Wednesday, 12 September 2018

12-09-18 Wednesday - Chipping Sodbury

Dull,cool start, brighter later.

Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Yellow-legged Gull 
Spotted Flycatcher,  Redstart, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail


12-09-18 Hobby, CVL (NSL-Birding)


BRISTOL

Blaise:
1 Nuthatch.

Henbury:
Crow Lane area - Botany Bay near Hazel Brook: 1 Buzzard, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtail

Brislington:
11th - 2 Tawny Owl calling over Tesco calling Tom Road area

Stockwood Open Spaces:
6 Swallow

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
14 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 20 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE


12-09-18 Spotted Flycatcher, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station;
A Spotted Flycatcher with Blackcaps, etc. along the bridleway to south of Lagoon 2.


12-09-18 Yellow Wagtail, Northwick Warth (Aravind Ramesh)

New Passage/Northwick:
6 Wigeon, plenty of Teal, 45+ Curlew, 28 Knot,  160+ Redshank, 33 Turnstone,  Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail,  2 Grey Wagtail

Chipping Sodbury Common:
100+ Swallow, Willow Warbler, 10+Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 8+ Whitethroat,  8 Whinchat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher,  2 Redstart, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail

Siston:
2 Spotted Flycatcher in ST 6876

Warmley:
2 Raven over garden

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley:
2 Raven - garden flyovers


Newton St Loe:

3 Mute Swan with 5 cygnets, 38 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron,  2 Kestrel, Raven,  House Martin and Swallow still about in good numbers,  very large mixed flock mainly Blue and LT Tits plus Great and Coal Tit,  Goldcrest and Chiffchaff which must have added up to almost 100 birds,  Nuthatch, Treecreeper, lots of Mistle Thrush,  30+ Linnet, 15 Goldfinch


Folly Farm:
3 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Nuthatch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
Top End - 6 Great White Egret, 250+ Black-tailed Godwit, at least 6 Greenshank, 1 Redshank 1 Dunlin (opp Fishing Lodge), 1 Hobby

12-09-18 Hobbies and Barnacle Geese in flight, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
2 Greylag Goose, 7 Barnacle Goose, 3 Egyptian Goose, 7 Little Grebe, 40+ Great Crested Grebe, 2Great White Egret, 4 Little  Egret, 3 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 10 Snipe, 9 Lapwing, 1 Yellow-legged Gull,  6 GBB Gull 5 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher,  1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Hobby, 11 Jackdaw, large flock mixed Tits (Moreton), 100+ mixed Swallow/House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 7 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail,  6+ Goldfinch

Villice:
2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Hobby,

Heron's Green:
1 Cattle Egret, 1 Whinchat (back of HG pond)

Stratford:
1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Great White Egret

Herriott's Bridge:
Great White Egret, 5 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper

Out of Avon:

 Pectoral Sandpiper at WWT Steart Marshes (Quantock Hide)

11-09-18 BOC in Spain (Anita Teague)
[watching Bearded, Griffon and Egyptian Vultures, plus Short-toed Eagle and Chough]
Reports: Pete Brain, Mark Coller, Tony Cook, Peter Coslett, William Earp, Paul Francis, Peter Hazelwood, Nick Hudson, Rob Laughton, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, NSL-Birding