13-09-18 Thursday - Ortolan Bunting

Temp 7 to 19℃. Cold start turning very warm and sunny, more cloud later

Ortolan Bunting

Cattle Egret
Whimbrel
Hobby
Whinchat

Yellow Wagtail
Purple Heron

BRISTOL

13-9-18 Coot  in Bristol  Docks(Rich Andrews)
The excitement of the day as the Ortolan vanished

Docks:
1 Coot

Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher

13-9-18 Goldcrest in Royal Victoria Park (Carole Rushton)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Whinchat

Aust:
1 Whimbrel, 1 Kestrel, 1 Ravne, Yellow Wagtails heard, 1 Grey Wagtail, large flock Linnets

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Ortolan Bunting (PB)

Yate, Kingsgate Park:
1 Mandarin Duck, 3 Gadwall, 1 Littel Grebe, 1 Kingfisher

13-9-18 cracking Wheatear at CSC (Barry Dursley)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

13-9-18 Walton Common (Carole Rushton)

Walton Common:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Raven calling, 1 Coal Tit, Brown Argus, Common Blue

Backwell Lake:
2 Kingfisher showing well and one Otter swimming around W end of the lake for @10mins

13-9-18 Rock Pipit flooded up by the gate at Kenn Pill (Rob Hargreaves)

Clevedon-Yeo:
14 Mute Swan, 100 Shelduck, Teal, Mallard, 10 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 30 Oystercatcher, 2 poss Grey Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 90 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Turnstone, 200 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 200 Redshank, 100 Black-headed Gull, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 4 Skylark, 20 Swallow, 20 Starling,  0! Wheatear,  5 Meadow Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit, Linnet with 100+ Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

13-9-18 Wheatear at Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
2 Buzzard, 1 Whimbrel, the usual Little Owl, 1 Kestrel, 4 Raven, 10 Sky Lark, 2 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 20 Linnet

Newton St Loe:
2 Buzzard, 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 5 Barn swallow 20+ House Martins, 5 Chiffchaff, total of 40 species

Bath - Royal Victoria Park:
4 Goldcrest

RESERVOIRS

13-9-18 Hobby at  CVL (TtB)

Chew Valley Lake:
1 Barnacle Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 1 Shelduck, 14 Shoveler, few Wigeon, 8 Pintail, 47 Pochard, 1 Goldeneye (f), 1 Cattle Egret, 9 Grey Heron, 1 Purple Heron (j), 5 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 4 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 7 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Water Rail, 2 White Coot, 12 Lapwing, 42 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Snipe, 2 Common and 5 Green Sandpiper

13-9-18 Greenshank, Moreton  (Ian Stapp)

2 Greenshank, 7 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Common Gull, 7 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 GS Woodpecker, 5 Hobby, 2 Raven, 100 Swallow and  House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 20 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch ,2 Reed Bunting

13-9-18 Chiffchaff on Moreton Lane (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Barry Dursley, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Claire Lewis, John Martin, Harvey Rose, Carole Rushton, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Gwen Thomas, NSL Birding, TtB13-9-18 Hobby at  CVL (TtB)