Nightjar (2nd)
Mandarin Duck
Redstart, Whinchat
Yellow Wagtail, White 'alba' Wagtail
Wigeon & Pintail - autumn is here
Spotted Redshank
Cattle Egret
BRISTOL
No reports
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
Juvenile Arctic Tern again patrolling the Tidal Reservoir
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| 01-09-2018 juvenile Rose-coloured Starling, Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman) [useful in showing how distinctively different they are] |
Northwich Waarth:
30 Gadwall, 6 Wigeon, 200 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 45 Lapwing, 1 Whimbrel, 23 Knot, 1 Sanderling, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 140 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher.
Yate, Kingsgate Park:
1 Mandarin Duck, 3 Gadwall, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Nuthatch
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| 4-9-18 Whinchat at CSC (Barry Dursley) |
1 Buzzard, 4 Snipe flying west, 1 Kestrel, 3 Raven, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Redstart, 4 Whinchat
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon, Channel view:
5 Whinchat
Nailsea:
A day-roosting Nightjar photographed in a garden at 15.30 on 2nd September.
Sand Point/Bay:
1 Wigeon, 3 Teal, 345 Swallow, 205 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 LesserWhitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 7 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 23 Meadow Pipit. Many of the migrants moving through very quickly
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| 4-9-18 Pied Wagtail at Marshfield (TBOSG) |
Good numbers of 'alba' Wagtail
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| Swallows unusually looking up into the rain in a storm (Bob Medland) |
During a violent rainstorm, the last weekend of August, about 100 Swallows hunkered down on our telephone wire and tv aerial. They had been pursuing flies and then were ‘downed’ by the sudden heavy rain. Note their odd pose, facing up and into the wind and rain.
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
1 Garganey, 24 Wigeon, 10 Pintail, 10 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, loads of Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff (j), 4 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 7 Greenshank, 1 Barn Owl (daylight hunting)
Chew Valley Lake:
7 Wigeon, 5 Pintail, 5 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Golden Plover, 12 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Gull, 3 Barn Owl, 4 Hobby, 3 Whinchat.
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| Beware Scaup looking ducks at Chew Valley Lake. It may be a Tufted Duck, like here |
Reports: Darren Angell, Paul Bowyer, Mark Coller, Barry Dursley, Jamie Edmonds, Robert Hargreaves, Pete Hazelwood, Bob Medland, Howard Taffs, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
