17-09-20 Thursday - Little Stint, Pectoral Sandpiper

Temp 14 to 22°C. Bright and dry, lots of Sunshine, but a cold fresh breeze taking the edge off a nice day

Garganey

Golden Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 

Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Sanderling, Little Stint

Hobby

Whinchat

Yellow Wagtail

Redpoll, Siskin

BRISTOL

Avon Gorge:

1 Peregrine

Hotwells to Ashton Court:

Woodpigeon, 2 Common Sandpiper - 2 in New Cut, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull. 1 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch,
Blackbird. Robin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

17-9-20 Red-legged Partridge, Wickwar (Peter Hazelwood)

Wickwar new build:

1 Red-legged Partridge

Oldbury-on-Severn:

1 Curlew, 32 Redshank, 1 Buzzard, 1 Wheatear

17-9-20 Yellow Wagtail, NW (Lisegirl)

New Passage/Northwick:
80 Canada Geese, 4 Mute Swan, 1 Garganey, 2 Collared Dove, 150 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 5 Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 5 Turnstone, 28 Knot, 10 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Sanderling, 200 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, Snipe, 200 Redshank, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 3 Skylark, 2 Whinchat, many Wheatear, 6 Yellow Wagtail, tons Meadow Pipit, 80 Linnet

Chipping Sodbury Common:

Whinchat

NORTH SOMERSET

17-9-20 Wheatear, Kingston Seymour (Paul Chapman)

Clevedon-Yeo, Wain’s Hill to Yeo Estuary:
3 Mute Swan, 350 Shelduck, 3 Wigeon, 150 Mallard, 35 Teal, 42 Oystercatcher, 23 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 22 Ringed Plover, 120 Curlew, 3  Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Turnstone, 8 Knot, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 160 Dunlin,  1 Snipe, 420 Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 500 BH Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 13 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 40 Swallow, 10 House Martin, Chiffchaff, Stonechat, 4 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit, 4 Linnet, 15 Goldfinch

Uphill:

2 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 100 Oystercatcher, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 6 Dunlin, 300 Redshank, Whinchat, Wheatear, 4 Grey Wagtail, 1 Redpoll, 4 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marksbury:

160 Starling

RESERVOIRS

17-9-20 Ruddy Shelduck, Barrow Tank 3 (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Seen about 3pm, then flew off towards Bristol

Barrow Tank 3:

1 Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Wheatear

17-9-20 Cattle Egret, Parkland (Simon Isgar)

Chew Valley Lake

22 Cattle Egret, 31 Great White Egret, 14 Little Egret, 2 Hobby

17-9-20 Common Sandpiper, Dam (George Stacey)

Dam:

1 Common Sandpiper

17-9-20 Kingfisher, CVL (George Stacey)

Villice:

18 Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 3 Cattle Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 12 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven

Nunnery / Parkland:

1 Peregrine, mixed flock of: Long-t Tit, 7 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff and a Spotted Flycatcher

17-9-20 Goldfinches, Herons Green (Simon Isgar)

Heron's Green:
9 Little Grebe, 1 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Cattle Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 28 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 20+ Swallows & H Martins, 1 Stonechat (pool), 6 Pied Wagtail

Stratford:

1 Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank

CVRS:

Blackcap gains 2.3 grams in 5 days,  12.8% increase

17-9-20 Snipe, Herriotts Bridge (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Shelduck, 23 Wigeon, 21 Pintail, 8 Little Grebe, 150 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Water Rail, 1 Lapwing, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 8 Snipe, 9 GreenSandpiper, 6 GBB Gull, 200 Cormorant, 10 Cattle Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jackdaw, 150+ Swallows & Martins, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 9 Pied Wagtail

Reports: Phil Baber, Paul Bowerman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Raoul Chandrasakera, Paul Chapman, Chris Craig, Anne Crowe, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Alastair Fraser, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Pete Hazelwood, Kenny Hills, Simon Isgar, Hayden James, Lisegirl, Paul Marshall, Jean Oliver, Chris Perry, Harvey Rose, George Stacey, Ian Stapp,

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

CURLEW - RINGED BIRDS ID

A message from Mike Smart - He's after some help looking for ringed Curlew over the high tides 17-22 September (contact CurlewCall)

Hi Everyone
As I am sure you are aware, there are some monster tides coming up from 17 to 22 September. I am hoping we may be able to use these tides to read Curlew rings, especially 2019 Slimbridge head-started rings, at sites where it is often hard to get close to the Curlews.

Help required from those willing to check along the Severn Estuary please,

email supplied, contact the blog address

AVON BIRD REPORT 2019

Copies of the 2019 edition of the Avon Bird Report will be available in the next week; if you are not a member of either BOC or BNS I would encourage you to obtain a copy. One way to do this is as follows: by post, please send your name, address and a cheque for £11.50 made out to AOG to

Arncliffe, Coast Road, Walton Bay, Clevedon, BS21 7FW

The Report is the longest ever, at 216 pages, and also earlier than usual due at least partly to Covid-19 -- this year contributors have had more time on their hands...

There are three papers: Waterbirds on Severnside, Barn Owls, and tits in the Gordano Valley, plus the usual items including the AWBS, BBS and ringing reports. The cover photo, by David Hughes, was taken at CVL last summer.

A note to photographers...

The 2019 Report contains as usual about 30 photographs; we received quite a few but we felt that we could have had more. So if you have any good bird pictures taken in Avon in 2020 that you would like to see published, these can be sent now, or any time up to the end of the year, to my ABR e-mail address: blacktgodwit@gmail.com