Sunday 8 September 2019

08-09-19 Sunday - Bittern

Glorious weather today, dry sunny and warm. Bristol temperatures 7 - 19°C

Common Scoter 
Bittern, Great White Egret
Crane (7th)
Red Kite 
Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull
Swift
Spotted Flycatcher
Redstart, Whinchat
Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
2 Sparrowhawk (f&m), 6 flyover Raven

Redland:
Garden - 2 Collared Dove, Magpie, Jay, 2 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Nuthatch (welcome return), 1 Robin. Also 3 Fox cubs

Fishponds:
Garden - 1 Chiffchaff

08-09-19 Dipper, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
3 Mute Swan, c20 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Moorhen,  c10 Black Headed Gull,  c5 Juv Lesser Black Backed Gull, c20 Feral Pigeon, 1 Tawny Owl (back in its usual place), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Dipper

Snuff Mills:
1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE



08-09-19 Wheatear, Pillhead Gout, Oldbury (Matt Plenty)
Oldbury Power Station:
Pillhead Gout - 1 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Wheatear, 1 Meadow Pipit


08-09-19, Turnstone , New Passage (Lisa Presland)
New Passage/Northwick:
2 Ringed Plover, 60 Turnstone, 145 Redshank

08-09-19 Chiffchaff, Yate (Alan Bryant) - a garden tick


08-09-19 Wheatear and Spotted Flycatcher, Chipping Sodbury Common (Mark Coller))
Chipping Sodbury Common:
60+ Swallow, 3 House Martin, 25+ Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler,15+ Lesser Whitethroat, 10+ Whitethroat, 40+ Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler,1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Redstart, 4 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Tree Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

Walton Common:
(7th)  5 Crane, 1 Red Kite ( per Warden, Andrew Wakefield)

08-09-19 Yellow Wagtail, Clevedon-Yeo (Jason Williams)
Clevedon-Yeo:
Channel View to Yeo -  2 Snipe, 1 ad, 1 juv GBB Gull, juv.mixed wader flock of 500-600 put up by  Peregrine, Hobby, Swallow, 3 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat,  5+ Yellow Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit


08-09-19 Wader flock, Clevedon (David Gale)

Sand Point/Bay:
3 Mute Swan, 1 f Common Scoter, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Green Woodpecker, 118 House Martin, 72 Swallow, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat,  2 Blackcap, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Redstart, 3 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 13 Meadow Pipit 

Yatton:
Wemberham Lane - 1 Tawny Owl ( 7th, 9.00pm)1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine, 40 Swallow, 1 Whinchat (patch tick)


BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Orchid Lane - 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven,1 Whitethroat, 3  Wheatear
Rushmead Lane - 1 Wheatear 60 Linnet from 
West Littleton Road - 60 Linnet

Bath:
Lansdown Racecourse - 1 Buzzard, 250 Herring Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 3 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 7 Wheatear, 20 Pied Wagtail, 35 Linnet


08-09-19, Goldfinch, Keynsham garden  (Ian Stapp)
Keynsham:
3 Swift still

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 40 Woodpigeon, 2 Raven, 3 Swallow, 1 Blackcap, 22 Starling, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Yellowhammer


RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:


08-09-19 Water Rail, Stratford, CVL (Ian Stapp)
many  Tufted Duck , 5 Wigeon, 3 Pintail, 145 Great Crested Greb, 7 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret,  (1 Moreton 2 Herriotts 1 HG), 6 Great White Egret (3 Herriotts pool 1 Moreton 1 HG 1 main reeds), 6 Little Egret,  7 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, at least 2 juv Marsh Harrier, 1 Whimbrel, 3 Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe,  10 GBB Gull,  6 Collared Dove,  6 + Hobby,  3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12+ House Martin/ Sand Martin, 2 Swallow,  3 Cetti's Warbler (2 Moreton, 1 Stratford) 6+ Chiffchaff (4 Moreton to Stratford Lane 2 Woodford car park), 4 Blackbird,  2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush,  20 House Sparrow, 12 Pied Wagtail, 5 Goldfinch,1 Bullfinch, 12+ Chaffinch,1  Greenfinch , 5 Reed Bunting

Villice:
2 Great White Egret, 1 Curlew (flyover), 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 (1ad,3juv) Hobby

Heron's Green:
8 Wigeon, 6+ Little Grebe  (adults + chicks), 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Kestrel, 2 Whinchat (back pool),

Moreton:
Red Kite, 1 Water Rail, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 20+ LTT with mixed tits + 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest

08-09-19, Red Kite, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:
1 Black Swan, 2 Bittern – 2 (main reed bed opp Stratford hide late on sunning themselves for half hour or so), 3 Water Rail, 2 (ad + juv)  Peregrine, 12 mixed most LTT, 1 Reed Warbler

Chew Valley Ringing Station:
Numbers: 25 Reed Warbler, 26 Sedge Warbler. Some bird movement as only 8 of these have been ringed before (1 of which was yesterday's controlled Sedge) and Sedge numbers are well up this weekend. No really fat birds though that may indicate they're 'migrating proper'

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 20 Jackdaw


Reports: Rich Andrews,  Jon Angell, Nancy Barrett, Alan Bryant, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Pete Coslett, David Gale, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, Jean Oliver, Matt Plenty, Vic Polley, Lisa Presland, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Jason Williams, CVRS