21-09-20 Monday - Waders galore + Firecrest

 Another day of warm sunshine. Bristol max 26 °C

Jack Snipe
Garganey

Golden Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint

Yellow-legged Gull

Cattle Egret, Great White Egret

Osprey 

Firecrest

Wheatear (in Bristol), Whinchat, Redstart

Yellow Wagtail

Lesser Redpoll, Siskin

BRISTOL

21-09-20 Wheatears, Stoke Park (Allan Chard)

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
4 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest (probably present in same spot for at least 3 days), 2 Wheatear,1 Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail,10 Meadow Pipit, 1 Lesser Redpoll (first for observer at this location), 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine/PillHead Gout:

3 juv. Curlew Sandpiper, 2+ Golden Plover, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Snipe, c5 Curlew, c280 Dunlin, c20 Ringed Plover.

 

Oldbury Power Station:

Lake - 1 m Gadwall, 6 Wigeon  (No sign of Wryneck reported yesterday)

Oldbury Pill:
8 Wigeon,1 Golden Plover, 29 Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, 17 Redshank, 281 Dunlin, 3 Curlew Sandpiper , 1 Snipe, 2 Kingfisher, 16 Skylark, 1 Wheatear, 80 Linnet 

Pilning Wetlands:

5 Golden Plover, 9 Grey Plover, 100 Black- tailed Godwit, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper (9th day), 6 +  Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint, 3 Ruff, 50 Snipe,  3 Wheatear, 1 Stonechat

Chittening Warth:
Mitchell's Salt Rhine - 8 Shelduck, 6 Teal, 21 BH Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff 

Stup Pill:

8 Shelduck, 28 Mallard, 1 Teal, 7 Black Headed Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting 

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:

BOC walk 5 members, 10:30 - 2 p.m. - 16 Shelduck, 44 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 11 Oystercatcher, 40 Curlew, 100 Dunlin, 15 Redshank, 90 BH Gull, 7 LBB Gull, loads of H Gull, 20 Carrion Crows, Magpie, Skylark, Chiffchaffs, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, 4 Starling,  singing Robins , 7 Wheatear, 1 Stonechat, House Sparrow, Dunnock,  Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Rock Pipit, Meadow Pipit

Wain's Hill

1 Stonechat  Overhead (one hour vis mig count) 4 Swallow, 2 grey Wagtail, 7 alba Wagtail, 2 Siskin, 25 Linnet, 3 Lesser Redpoll,  3 Greenfinch, 1 Chaffinch. 

21-09-20 Grey Plover plus apparently 1 Knot , Clevedon - Yeo (Howard Taffs)

Sea Wall:

1 Golden Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, 10 Knot (1 pretending to be a Grey Plover in photo above) 1 Golden Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Bar-tailed Godwit - all in flight due to spring tides today -  3 Stonechat, 2 Whinchat 

Dowlais Farm:

45 Curlew, 9 Oystercatchers, 20+ Redshank, 5 Wheatear,3 Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipit 

Kingston Seymour seawall:

200 Shelduck, Wigeon, Teal, 3 Stock Dove, Golden Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 4 Grey Plover, 20 Oystercatcher, 40 Curlew, 100 Redshank, 200 Dunlin, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk (male), Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Mistle Thrush,  Wheatear

Backwell Lake:
(20th Sept) Update from roost - Mute Swan (the 7 cygnets are all doing well), Mallard,1 Water Rail (heard), Moorhen, Coot,  BH Gull,5 Little Egret in the roost (another person said there were 6 on Friday + 2 regular during the day, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Herring Gull, about 120 Jackdaw also using the island to roost and annoying the Egrets, 3 Cetti’s Warbler (1 seen, 2 heard - have arrived over last fortnight), 1 Pied Wagtail

A few Southern Hawker Dragonflies still on the wing.

21-09-20 Curlew overhead, Sand Bay (Terri Borash)

           
Sand Point/Bay:
4 Bar-tailed Godwit,  6 Grey Plover, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (feeding on the ground), 10 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 5 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail,  3 Grey Wagtail, 8 alba Wagtail, 70 Meadow Pipit, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin

St George's, Weston-Super-Mare:
1 Grey Heron,  8 House Martin incl 1 still feeding young, 3 Whinchat, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield - Shire Valley:

1 Jack Snipe

Bath:
Lansdown area -100+ House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, several Chiffchaff, 1 juv Whitethroat, 1 f Redstart,  20+ Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:

WeBS count - 3 Mute Swan, 1 Bar-headed Goose, 366 Canada Goose, 3 Gadwall, 13 Teal, 31 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 2 Wigeon, 111Tufted Duck, 48 Little Grebe – record WeBS count, 22 Great Crested Grebe, 15 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 198 Coot, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Snipe + 3+ Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail 

Blagdon Lake:
including WeBS count - 5 Canada Goose, 78 Mute Swan, 4 Egyptian Goose, 323 Shoveler, 298 Gadwall, 50 Wigeon, 499 Mallard, 1 Pintail, 930 Teal, 55 Pochard, 249 Tufted Duck, 97 Moorhen, 1487 Coot, 38 Little Grebe, 42 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Lapwing, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 juv Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 510 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 8 GBB Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 9 LBB Gull, 10 Cormorant, 16 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 1 Wheatear

Chew Valley Lake
c 30 Ringed Plover + Dunlin in flight at north end late evening, 17 Cattle Egret at southern end of the lake at 5.30pm, 20 Great White Egret, 1 Hobby

21-09-20 Great White Egret + juvenile Grey Heron,  H'Green Bay, CVL (Chris Teague)

Stratford:

1 Osprey mid-morning

Heron's Green:
3 Dunlin, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull 

21-09-20 Cattle Egrets, Herriotts Pool, CVL (George Stacey)

    
Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Garganey ( main lake), 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, 1 Spotted Redshank,  8 Cattle Egret 

Out of Avon:

Cheddar Reservoir -  Red-crested Pochard, Shag, Red-necked Grebe, all still present plus 6 Ruddy Shelduck, 1 Redstart this evening

Reports: Rich Andrews, Richard Belsen, Phil Baber, John Barnett, Terri Borash, Paul Bowerman, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Jane Cumming, Sean Davies, Andy Davis, William Earp, Paul Gregory,  Rob Hargreaves, Pete Hazelwood,  Matt Hull, Simon Isgar, Glen Maddison, Andy Middleton, James Packer,  Dean Reeves, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding,  opsbirding,   severnsidebirds, TBOSG