Monday 9 September 2019

09-09-19 Monday - Bittern

Bristol Temp 12 - 16°C. Pretty miserable day, soft rain most of the time, no sun

Bittern
Avocet
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whinchat
Yellow Wagtail


9-9-19 Marsh Harrier at Moreton (George Stacey)
BRISTOL

Bradley Stoke, Three Brooks Lake:
2 Cormorant

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station, Shepperdine: 
3 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear

9-9-19 Avocet at New Passage (Aravind Ramesh)
New Passage/Pilning Wetland:
3 Pintail, 110 Teal, 1 Avocet, 25 Ringed Plover, 168 Black-tailed Godwit, 66 Knot, 11 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 100 Redshank, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead coast:
1000+ hirundines migrating south, mostly House Martin, some Swallow

Clevedon, Channel View:
Curlew with 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Whinchat, 5 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Midford:
1 Kingfisher

RESERVOIRS

9-9-19 Snipe at Stratford (George Stacey)
Chew Valley Lake:
126 Canada Geese, 4 Pintail, 2 Bittern (Stratford), 6 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Water Rail, 1 Snipe, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper

09-09-2019 Great Black-backed Gull CVL (Lucy Masters)


Reports: Anne Crowe, Simon Harris, Peter Hazelwood, Rod Holbrook, Simon Isgar, Lucy MastersAndy Mears, David Newton, Aravind Ramesh, George Stacey, Howard Taffs,