Fine and sunny, but windy and a lot colder.
Wood SandpiperLittle Stint
Garganey
Pectoral Sandpiper
Bar-tailed Godwit
Spotted Redshank
Yellow-legged Gull
Cattle Egret
Pilning Wetlands:
Clevedon-Yeo:
"lots of" Shelduck, 6 Oystercatcher, 10 Curlew, 3 Swallow (heading south), Meadow Pipit, 7 Linnet.
Dunlin at Stratford (Ian Stapp)
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
4 Garganey, 3 Curlew Sandpiper.
Sparrowhawk at Stratford (Simon Isgar)
Chew Valley Lake
14 Lapwing, 4 Black-t Godwit - inc 2 juv, 5 Ruff - juv, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 7 Snipe, 2 Greenshank -juv, 6 Cattle Egret, 51 Great White Egret, 21 Little Egret, around the lake, 1 Raven, 1 Sand Martin, c.30 House Martins, c.5 Chiffchaff and a flock of 10 Meadow Pipit
Dam:
Woodford:
Heron's Green:
Stratford:
Dancing Great White Egrets at Chew ('talkingtobears')
Herriott's inc Pool:
Reports: Karen Ash, John Barnett, Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman, Véra Carpenter, Andy Davis, Oliver Fournier, David Howes, Mike Jackson, Glen Maddison, Denis Parkes, Matt Plenty, Vic Polley, Dean Reeves, Ian Stapp, TtB, Howard Taffs, Keith Vinicombe
Firecrest
Quail
BRISTOL
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
(High tide at Shepperdine)
Littleton Warth:
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| Black-tailed Godwits on Herriotts Pool (Ian Stapp) |
BRISTOL
Redland - garden:
4 Woodpigeon - juv, 2 Magpie, 2 Blue Tit
Redland Hill Roundabout:
1 House Martin still around the nest site
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
(High tide at Shepperdine)
f./juv. Pintail, 20 Ringed Plover, 7 Curlew, 55 Turnstone, c.325 Dunlin, 4 Raven. 15+ House Martin, 5+ Swallow.
Shepperdine:
4 Ringed Plover, 6 Curlew, 43+ Turnstone, 170 Dunlin
Littleton Warth:
169 Canada Goose, 1
Greylag Goose, 7 Oystercatcher, 6 Grey Plover, 29 Dunlin, 11 Curlew, 2
Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, c.300 House Martin
heading south, c.100 Swallow heading south, 9 Wheatear.
Northwich Warth:
100+ Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 100 Teal, 6 Lapwing, 4 Ringed Plover, 20 Turnstone, 7 Ruff, 6 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 House Martin, c. 250 Linnet |
| 25-09-20 Sparrowhawk NP-NW-PWL (Glen Maddison) |
Pectoral Sandpiper, 20 Knot, 6 Ruff, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Sparrowhawk - 'eye stripe bird' (easy to mistake for a Goshawk), 1 Peregrine - hunting and thus flushing everything - repeatedly, 1 Cetti's Warbler.
Coalpit Heath:
Canada Goose (noisy group heard but not seen), 3 Stock Dove, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 36 House Martin (group flying West), 7 Robin, 1 m. Stonechat, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Yellowhammer.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead - Battery Point:
Frenchay Moor:
m. Firecrest (in a flock with 3 Goldcrest on Frenchay Moor, riverside path by the Cleeve Road bridge).
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead - Battery Point:
1 Wheatear - heading north, 4 Rock Pipit,
Clevedon - Wain's Hill:
Clevedon - Wain's Hill:
1 Herring Gull, 1 Peregrine. 1 hr vismig - - 1 Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit,
Clevedon-Yeo:
"lots of" Shelduck, 6 Oystercatcher, 10 Curlew, 3 Swallow (heading south), Meadow Pipit, 7 Linnet.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
Marshfield:
1 Quail flushed on Rushmead Farm, 4 Whinchat - Northfield Lane, 10 Stonechat - Down Raod
Marksbury:
150+ Starling (by traffic lights)
Marksbury:
150+ Starling (by traffic lights)
Dunlin at Stratford (Ian Stapp)RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
4 Garganey, 3 Curlew Sandpiper.
Sparrowhawk at Stratford (Simon Isgar)
Chew Valley Lake
14 Lapwing, 4 Black-t Godwit - inc 2 juv, 5 Ruff - juv, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 7 Snipe, 2 Greenshank -juv, 6 Cattle Egret, 51 Great White Egret, 21 Little Egret, around the lake, 1 Raven, 1 Sand Martin, c.30 House Martins, c.5 Chiffchaff and a flock of 10 Meadow Pipit
1 Egyptian Goose, 6 Pied Wagtail, 200+ hirundine (most House Martin, some Swallow).
Woodford:
7 Great Black-b Gull, 15+ Long-t Tit, 2 Bullfinch.
Little Denny:
2 Little Stint - juv, flew to Stratford later
Spring Bay:
1 Wood Sandpiper - juv
1 Green Sandpiper, 9 Little Grebe, 2 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Yellow-l Gull, 1 Cattle Egret (in field with cattle), 5 Grey Heron, 8 Little Egret, 4 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler.
Stratford:
1 Garganey (m), 17 Wigeon, 42 Pintail, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Ruff, 15+ Dunlin, 14+ Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 1 Marsh Harrier, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 4 Blue Tit, 200+ hirundine including 2 Sand Martin, 20+ Ling-t Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper.
1 Shelduck, 65+ Wigeon, 70+ Pintail, 1 Water Rail, 18 Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-b Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 41 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 30+ Long -t Tit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail.
