Wednesday 5 September 2018

05-09-18 Wednesday - Wryneck

Temp 13 to 21℃. Dry warm & Sunny today, fresher breeze later in the morning

5-9-18 Wryneck on Chipping Sodbury Common (Paul Woolams)
'Couldn’t believe my luck when it flew in and perched in front of me'
Wryneck
Pintail, Wigeon, Goldeneye
Black-necked Grebe
Marsh Harrier, Hobby
Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank
Common Tern
Spotted Flycatcher
Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail

BRISTOL

Charlton Common, Patchway:
2 Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff

Easton:
Tree Pipit over

Filton:
2 Raven flying NE calling

5-9-18 Spotted Flycatcher in Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)
Stoke Park and Duchess Lake:
18 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, 6 Meadow Pipit, 4 Reed Bunting

Wild Place Project at Bristol Zoo's woodlands and meadow, just west of Cribbs Causeway:
2 Green and 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 imm. Spotted Flycatcher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 8 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit

5-9-18 Knot at New Passage (Paul Bowerman)
New Passage/Northwich Warth:
Pintail, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 190+ Black-tailed Godwit, 42 Turnstone, 16 Knot,  1 Ruff, 2 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kestrel, 1 Wheatear (4 at Shaft Beach)

5-9-18 Whinchat at CSC (Peter Coslett)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Buzzard, 1 Wryneck, 2 Kestrel, 5 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Lesser & 10 Common Whitethroat, 4 Redstart, 7 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail, a few Linnet, 50 Goldfinch, Brown Hare

NORTH SOMERSET

5-9-18 Marsh Harrier at Sand Bay (Paul Bowyer)
Sand Point/Bay:
1 Marsh Harrier, Raven, 15 Swallow, 10 Chiffchaff, 12 Wheatear, 10 Meadow Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail

Worle:
1 Harris Hawk on the loose last few months

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wick, St Anne's Drive:
7 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 40 House Sparrow

Marshfield, 17:00 - 18:30:
7 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Kestrel, 4 Raven, 80 Starling, 3 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 40 Yellowhammer

Newton St Loe:
1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 3 Raven, 1 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 4+ Nuthatch

Southstoke, Bath:
Great whirling flock of 60+ House Martins - probably more than I've seen in total the previous 4 months!

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
lots Great White Egret, lots Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot,  2 Ruff, 1 Dunlin, 1 Spotted Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 1 Peregrine


5-9-18 Greylag Goose along Nunnery bank (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
Canada Geese, 14 Greylag Goose, 2 Pintail, 20 Wigeon, 1 f Goldeneye

5-9-18 Black-necked Grebe from Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
2 Black-necked Grebe, 11 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 j Marsh Harrier, 63 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Snipe

5-9-18 Common Sandpiper at CVL (George Stacey)
4 Common Sandpiper (Bernard King), 10 Green Sandpiper, 8 Greenshank, 1 Common Gull, 1 ad Common Tern, 5 Hobby, 1 j Peregrine

5-9-18 Little Stint at Cheddar Res. (George Stacey)
Out of Avon:
Little Stint at Cheddar Reservoir
42 Cattle Egret at Catcott, Osprey at Shapwick, Bearded Tit at Ham Wall

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Peter Coslett, Jane Cumming, Michael Davis, Barry Dursley, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Peter Hazelwood, Rob Laughton, Lisegirl, Andy Mears, Nigel Milbourne, Michael Moxon, Dave Nevitt, Darren Pearce, Chris Perry, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Jason Williams, Paul Woolams, NSL Birding