Wednesday, 9 September 2020

09-09-20 Wednesday - Spotted Redshank

 Miserable start but fined away until quite hot at tea time

Red-backed Shrike
Osprey
Spotted Redshank
Kingfisher
Hobby
Curlew Sandpiper
Redstart
Whinchat


09-09-20 Red-backed Shrike Marshfield (Ian Stapp)

 BRISTOL

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
15 House Martin, 5 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

09-09-20 Curlew Sandpiper NP-NW (Dave Hughes)
New Passage/Northwick:
16 Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew, 34 Black-t Godwit, 30 Turnstone, 3 Knot, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap (f), 1 Wheatear, c20 Linnet

09-09-20 Turnstone NP-NW (Rosemary Setter)

Pilning Wetlands:
c250 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 4 Mute Swan - inc juv, 3 Shoveler, Gadwall, 5 Wigeon, 30+ Teal, surveyors on site (14:00) who flushed all the 120+ Mallard and all the waders - inc c20 Ringed Plover, 34 Lapwing - who came back, c30 Black-t Godwit, c60 Redshank, 2 Grey Heron,  
09-09-20 Yellow Wagtail CSC (Peter Bryant)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
40 Rook, 2 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 1 juv Stonechat, 25 Yellow Wagtail

Yate - Westerleigh BP:
2 Raven - flew over

NORTH SOMERSET

09-09-20 Wheatear Sand Point (Matt Hall)
Sand Point/Bay:
13 Curlew, 4 Little Egret, 2 Raven, 6 Swallow, 50+ House Martin - south, 6 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 10 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

09-09-20 Red-backed Shrike 2 MF (Allan Chard)
Marshfield:
1 Red-backed Shrike, 1 Whitethroat

Cameley - vismig:
06:30 onwards. c100 Swallow and a few Blackcap. A bit quiet, early days yet.

RESERVOIRS

09-09-20 Osprey CVL Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
9 Black-t Godwit, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Osprey - the bird that was here for the last few days with missing wing feathers & a new adult bird with all its wing feathers. They got together and went off high to the East South East.
1 Marsh Harrier, 

09-09-20 Osprey CVL (Simon Isgar)
Stratford:
1 Cattle Egret - flypast, 2 Osprey 

09-09-20 Spotter Redshank CVL Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:
24 Pintail, 9 Black-t Godwit, 12 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 5 Great Black-b Gull, 6 Grey Heron, 8 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 2 Cetti's 1 Grey Wagtail 

Reports: Paul Allen, Karen Ash, Allan Chard, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Matt Hall, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Dave Hughes, Simon Isgar, Mike Jackson, Rob Laughton, Sue & John Prince, Dean Reeves,  Rosemary Setter, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Martin Tayler, Bri Thompson, Penny Wills, 

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