29-09-20 Tuesday - Firecrest

Nice sunny day, clouded over late on.

Firecrest
Little Owl
Cattle Egret
Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff,

Garganey

Pintail

Brambling

Marsh Tit

Bar-tailed Godwit

Ruff

Marsh Harrier

Yellow-legged Gull

Water Rail

Grasshopper Warbler

29-09-20 Grey Heron CVL (George Stacey)

BRISTOL

Boiling Wells:
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail

Clifton - Percival Rd garden:

1 Marsh Tit, 1 Coal Tit

Eastville Park:
12 Mute Swan,3 Coot (1 liberated from the reed cages and promptly attacked by 2 others), 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron.

Redland Garden:

2 Woodpigeon, 2 Magpie,1 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Robin, 4 House Sparrow

Stoke Park, Purdown:

1 Kestrel (f), 12 Magpie, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Wren, 9 Robin, 20 House Sparrow, 21 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

29-09-20 Kingfisher OPS (Pete Hazelwood)

Oldbury Power Station:

c70 Turnstone - on the green buoy, 1 Kingfisher - flying around along the shore between Water Works outlet and jetty, very unusual along the shore. Vismig: 3 Skylark, 1 Swallow, Brambling - possible, heard call once,  3 Redpoll (one of which landed on Lagoon 3), 3 Siskin

Littleton Warth:
Pintail, 17 Grey Plover,  3 Bar-t Godwit, 34 Curlew, 250 Dunlin, 45 Redshank

New Passage/Northwick:

Stacks of wader inc  - - 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 

29-09-20 Ruff NP-NW-PWL (Paul Bowerman)

Pilning Wetlands:

5 Ruff 

Latteridge:

1 Mistle Thrush - calling

NORTH SOMERSET

29-09-20 Grasshopper Warbler GV (Shane Pannell)

Gordano Valley:

1 Grasshopper Warbler - ringed

Wains Hill - vismig
Peregrine - juv, chasing the corvids, 2 Chiffchaff, - in the bushes - over 9 alba Wagtails, 19 Chaffinch, 1 Redpoll, 5 Linnet, 12 Goldfinch

29-09-20 Firecrest SP (Paul Gregory)

Sand Point/Bay:
Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, .3 Firecrest, 50 Meadow Pipit, 30 Chaffinch, Redpoll, Siskin,, 

Worle - garden:
31 Goldfinch - on feeders and ground, 

BELOW M4 & BANES

29-09-20 Dunnock MF (Pete Coslett)

Marshfield:
2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 2 Swallow, 18 Sky Lark, Chiffchaff, 5 Dunnock, 5 Stonechat, 5 Pied Wagtail, 22 Meadow Pipit, 90 Linnet, 12 Yellowhammer - first Clouded Yellow of the year.

Pensford:

12 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 30 Jackdaw, 1 Dipper, 2 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail

29-09-20 Little Owl Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)

Compton Dando:

1 Little Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 20+ Jackdaw, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Yellowhammer 

Marksbury - traffic lights:
1 Kestrel, 40+ Jackdaw, 200+ Starling, 

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Garganey, 2 Pintail, 4 Black-t Godwit, 1 Greenshank, ringed Herring Gull - White BA & Yellow AP - plus others not made out,  1 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret

29-09-20 Egrets CVL (Dru Brooke-Taylor)

Chew Valley Lake
Egrets - 57+ Great White Egret, 23 Little Egret - around the lake today
Waders - Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, 2 Greenshank, 5 Black-t Godwit, 7 Green Sandpiper, 21 Snipe, 37 Dunlin, 3 Lapwing, 4 Ringed Plover. 

Others - Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher

List from a walk around the Lake:

4-6 Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Mallard, Pintail - all still in eclipse, Teal, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Moorhen. Coot, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, a few Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, 1-2 Curlew Sandpiper - Stratford, Dunlin, Snipe, c5 Green Sandpiper - Herriott’s Pool, 1 Wood Sandpiper - Herriott’s Pool, 1 Greenshank - Herriott's, Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, 5 Cattle Egret, Grey Heron, a lot of Great White Egret, Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier - Stratford, Buzzard, Kingfisher, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 4 + Swallow, Cetti's Warbler, Goldcrest - Moreton, Wren, Starling, Robin, House Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, Goldfinch

Parkland:

6 Cattle Egret

29-09-20 Cattle Egret CVL (George Stacey)

Villice:
8 Snipe, 8 Cattle Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 

Heron's Green:
2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-l Gull, 8 Cattle Egret, - flew towards Parkland, 6 Grey Heron, 30 Great White Egret, 9 Little Egret, 

29-09-20 Snipe CVL Herriotts Bridge (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Shelduck, 2 Water Rail, 9 Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 3 Black-t Godwit, 4 Ruff, 24 Dunlin,  3 Curlew Sandpiper, 26 Snipe, 1 Wood Sandpiper,  9 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 6 Great Black-b Gull, 8 Cattle Egret, 11 Grey Heron, 25+ Great White Egret, 14 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 3 Cetti's Warbler. 12+ Long-t Tit, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting, 

OUT OF AREA

Hurlstone Point:
1 Black-browned Albatross just flown east passed at 8:30 veering across towards the Welsh coast.

Steart - Stockland Marsh:

1 Glossy Ibis

Please can you help with these records?

Now that the Avon Bird report has been published, we are starting preparatory work on the 2020 work. All the following records were broadcast on Birdguides but we have no idea who the observer(s) were – if you know anything about any of these sightings please get in touch with either the blog team, or direct to the AOG at avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk so we can get more details.

Wood Warbler	1	03/08/2020	Chipping Sodbury Common
Scaup	Present	24/08/2020	Barrow Gurney Res
Hoopoe	1	07/08/2020	Nailsea

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman, Dru Brooke Taylor, Chris Craig, Ken Carruthers, Pete Coslett, David Esam,  Brian Gibbs, Paul Gregory, Nick Hawkridge, Shane Pannell, Matt Plenty, Dean Reeves, Lyndon Roberts, Rich Scantlebury, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Nigel Stickland, Howard Taffs, Chris, Teague

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