Thursday 3 September 2020

03-09-20 Thursday - Curlew Sandpipers

A very wet start, showers later, clearing to a mild, windy late afternoon.

Curlew Sandpipers
Cattle Egrets
Osprey
Whinchats
Yellow Wagtails
Swift, Pintail

Osprey at Chew (Tony Bridges)
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.

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:
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

03-09-20 Swift Haydon (John Hansford)
Haydon (Radstock):
2 Swift - seen entering a nest site

BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports

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.

Chew Valley Lake
9 Great White Egret.

Another picture of that very photogenic Osprey (Lucy Gaze)
Stratford:
Osprey (seen fishing at 9 a.m. and about noon), Kingfisher 

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.

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 blagdonlakebirdsopsbirding,