Wednesday, 20 September 2017

20th September '17 Wednesday - Merlin

Reasonably warm, sunny spells, cloud in afternoon, rain early evening.

Little Stint, Cattle Egret, Merlin


BRISTOL

Finzels Reach:
2 Peregrine

Stapleton:
2 Peregrine (Holy Trinity)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
Little Stint juv this morning
Juvenile Little Stint (Paul Bowerman)
Pilning wetland:
3 Ruff (2f, 1m)

Yate:
Merlin (m)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, (no sign of shrike today)

NORTH SOMERSET:

Battery Point:
Chiffchaff (juv in garden)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Lansdown:
2 flocks of 50 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam
3 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 2 G BB Gull, 6 Swallows,
2 Common Sandpiper (Wally bank), 170 Cormorant (fishing)

Little Grebe (Ian Stapp)
Woodford
3 G-W Egret (around lake), 5 Little Egret, 6 G BB Gull (Denny), 6 House Martins
10 Swallows

Heron's Green
10 G-W Egret, 11 Little Egret, 1 Cattle Egret (first in field with cows then on old road bridge in the bay), 14 Little Grebe, 2 Green Sandpiper (pond), 3 Swallows, 5 Lapwing 

Cattle Egret and friends (Ian Stapp)
Moreton
1 Little Grebe, 6 G BB Gull (lake), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Hobby, 3 Jay

Stratford
1 Gargany

Herriotts
15 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 3 G-W Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Hobby

Grey Herons 33 birds seen around the lake today
G-W Egret 13 today, 16 Little Egret, 19 Swallows, 6 House Martins

Other
Bustard still same place (Chewton Mendip) this morning (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Ian Stapp, Sean Whyte, Richard Scantlebury, Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Jason Williams, Dave Howes, blagdonlakebirds CVRSnslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds