Curlew Sandpipers
Cattle Egrets
Osprey
Whinchats
Yellow Wagtails
Swift, Pintail
BRISTOL
no reports
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
11 Wigeon, 75 Turnstone, 300 Swallow - over the fields in the rain, 30 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Wheatear.
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| Osprey at Chew (Tony Bridges) |
no reports
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
11 Wigeon, 75 Turnstone, 300 Swallow - over the fields in the rain, 30 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Wheatear.
New Passage/Northwick/Pilning Wetlands:
5 Wigeon, 1 Pintail - 1st this autumn, 1 Swift - possibly last of this summer, 45 Oystercatcher, 38 Lapwing, 40 Ringed Plover, 12 Curlew, 85 Black-tailed Godwit, 18 Turnstone, 25 Knot, 4 Curlew Sandpiper - juv, c300 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 120 Redshank,1 Sparrowhawk, 55 House Martin.
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Kestrel, 4 Redstart, 30+ Yellow Wagtail.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
10 Mallard, 10 Gadwall, 1 Tufted Duck, 7 Moorhen but no Coot at all, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven, 20 House Martin. 1 Sand Martin.
Watercress Farm, Wraxall:
Puxton:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Wheatear.
Weston-super-Mare:
2 Hobby over M5 junction.
Worle:
1 Raven.
Haydon (Radstock):
2 Swift - seen entering a nest site
BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports
Chew Valley Lake
9 Great White Egret.
Stratford:
Herriott's inc Pool:
20 Wigeon, 10 Pintail, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 12 Cattle Egret, Kingfisher.
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Anne Crowe, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Paul Gregory, Lucy Gaze, John Hansford, Brian Lancastle, Rob Martin, Lucy Masters, Andy Middleton, Jean Oliver, Phil Quinn, Nigel Sluman (who appears to have had a really busy day!), Siobhan Watson blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding,
5 Wigeon, 1 Pintail - 1st this autumn, 1 Swift - possibly last of this summer, 45 Oystercatcher, 38 Lapwing, 40 Ringed Plover, 12 Curlew, 85 Black-tailed Godwit, 18 Turnstone, 25 Knot, 4 Curlew Sandpiper - juv, c300 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 120 Redshank,1 Sparrowhawk, 55 House Martin.
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Kestrel, 4 Redstart, 30+ Yellow Wagtail.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
10 Mallard, 10 Gadwall, 1 Tufted Duck, 7 Moorhen but no Coot at all, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven, 20 House Martin. 1 Sand Martin.
Watercress Farm, Wraxall:
1 Moorhen, 1 Buzzard, 6 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Whinchat, 1 Reed Bunting.
Puxton:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Wheatear.
Weston-super-Mare:
2 Hobby over M5 junction.
Worle:
1 Raven.
Uphill:
1 Common Sandpiper, 80 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 2 Wheatear
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| 03-09-20 Swift Haydon (John Hansford) |
2 Swift - seen entering a nest site
BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports
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| Osprey in action at Stratford (Lucy Masters) |
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
2 Garganey, 2 Pintail, plenty of Teal, 2 Greenshank, 6 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret.
Blagdon Lake:
2 Garganey, 2 Pintail, plenty of Teal, 2 Greenshank, 6 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret.
Chew Valley Lake
9 Great White Egret.
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| Another picture of that very photogenic Osprey (Lucy Gaze) |
Osprey (seen fishing at 9 a.m. and about noon), Kingfisher
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03-09-20 Egrets CVL (Rob Martin) |
Herriott's inc Pool:
20 Wigeon, 10 Pintail, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 12 Cattle Egret, Kingfisher.
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| 03-09-20 Kingfisher, CVL (Lucy Masters) |
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Anne Crowe, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Paul Gregory, Lucy Gaze, John Hansford, Brian Lancastle, Rob Martin, Lucy Masters, Andy Middleton, Jean Oliver, Phil Quinn, Nigel Sluman (who appears to have had a really busy day!), Siobhan Watson blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding,
