Largely sunny, some high cloud, breezy. Bristol max 23 °C
Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint, Jack Snipe
Mediterranean Gull
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
Lansdown racecourse - 1 Golden Plover, 1 Hobby, 2 White Wagtail, 300 Meadow Pipit, c100 Linnet
Stratford:
1 Hobby, 9 Cattle Egret
Out of Avon
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.
Cattle Egret
Red Kite
Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail
BRISTOL
Redland:
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Shepperdine:
Pilning Wetlands/ Northwick Warth:50 Wigeon, 3 Pintail.150 Teal, Golden Plover, lots of Dunlin & Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 1Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Sanderling, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Little Stint, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 1 Peregrine, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, Swallow, 3 Wheatear, 5 Meadow Pipit, 350 Linnet
BRISTOL
Redland Hill/Redland Road roundabout - 2 House Martin still
Eastville
Vismig to south - 7.00 - 8.00 am- 2 Swallow, 11 Meadow Pipit
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Snipe, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Stonechat, 6 Meadow Pipit, 100+ Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting
1 Snipe, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Stonechat, 6 Meadow Pipit, 100+ Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Shepperdine:
Wigeon, Mallard, 3 Curlew (unringed), 80+ Dunlin, 5 Knot, 22 Turnstone, 14 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant, 2 Stonechat
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| 19-09-20 Knot, Oldbury PS (Pete Hazelwood) |
Oldbury Power Station:
Pillhead Gout over a high HT this morning: 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Jack Snipe, 6 Snipe, 3 Knot, just 3 (unringed) Curlew, c150 Dunlin, c25 Ringed Plover, 38 Redshank, 9 Lapwing. Also an adult-winter Mediterranean Gull over Lagoon 2
Pillhead Gout over a high HT this morning: 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Jack Snipe, 6 Snipe, 3 Knot, just 3 (unringed) Curlew, c150 Dunlin, c25 Ringed Plover, 38 Redshank, 9 Lapwing. Also an adult-winter Mediterranean Gull over Lagoon 2
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| 19-09-20 high tide at New Passage this morning (Robert Kelsh ) |
Pilning Wetlands/ Northwick Warth:
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon-Yeo:
Clevedon-Yeo:
1 Mute Swan 1, Shelduck quite a lot now, Mallard, Woodpigeon , Moorhen , a few Curlew, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, Magpie, Carrion Crow, House Martin (small flock flying north ), Starling, 2 Stonechat, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit
Kingston Seymour - 300 Shelduck, 5 Wigeon, 2 Stock Dove, Bar-tailed Godwit, 20 Curlew, Whimbrel, 10 Turnstone, 40 Ringed Plover, 200 Dunlin, 2 Common Gull, 7 Little Egret, 1 m Sparrowhawk, 1 juv Kestrel, 2 Wheatear, Stonechat
Davis Lane (Clevedon End) - 1 Red Kite 4.10 pm
Congresbury:
Brinsea Road - partly leucistic Jackdaw on green area off Brinsea Road BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
Lansdown racecourse - 1 Golden Plover, 1 Hobby, 2 White Wagtail, 300 Meadow Pipit, c100 Linnet
Marshfield:
Tormarton Road - 1 Kestrel, 5 House Martin, 60 Linnet, 1 YellowhammerRESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
18th ( dusk) - 2 Garganey, 4 Ruff.
Moreton:
Chew Valley Lake
18th ( dusk) - 2 Garganey, 4 Ruff.
Moreton:
402 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby
Parkland - 4 Cattle Egret (with the cattle).
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| 19-09-20 Cattle Egret, Stratford Lane, CVL (Simon Isgar) |
Stratford:
1 Hobby, 9 Cattle Egret
Stratford Lane - 29 Cattle Egret
Chew Valley Ringing Station:
Chew Valley Ringing Station:
Reed Warblers still around - 5 ringed this morning. Perhaps the most interesting was a female Bullfinch - a recent breeder by the look of things as she had signs of a brood patch. She was in wing moult - replacing her primaries and secondaries
Herriotts:
2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff, 1 Snipe, 1 Kingfisher
Out of Avon
Cheddar Reservoir - Red-crested Pochard, juv Shag and Red-necked Grebe still today
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, Walto Bay, Clevedon, BS21 7FW
Arncliffe, Coast Road, Walto Bay, Clevedon, BS21 7FW
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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...
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
Reports: Rich Andrews, Derek John Angell, Nancy Barrett, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Peter Bryant, Paul Chapman, Stephen Curtis and Carol Rushton, Ian Dickie, Robert Hargreaves, Heather England, Ken Hall, Pete Hazelwood, Simon Isgar, Robert Kelsh, Dean Reeves, Larry Sweetland, CVRS
