Sunday 24 September 2017

24th Sept '17 Sunday - Spoilt for Choice

Lovely day --- until the rain started
Yellow-browed Warbler
Richard's Pipit
Greenland Wheatear
Cattle Egret
Great White Egret
Osprey
Common Scoter
Red Kite
Marsh Harrier
Little Stint
Black Tern
Spotted Redshank

BRISTOL

St Anne's - River Avon:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, numerous Jays over woods, 2 Raven,
2 Grey Wagtail.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Spotted Redshank

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 22 Lapwing, 470 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff, 4j Curlew Sandpiper, 4j Little Stint, Spotted Redshank (juv), 3 Greenshank, 4 Snipe, Kingfisher, Kestrel, 1 Hobby, Swallows and House Martin drifting trough, Yellow-browed Warbler (3rd for Severnside), 2 Blackcap, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, and Grey Wagtail.


Wheatear 24th Sept 2017 New Passage Lisa Presland
Siston Common, Webb's Heath:
2 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 40+ Woodpigeon, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 7 Jay, 9 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 100+ Swallow,
20 + Long-tailed Tit, 2 'chiffing' Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 30+ Starling, 4 Pied Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 12 Goldfinch.

Warmley Forest Park:
3 Swallow and many Long-tailed Tit.

NORTH SOMERSET:

Pill:
At least 40 Goldfinch
Goldfinch 24th Sept 2017 Pill Paul Milsom

Clevedon-Yeo:
6 Mute Swan, 5 Canada Goose, 100+ Shelduck, 35+ Wigeon, 60 Teal, 90 Mallard, 1 Cormorant,
9 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 35 Oystercatcher, 4 Ringed Plover, Curlew,
17 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Turnstone, 30~ Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 260 Redshank,
1 Snipe, 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Wheatear - 2 almost certain Greenland, 75~ Meadow Pipit.

Clevedon-Yeo -Channel View farm
Richard's Pipit

Turnstone 24th Sept 2017 Cl-Y Jason Williams
Sand Point:
1 Little Egret in the bay, 3 Raven, 10+ Goldcrest, 6 Swallow, 25 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap 3 Wheatear,
2 Redpoll

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Red Kite, 7 Raven, 5 Swallows, 2 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear

Red Kite 24th Sept 2017 Marshfield Peter Coslett
Newton St Loe:
1 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard,  1 Kingfisher, 3 Jay

Paulton:
Buzzard, Kestrel, 7 Skylark, 17 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Wheatear, 27 Meadow Pipit, Linnet, 9 Yellowhammer

Blagdon Lake:
10 Pintail

Chew Valley Lake:

Combine Summary:
23 Pintail, 1 fem or 1st wint Common Scoter, 19 Little Egret, 16 Great White Egret, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, Lapwing, 44 Ringed Plover, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff, 4 Little Stint, Spotted Redshank, 3 Snipe, 4 Black Tern, 13 Common Tern, Kingfisher, Kestrel, 2 Hobby, Peregrine, 2 Redpoll

Ringing Station:
This weekend the most captured species was - the Chiffchaff

Villice:
1 ad Cattle Egret, 12 Little Egret, 14 Great White Egret, juv Hobby

East Shore:
Osprey spent most of the day on a stump projecting from the water - caught and ate 2 fish, but mostly 'back on the stump'


Out of area
Chewton Mendip:
Great Bustard 24th Sept 2017 Alex Carlisle

Reports:Rich Andrews, Peter Coslett, Anthony Goodwin, Patrick Hancock,  Dave Hughes, John Martin, Chris Perry, Matt Plenty, Lisa Presland, Harvey Rose, Gil Sapsed,  Tony Scott, Howard Taffs, Jason Williams. blagdonlakebirds,  CVRSnslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds