22-09-18 Sunday - Black-necked Grebe - Cattle Egret

As predicted, the spell of sunshine and blue skies has ended. Cooler today with some rain. Bristol temperatures 17 - 21 °C

Scaup
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Mediterranean Gull 

BRISTOL

Henleaze:

Garden - 1m Sparrowhawk terrorising the local bird population

Redland:

Garden -  2 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 16+ House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 1 juvenile Goldfinch

Bishopston: 

1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth

22-09-19 Peregrine Finzels Reach (Chris Hall)

Eastville Park:

Teal and Little Grebe still present on lake

22-09-19 Whitethroat Stoke Park (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Mallard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 1ad 2juv Coot, 11 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 12 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 7 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1m 1f Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat,1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 2m 3f Blackbird, 5 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 1 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat, 30+ House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Services:
c 50 Chiffchaff in tit flocks

22-09-19 Common Tern New Passage (Aravind Ramesh)

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Sparrowhawk, 12 Common Tern, 2 Grey Wagtail

22-09-19 Knot Pilning Wetland (Lisegirl)

Pilning wetland:
10 Shoveler, 30 Gadwall, 30 Wigeon, 120+ Mallard, 230+ Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 24 Lapwing, 15 Ringed Plover, 26 Black-tailed Godwit, 200 Knot, 8 Dunlin, 12 Snipe, 160 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler,

Severn Beach:
9 Little Egret, 45 Oystercatcher, 10 Ringed Plover, 150 Curlew, 60 Turnstone

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
49 Wigeon (only 9 on the North Pool a week ago!), 1 Little Egret (foreshore), 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 female Sparrowhawk attacking a small murmuration of Starlings, 1 1st w Mediterranean Gull , 2 Kingfisher, 2 Raven,  6+ Cetti's Warbler, 2 m Stonechat

Drove Rhine:
2 more Kingfisher

BELOW M4 & BANES

21-09-19 Wheatear Sand Bay (Jon Mortin)
(no plastic in view thanks to a massive beach clean operation by
@mcsuk volunteers)

RESERVOIRS

22-09-2019 Marsh Harrier and Hobby BL (Nige Milbourne)

Blagdon Lake:
2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Hobby. Ringed birds on the lodge island - 1 Black-headed Gull - White LH45 or 4S, 1 Great Black-backed Gull - Yellow D:GM

Chew Valley Lake

Stratford:
1 f  Scaup, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Bittern, 3 Cattle Egret, 9 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier (1 fem ad type and 2 juv), 1 Water Rail, 4 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 8 Common Tern (4 juvs), 4 Hobby

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Chris Hall,  Matt Hobbs,  Lisegirl, Pam Marsden, Andy Mears, Jon Mortin, Aravind Ramesh, Pat  Richards, Matt Rogers, John Rossetti, Richard Scantlebury blagdonlakebirds Severnside Birds