Monday 23 September 2019

23-09-19 Monday - Firecrest - White Stork

The Autumn equinox
Significantly cooler today with prolonged periods of rain in the afternoon
Bristol Temperatures 12 - 18°C

Important
BOC Tuesday walk at Arlingham tomorrow CANCELLED in the light of the weather forecast

White Stork
Scaup
Bittern, Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Mediterranean Gull 
Firecrest
Spotted Flycatcher
Whinchat

23-09-19, Grey Wagtail CVL Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 3 Goldcrest

Stoke Park - Purdown Mast area:
3 Skylark, 13 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest with mobile Long-tailed Tit flock, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Stonechat (f), 15 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
105 Mallard, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 76 Curlew (74 in mid-estuary on sandbanks), 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 20 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler,  3 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Whinchat

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point/Bay/Middle Hope:
200+ House Martin, 20 Swallow, 10+ Chiffchaff, 5 Goldcrest, 30 Meadow Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
6 Mute Swan (2 adult 4 cygnets), 20+ Mallard, 3 Teal, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Moorhen, 4 Coot, Woodpigeon, 1 Kingfisher, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, c20 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff (with LTT flock), Wren, Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail + heard only Buzzard, Jay, Blue Tit, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Blackbird, Pied Wagtail

Burnett:
2 Kestrel hovering by the road to Keynsham.

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 White Stork, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Hobby

Chew Valley Lake

23-09-19 Pintail CVL Bittern Trail (George Stacey)

1 Shelduck, 16 Pintail (8 Herriott's pool 8 from Stratford), 20 Little Grebe (14 HG 6 Stratford), 5 Little Egret, 9 Great White Egret, 11 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail (1 Stratford 1 Moreton all calling), 2 Common Sandpiper (HG & Herriott's pool), 13 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 4 Collared Dove (Bishop Sutton), 2 Kingfisher (1 Stratford 1 Herriott's pool), 3+ Hobby (Moreton & Stratford), 50+ Carrion Crow, 2 Swallow (Blue Bowl), 3 Cetti's Warbler (Moreton & Stratford), 2 Chiffchaff (Moreton & Stratford), 10+ House Sparrow, 9 Pied Wagtail

23-09-19 Chiffchaff CVL Bittern trail (George Stacey)

Bittern Trail:
4 Pintail, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Treecreeper, 10+ Long-tailed Tit,  2 Chiffchaff

Heron's Green:
1 Whinchat , 1 Stonechat (back pool), 2 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting

23-09-19 Marsh Harrier CVL Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
200+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 juv  Marsh Harrier, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Bullfinch,  4+ Goldfinch

Main reed bed:
1 Bittern

Stratford:
1 Black Swan,  85 Mute Swan, 1 f Scaup, 1 1st w Mediterranean Gull

Herriott's Pool:
4 Stock Dove, 2 Grey Wagtail

23-09-19 Little Grebe CVL Heron's Green (Lucy Masters)

Out of Avon:
Greylake RSPB reserve - 1 juv Spotted Crake just out to the right from the main hide, on the edge of the last small reed-fringed, open patch of mud - been around for a week or more.

Reports: Anthony Cook, Andy Davis, Jeff Hazell, Adrian Hockey, Lucy Masters, Andy Middleton, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland OPS birding blagdonlakebirds