Another grey, windy, overcast day, more like November than September, but brightening later. 18°C.
Ruffs, Little Ringed Plovers, Little Stints, Curlew Sandpipers, Greenshank
Black Tern
Glossy Ibis
Osprey, Red Kites
Redstarts, Whinchats
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| Green Sandpiper at Chew (George Stacey) |
BRISTOL
Knowle:
Sparrowhawk with prey - probably a juv. Blackbird
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| A bush full of Goldfinches at CSC (Keith Williams) |
Oldbury Power Station:
1 eclipse m. Gadwall, 5 Teal, 1 1st-w m. Redstart.
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| 02-09-21 Goldcrest Almondsbury (Véra Carpenter) |
(garden) 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest. 1 Nuthatch.
Pilning Wetlands:
200 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff - juv, 2 Little Stint, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Hobby after the local House Martin
Severn Beach:
100 Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover, Turnstone, 150 Dunlin, 2 juv. Curlew Sandpiper, 1 juv. Sanderling, 25 Turnstone.
Yate:
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 10 Swallow (by the road). 12 Chiffchaff, 7 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear, 5 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch (heard), c.20 Goldfinch.
Brimsham Park Lake:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Jay, 5 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff.
Riverside shopping centre:
1 Little Egret flying over
Kingsgate Park:
2 Gadwall, 1 Wigeon, 92 Mallard, pr Little Grebe with 1 juv., 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff.
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| Redstart at CSC (Keith Williams) |
1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 10 Swallow (by the road). 12 Chiffchaff, 7 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear, 5 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch (heard), c.20 Goldfinch.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
a migrant Whitethroat in a garden
Weston STW:
Bath:
Hensley Road:
a migrant Whitethroat in a garden
Weston STW:
Glossy Ibis
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| House Martins at Newton St Loe (Jonathan Margetts) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
Hensley Road:
2 Blackcap on feeders, first since April.
Newton St Loe:
Farmborough:
Newton St Loe:
pr Mute Swan with 6 cygnets, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 2 Swallow, 100+ House Martin gathering on lines, Marsh Tit calling, Chiffchaff singing, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch. 1 Treecreeper, 20 Goldfinch.
2+ Red Kite over a field being cut.
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| Black-tailed Godwits at Herriots Bridge (George Stacey) |
Chew Valley Lake
Black Tern (from Moreton hide)
Hollow Brook:
4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher.
Black Tern (from Moreton hide)
Hollow Brook:
4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher.
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| juv. Little Ringed Plover at Chew (George Stacey) |
Villice:
Stratford:
Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret.
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| Greenshank at Stratford, Chew (Rob Hargreaves) |
1 Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 1 Common Sandpiper. 2 Greenshank, 1 Osprey, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier,
5 Wigeon, 4 Pintail, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff , 1 Snipe. 9 Green Sandpiper, a 4th (different) Marsh Harrier (tatty with missing secondries and tail feathers).
Reports: Vera Carpenter, Mark Coller, Adrian Dumont, Rob Hargreaves, David Hughes, Jonathan Margetts, Matt Rogers, Marcus Smith, George Stacey, Martin Wightman, Jason Williams, Keith Williams, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
