Wednesday 18 September 2019

18-09-19 Wednesday - Red Kite - Black-necked Grebe

Wall to wall sunshine - needed to stay in it to keep warm!

Curlew Sandpiper
Red Kite
Spotted Flycatcher
Black-necked Grebe
Marsh Harrier
Whinchat

18-09-2019 Redstart CSC (Chris Perry)

BRISTOL

City Centre - Finzels Reach:
2 Peregrine - inc juv

18-09-2019 Tawny Owl Eastville Park (Ian Loats)
Eastville Park:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Tawny Owl, 3 Kingfisher, 5+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Grey Wagtail

18-09-2019 Stonechat Stoke Park (Andrew Davies)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Red Kite to north at 10.40am, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 4 Chiffchaff,  8 Blackcap, 2 Stonechat (first returning pair of autumn), 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 4 Bullfinch, 50 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

18-09-2019 Green Woodpecker 3 Brooks NR ( Rob Daw)
Bradley Stoke -Three Brooks NR:
1 Green Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, Bullfinch

18-09-2019 Whinchat CSC (Mark Coller)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzards, 5 Jays, 300+ Swallow and House Martin, 1 Garden Warbler, 8 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 2 Redstart, 12 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 20+ Yellow Wagtail, 50+ Meadow Pipit, 20+ Goldfinch, 
18-09-2019 Marsh Harrier CSC (Chris Perry)

Winterbourne - Bradley Brook LNR - dawn raid:
13 Canada Goose, 2 Buzzard, 70+ Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 12 Magpie, c40 Jackdaw & c60 Carrion Crow - flock on stubble,  2 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Bullfinch.

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
5 Mute Swan, 370 Shelduck - a good count, most just off tideline between Blackstone and past Kenn mouth, 2 Teal, 80 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 10+ Little Egret, 7 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk (f), 1 Coot, 4 Oystercatcher ! ,45 Ringed Plover, 160 Curlew, 1 Turnstone, 650 Knot, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 90 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 250 Redshank, 450 Black-headed, 1 Peregrine, 3 Wheatear, 4 Rock Pipit, 25+ Meadow Pipit.

Wavering Down:
2 Buzzard, Greatt Spotted Woodpecker, & Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 3 Raven, 80 Swallow, 8 Chiffchaff, Redstart, 9 Blackcap, Nuthatch, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 12+ Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 120+ Meadow Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marksbury:
50+ Starling

Bishop Sutton:
6 Collared Dove,

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake: 17-09-19
1 Wigeon, 1 Pintail, 1 Goldeneye (f), 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier - juv, 1 Common Sandpiper.

18-09-2019 Black-necked Grebe CVL Stratford (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
1 Black Swan, 4 Egyptian Geese, 1 Shelduck, 66 Wigeon, 4 Pintail, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 9 Grey Heron, 9 Great White Egrets, 4 Little Egrets, 1 Bittern - front edge of the Main Reeds (it tried to catch a Snipe at one point), 4 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, 2 Lapwings, 1 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers, 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 ad Common Gull, 10 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kingfishers, 5+ Hobby, 30 Jackdaw,  3 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler. 4 Blackbird, 15 Pied Wagtail, 

Woodford:
6 Chaffinch,

Heron's Green:
22 Little Grebe, 1 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Whinchat,

Moreton:
254 Great Crested Grebe - all in one group, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 12 Long-tailed Tit + mixed tit, 2 Goldcrest

18-09-2019 Grey Wagtail CVL Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:
6 Little Grebe, 1 Song Thrush - lane, 2 Dunnock, 12 House Sparrow - lane, 4 Reed Bunting,

Herriott's inc Pool:
8 Pintail, 2 Grey Wagtail - spillway,

Reports: Mark Coller, Andrew Davies, Rob Daw, Adrian Hockey, Mike Jackson, Ian Loats, Chris Perry, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp,  Larry Sweetland, Keith Vinicombe, 
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