Thursday 20 September 2018

20-09-18 Thursday - Pectoral Sandpiper

Temp 13 to 19℃. Wet and dull today, also mild and windy

Cattle Egret
Grey Phalarope
Pectoral Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Black Tern
Lesser Whitethroat
Whinchat


29-9-18 Black Tern, Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

River Avon:
1 Kingfisher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

20-9-18 Wheatear at OPS (Peter Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
50 Swallow circling low in complete silence, 150 House Martin, 1+ Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat with Blackcaps, 1 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear

20-9-18 Grey Phalarope, Pilning Wetland (Aravind Ramesh)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
Grey Phalarope

SOMERSET

Nowt reported apart from a bee


BELOW M4 & BANES

20-9-18 Linnets at Newton St Loe (NSL-Birding)
Newton St Loe:
5 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 4 Jay, 5 Barn swallow, 70 House Martin over village, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Linnet

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
9 Great White Egret, 6 Ringed Plover, 100 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Knot, 4 Ruff, 1 Dunlin, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank

20-9-18 most of the 28 Cattle Egret and some Littles off Stratford (Rob Hargreaves)
Chew Valley Reservoir:
1 Shelduck, 30 Shoveler, 15 Pintail, 100 Pochard, 14 Little Grebe, 34 Great Crested Grebe, 28 Cattle Egret, 7 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, 2 white Coot, 14 Lapwing, 8 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 7 Green Sandpiper,  1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 6 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted and 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Hobby, 4 Jay, 12 Sand Martin, 40 Swallow, 300 House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit

20-9-18 Black Tern, GWE, Snipe, Green Sand, Lapwing and
Spotted Redshank on Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)
Out of Avon:
Grey Phalaropes at Frampton Pools, Sharpness (also Black Redstart) and Huntspill

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Lee Gardiner, Rob Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Simon Isgar, Paul Marshall, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Aravind Ramesh, Adam Rawson, Ian Stapp, Chris Trott, Jason Williams, NSL Birding