Monday 16 September 2019

16-09-19 Monday - Black-necked Grebe

Overcast today, with rain in the evening. Bristol temperatures 16-20°C

Black-necked Grebe
Bittern, Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Yellow-legged Gull
Redstart, Whinchat
Yellow Wagtail


16-09-19 Black-necked Grebe, Blagdon Lake (Rob Hargreaves)
BRISTOL

Henleaze:
40 Canada Geese flying low to the south-west over Henleaze at about 10.20

Redland:
2 Collared Dove, 1 m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 1 Jay, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Wren,  1 Nuthatch,  1 Robin, 10+ House Sparrow, 2 Goldfinch(1 juv)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2+ Yellow Wagtail along sea-wall

New Passage/Northwick:
5 Pintail, lots of Teal and Wigeon, 1 Little Egret, 135 Oystercatcher, 5 Ringed Plover, 75 Curlew, 65 Black-tailed Godwit, c.500 Knot, 15 Dunlin, c170 Redshank, 1 Wheatear


16-09-19 Whinchat and Redstart, Chipping Sodbury Common (Bri Thompson)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
Combined totals from several observers looking for yesterday's Wryneck - 1 Hobby, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat,  5+ Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 2 Redstart, c 30 Yellow Wagtail  [No sign of Wryneck]

16-09-19 Lesser Whitethroat and Whitethroat, Chipping Sodbury Common (Jonathan Bull)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
200 Shelduck, 7 Wigeon, 1 Teal, 1 Heron, 9 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 15 Oystercatcher, 70 Ringed Plover, 120 Curlew, 30 Dunlin, 50 Redshank, 18Stock Dove, 3 Skylark, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Wheatear, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 35 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marksbury:
150+Carrion Crow, 30+  Starling  (on the wires at the garage)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake: 
WeBS count - 14 Canada Geese, 36 Mute Swan, 21 Shoveler, 21 Gadwall, 248 Mallard, 158 Teal, 67 Pochard, 384 Tufted Duck, 31 Little Grebe, 74 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 30 Cormorant, 2 juv Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 75 Moorhen, 1250 Coot, 11 Lapwing, 3 Common Sandpiper, 350 BH Gull, 6 GBB Gull, 120 Herring Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 10 LBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine

16-09-19 Sand Martins, Heron's Green, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
38 Wigeon (HG & Stratford), 17 Little Grebe, 200+ Great Crested Grebe, 11 Grey Heron, 4 Little  Egret, 9 Great White Egret (3 Herriott's pool rest Moreton HG & main reeds), 7 Buzzard, 10 GBB Gull,  4 Collared Dove,  4 Kingfisher (2 Herriott's pool 2 HG pool), 5 + Hobby (Moreton, Stratford & HG), 3 GS Woodpecker (2 Moreton & 1 Stratford),  20 Jackdaw (6 Herriott's 14 HG), 30+ Carrion Crow, 12+ House Martin,  8 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow (HG & Herriott's), 3 Cetti's  Warbler(2 Moreton & Stratford) 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch (Moreton cottage), 5 Chaffinch, 4 Reed Bunting

16-09-19 Bullfinch, Moreton Cottage, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull, 1 Kestrel, 2 Whinchat (back pool)

Moreton:
2 Water Rail, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 14+ LTT with mixed Tit flock, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff

16-09-19 pair Gadwall, Stratford hide, CVL (Lucy Masters)
Stratford:
1 Black Swan, Gadwall, 22 Wigeon, Teal, Pochard, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Water Rail, 2 Hobby, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 f  Reed Bunting

Main reed bed: 
Bittern still from Stratford hide

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Shelduck, 8 Pintail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher

16-09-19 f Reed Bunting, Stratford, CVL (Lucy Masters)
Reports: Nancy Barrett, Jonathan Bull, Andy Davis, William Earp, Robert Hargreaves, Brian Lancastle, Lucy Masters, Darren Pearce, Dick Reader, Ian Stapp, Trevor Riddle, Bri Thompson, Keith Vinicombe, opsbirding,