31-08-19 Saturday - Bittern

Totterdown, Bristol Temp 15 - 19 °C. Cloudy start, bit of sun, rain passed over going east, pleasant evening

Bittern
Curlew Sandpiper
Grey Plover, Snipe
Common Gull, Yellow-legged Gull
Spotted Flycatcher
Whinchat
Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit

31-8-19 Bittern at Stratford (David Hughes)

BRISTOL

No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station: 
136 Ringed Plover, 44 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 43 Redshank, 16 Common Gull, 10+ Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Wheatear, 2 Tree Pipit, 2 Yellowhammer

31-8-19 Black-tailed Godwit, New Passage (Martin Tayler)

New Passage/Pilning Wetland:
40 Gadwall, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Buzzard, 50 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 50 Ringed Plover,  3 Little Ringed Plover,  81 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Whimbrel, Curlews, 46 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlins, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Kestrel

31-8-19 Blackcap, The Glen, NP (Lisegirl)

12 Blackcap, 3 Wheatear, 6 Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Battery Lane:
1 Peregrine

Clevedon-Yeo, Channel View:
1 Knot, 2 Common Sandpiper

BELOW M4 & BANES

31-8-19 Spotted Flycatcher, OPS (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
2 Sparrowhawk (Mountain Bower),  Buzzard, Stock Dove, Great Spotted and Green Woodpecker, Hobby (MB), 1 Peregrine (Tormarton Rd),  Raven, 1 Marsh Tit (Shire Valley), Song Thrush

31-8-19 Whinchat, West Littleton Rd (Peter Coslett)

6 Whinchat (West Littleton Rd), 7 Wheatear (Rushmead Barn), Yellow Wagtail (MB)

RESERVOIRS

31-8-19 hybrid Wigeon, Picnic 1, CVL (Anne Crowe)

Chew Valley Lake:
1 Black Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose (Dam), 2 Wigeon, 1 hybrid Wigeon, 3 Pintail, 60 Pochard, 14 Little Grebe (HG), 1 Bittern (Stratford), 4 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret

31-8-19 Little Egret, Stratford (Lucy Masters)

4 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Hobby, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Whinchat

CV Ringing Station:
Collared Dove was three times rarer than Aquatic Warbler until their second was ringed at CVRS today

Out of Avon:

Cornwall, St Ives:
1 Brown Booby video


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