1st September '17 Friday - Osprey

Another warm, sunny day

Yellow Wagtail at NP-NW
Woodchat Shrike, Redstart, Whinchat,  on Chipping Sodbury Common
Osprey, Hobby, Great White Egret, Yellow-legged Gull at Chew

1-9-17 Woodchat Shrike on Chipping Sodbury Common (Allan Chard)

1-9-17 Whinchat at NP-NW (Paul Bowerman)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
2 Kingfisher flying in tandem upstream, Grey Wagtail

Stapleton:
Peregrine on Holy Trinity Church spire

St Andrews Park:

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 House Martin, 1 Swallow, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Goldfinch, 12 mixed Blue and Great Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton Warth:
1 Avocet (south side of the pill), 1 Whimbrel to north (John Sanders)

Aust Warth:
2 Kestrel

1-9-17 Kestrel at Aust Warth (Martin Tayler)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
5 Wheatear, 45 Yellow Wagtail including an almost monochrome bird, Greenshank, 2 Coal Tit, Whitethroat, 160+ Black-tailed Godwit (1 colour ringed), 8 Knot, 7+ Snipe, 8+ Blackcap,

2 Reed Warbler, 2 new broods of Little Grebe. Plus Ruff, Swift, Green Sandpiper and Whinchat later

1-9-17 NP-NW the early Wheatear catches the grub (John Martin)

Severn Beach:
8am-9-30. 11 Little Egrets, 8+ Blackcaps, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and Wheatear

Chipping Sodbury Common:
6-8:30: Woodchat Shrike, 2 Tree Pipit, 11 Yellow Wagtail,  2 Wheatear, 10+ Whinchat, 10+ Redstart, Lesser Whitethroats

1-9-17 Woodchat Shrike on Chipping Sodbury Common (Andrew Jordan)

1-9-17 Chipping Sodbury Snipe
(Craig Lewis surrounded by Whinchats, Wheatears, Whitethroats and the occasional Yellow Wagtail)

NORTH SOMERSET:

Portishead:
2 Swift (above High Street)

Uphill:
Little Egret, 2 Wheatear, 8+ Yellow Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, single Swift with 200+ mixed Hirundines this morning

Banwell:
Spotted Flycatcher

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:

Great views of Osprey fishing up to Herriotts and back down past Stratford, then catching a small fish off Moreton at 16:15. No sign of Wood Sandpiper at Herriotts - or anywhere else.  

Dam:
2 Egyptian Geese 

Woodford:
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Kingfisher, 8 G BB Gull (most on Denny), 5 L Egret (around the lake scoped),
3 Buzzard, 20+ Swallows & Martins

Villice:
1 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret , 2 Grey Heron, 3 Hobby, 12 Little Grebe

1-19-17 The Hobbies were putting on a great show this afternoon:
flying whilst taking the wings off a dragonfly and looking down all made to look easy (Bob Brewer)

Heron's Green:
18 L Grebe, 1 Y-L Gull, 1 L Egret, 1 Great White Egret , 2 Grey Heron,  1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail

1-9-17 Trio of Herons at Stratford (George Stacey)

Moreton:
4 Raven (loads of calling), 2 Hobby,  2 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 1 Song Thrush

1-9-17 Osprey at Stratford (Jessica Killey)

Stratford:
1 Osprey

1-9-17 Ravens at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's Bridge:
1 Osprey, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Ruff,  3 Great White Egret (pond), 1 Juv Common Gull
4 Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Reeve, 6 Green Sandpiper (4 pool, 2 lake) and 3 Common Sandpiper (lake). Garganey on Herriotts pool. Wood Sandpiper lakeside

1-9-17 Great White Egret at Herriott's (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Rich Andrews, Bob Brewer, Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, Jane Cumming, Rob Emery, Jeff Hazell, Adrian Hockey, Gary Hudd, Andrew Jordan, 

Jessica Killey, Craig Lewis, John Martin, David Newton, John Sanders, Richard Scantlebury, Matt Scott, Nigel Sluman, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, John Thorogood, Mrs.Trellis, Martin Tayler, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding,  opsbirding, severnsidebirds