Wetland so far this morning including 2 Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Knot, 8 Turnstone

Sea Mills WeBS:
23 Mallard, 7 Common Sandpiper, c.80 Redshank, 46 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull

18-9-16 Pied Flycatcher (Shane Parnell)
Another first for Molly at Gordano Ringing
Chipping Sodbury Common:
5 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail

Portbury coast:
2 Buzzard, 19 Curlew, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Wheatear

18-9-16 Dunlin (Jason Williams)
Clevedon
Clevedon-Yeo:
25 Shelduck, c.20 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 10 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestel, c.50 Oystercatcher, 12 Ringed Plover, 1 Knot, 30 Dunlin, 5 Snipe, 25 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 150 Curlew, 10 Redshank, 1 Turnstone !, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Wheatear, 4 Rock Pipit

Uphill WeBS:
180 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon, 15 Teal, 10 Mallard, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 92 Oystercatcher,
29 Ringed Plover, 41 Dunlin, 35 Curlew, 115 Redshank.  490 BH Gull, 2 Raven, 1 House Martin, 40+ Swallow, 5 Skylark

18-9-16 Redstart (Peter Coslett)
Orchid Lane Masrhfield
Marshfield:
2 Wheatear from Northfield Lane, 1 Redstart and my 1st Stonechat of the Autumn from Orchid Lane

Newton St Loe:
1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 8 Magpie, 4+ Raven, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 4 Skylark, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Nuthatch, 4 Grey Wagtail, 14 Meadow Pipit, 10 Linnet
17-9-16: 7 Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Marsh Tit, c.70 Swallow

Blagdon Lake:
46 Mute Swan, 10 Canada Goose, 14 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 5 Lapwing, 5 GBB Gull, 2 Sand Martin, 150 Swallow
Top End; 1 Great White Egret, 8 Little Egret, 12 Grey Heron
Blagdon Bickfield Farm: 15 House Sparrow

Chew Valley Ringing:
1 Cetti's Warbler, 17 Chiffchaff, 5 Reed Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler
3333 birds ringed to date this year

18-9-16 Buzzard (Teresa Chard)
Chew Valley Lake:
145 Wigeon, 19 Pintail, 3 Little Egret, 6 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 2 Raven, c.200 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 3 Sand Martin,
Villice:
3 Hobby, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper
Heron's Green:
1 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 20+ Swallow, 2 Whinchat, 9 House Sparrow
Moreton:
2 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 4 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 100+ Rook & Crow, 3 Raven, 40+ Swallow & Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler
Stratford:
1 Marsh Harrier
Herriotts End:
1 juv Black Tern, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull

18-09-16 Black Tern (Ian Stapp)
Getting loads of grief at Chew
Birding in Kazakhstan:
John Martin is giving a talk tomorrow evening about a recent trip Kazakhstan to the Timsbury Natural History Group, 7.30pm Monday 19th September, Conygre Hall, North Road,Timsbury BA2 0JQ, non-members £3

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Alex Carlisle, Teresa Chard, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Anne Crowe, Jane Cumming, Robert Hargreaves, Mike Jenkins, Andy Mears, Andrew Middleton, Shane Pannell, C Perry, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Keith Vinicombe, Jason Williams, CVRS,