01-09-18 Saturday - Glossy Ibis

Temp 14 to 23℃. Lovely day again today, dull start Sunshine on and off later on

1-9-18 Rose-coloured Starling at Severn Beach (Brian Lancastle)

Wigeon
Glossy Ibis
Red Kite, Hobby
Avocet, Golden Plover, Curlew Sandpiper
Rose-coloured Starling
Redstart, Whinchat, Wheatear
Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail

BRISTOL

1-9-18 Little Egret, Anne's Broadmills (Lee Gardiner)

Anne's Boardmills:
1 Little Egret. 1 Kingfisher

Redland:
1 Raven calling and then 1 circling above garden this afternoon, 4+ Blue Tits and 8+ Sparrows on feeders and 1 Goldfinch drinking at bird bath.

Stoke Park:

Constant stream of Swallows flying SE, c.200

Siston, Overscourt Wood, 31-8:

1 Barn Owl, 2 Tawny Owl

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
103 Ringed Plover, 35 Turnstone, 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper (Shepperdine), 129 Dunlin, 2 Green Woodpecker, 100 Swallow, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat, 100 Starling, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 100 Pied Wagtail

Lower Woods:
3 Marsh Tit

Inglestone Common:

5 Raven, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat

1-9-18 Tree pipt, Littleton Brick Pits (Mark Dadds)

Littleton Brick Pits:
2 Tree Pipit ringed

New Passage/Northwich Warth:
6 Wigeon, 1 f Sparrowhawk, 1 Whimbrel, Knot, 1 Common &1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Sedge Warbler, 3 Lesser and 1 Common Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 3 Tree Pipit

1-9-18 Sanderling, Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)

Severn Beach:
8 Little Egret, 25 Oystercatcher, 40 Curlew, 175 Ringed Plover, 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Sanderling, 175 Dunlin, 100 BH Gull, 18+ Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 1 juv Rose-coloured Starling (AC), 3 Wheatear, 40+ Goldfinch

1-9-18 Redstart, Chipping Sodbury Common (Peter Coslett)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
7 Cormorant, 2 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 10 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 10 Lesser and 10 Common Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 8-10 Redstart, 3 Whinchat, 10 Linnet, 30 Goldfinch

Three Brooks Nature Reserve:
1 Spotted Flycatcher

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point/Bay, 07:30 - 11:00:

2 Teal, 10 Little Egret, 3 Avocet, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Sand Martin 50 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 3 Sand Martin, 2 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Tree Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, West Littleton Down, 31-8:
3 Common Buzzard, 3 Raven, 20 Sky Lark, 2 Wheatear, 15 Linnet, 10 Chaffinch

Marshfield, Shire Valley, 31-8:
To many to count released Pheasants, 1 Cormorant, 12 Ravens, 10 Buzzards, 2 Kestrels, 1 Red Kite, 100+ Swallows, 40+ House Martins, 4 Chiffchaffs, 5 Nuthatches, 6 L T Tits, 2 Redstarts, 5 Yellowhammers, 4 Grey Herons, 15 Goldfinch, 12 Corn Buntings

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 160 Woodpigeon, 60 Jackdaw / Carrion Crow, 1 Whinchat, 2 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

1-9-18 Glossy Ibis at Blagdon Lake (Nick Wilcox-Brown)

Blagdon Lake:
1 Glossy Ibis, 6 Great White Egret, 8 Little Egret, 4 Ringed Plover, 189 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot,  2 Ruff, 1 Dunlin, 2 Greenshank, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Hobby, 1 Peregrine

1-9-18 Little Grebe chicks H Green pool (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck, 14 Little Grebe (HG), 64 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 juv Marsh Harrier, 4 Buzzard,  16 Lapwing, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 9 GBB Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull

1-9-18 Black Terns from Woodford, CVL (Ian Stapp)

8 Black Tern, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher

1-9-18 Great Spotted Woodpecker Moreton (Ian Stapp) 

2 Great Spotted & 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Hobby, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 5 Swallow, 14 House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail

1-9-18 Geese and Waders at Herriott's (Bob Brewer)

CVRS:
55 Reed Warbler ringed, 11 recaptured (all birds juvs) - the latter being birds ringed here and lingering since early / mid August. Also ringed included 17 Sedge Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 6 Chiff & 2 Willow Warbler

Out of Avon:

Lapland Bunting on the Axe Estuary

Reports: Rich Andrews, avonbirder, Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Bob Brewer, Karle Burford, Paul Chapman, Peter Coslett, Adam Cross, Stephen Curtis, Mark Dadds, Geoff Dring, Lee Gardiner, Barry Dursley, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, David Hughes, Mike Jackson, Brian Lancastle, Lisegirl, John Martin, Andy Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, James Packer, Darren Pearce, Matt Plenty, Aravind Ramesh, Adam Rawson, Carole Rushton, Ian Stapp, Nick Wilcox-Brown, CVRS