30th September '17 Saturday - Little Stint

Not a bad start, came in a little wet later at the lake, dry in Keynsham

Cattle Egret
Hobby
Yellow-legged Gull
Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Bar-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank
Yellow Wagtail

30-9-17 Cattle Egret at Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Lots of migrant Meadow Pipits over

Crew's Hole:
13 Long-tailed Tit

Eastville Park:

3 Canada Geese, 2 Peregrine (Holy Trinity), 2 Kingfisher, 6 Swallow, Dipper, Otter

30-9-17 Otter at Eastville (Rich Scantlebury)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Alveston to Tockington Fields, 29th:
1 Crane

Oldbury Power Station:

19 Greylag Geese, 93 Canada Geese, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 2 Little Egret, 3 Lapwing, 7 Dunlin, 5 Curlew, 4 Wheatear, 3 Grey Wagtail

30-9-17  Little Stint and Curlew Sandpipers at New Passage (Lisegirl)
in amongst the Godwits, Dunlin and Ruff

New Passage/Northwick Warth:

Pintail, 3 j Curlew Sandpiper, 5 juv Little Stint, 8 Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank, Coal Tit, Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Mistle Thrush, Wheatear, Stonechat

Chittening Warth:
200 Starling, 1 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

30-9-17 Kestrel at Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)

Bleadon:
3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Meadow Pipit
BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Combe Down:
1 f Wheatear

Marksbury:
150 Starling

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Skylark, 2 Wheatear, 1 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:

Chew Valley Lake:

Totals:
2 Cattle Egret, 28 Little Egret, 13 Great White Egret, 15 GBB Gull

Dam:
2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper

Woodford:
6 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 6 GBB Gull, 1 Raven, 6 Swallow

30-9-17 Kestrel at Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:

2 Cattle Egret, 19 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 16 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 8 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Moreton:

1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, 4 GBB Gull, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 3 Goldcrest, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Song Thrush

Chew Valley Ringing Station:
28 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler (fat score 7 out of 8, ready for migration)

Herriotts End:
2 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 7 Lapwing, 2 Ruff, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail,

Out of Avon:
Chewton Plain:
Great Bustard still around

30-9-17 Great Bustard at Chewton Mendip (Rob Hargreaves)

Ham Wall, 29th:
236 Bearded Tit (was 237 but Hobby had one)

Reports: Ali Blaney, Richard Blenkiron, Chris Craig, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Matt Hobbs, Lisegirl, John Martin, Andrew Middleton, Jon Mortin, Richard Scantlebury, Kevin Smith, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds