Friday, 3 September 2021

03-09-21 Friday - Curlew Sandpiper

Temp 15 to 22°C. Started dull, ended in brilliant sunshine and hardly any wind

Swift
Ruff, Knot
Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Redstart, Whinchat
Yellow Wagtail
Reed Bunting

BRISTOL

Old Sneed Park:
Swift, 3 Swallow

Sea Mills:
Swift with House Martins, 4 Common Sandpiper, Greenshank heard, 1 Kingfisher, pair Reed Warbler still feeding fully-fledged young, 3 Whinchat, 2 Grey Wagtail, pair Reed Bunting

3-9-21 Green Woodpecker, Stoke Park (Allan Chard)
Stoke Park:
2 Green Woodpecker

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Shelduck, Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 4 Mallard, 7 Teal,  8 Moorhen, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit (Shepperdine), 2 Knot, 95 BH Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 16 Swallow, 13 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 m Redstart (hedgerow below Lagoon 3 near gate), 1 Whinchat, 14 Wheatear (sluice), 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch

3-9-21 Red-legged Partridge, Cowhill (Heather England)
Cowhill:
2 Red-legged Partridge

New Passage, Pilning Wetland:
2 Greylag Geese, 3 Shoveler, 16 Gadwall, 18 Wigeon, 35 Teal, 10 Moorhen, 21 Lapwing, 300 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 2 juv Little Stint, 6 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 120 Redshank, 1 Cormorant, 1 Kestrel, 1 f Redstart, 2 Wheatear, 9 Pied Wagtail, 62 Linnet

Severn Beach:
50 Ringed Plover, 1 Turnstone, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Sanderling, 136 Dunlin, 1 Little Egret, 2 Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Wheatear

Frampton Cotterell, Perrinpit Rd:
1 Wheatear
3-9-21 Whinchat, CSC (Mark Coller)
Chipping Sodbury Common:

1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 4 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Battery Point:
2 Wheatear

Sand Point:
4 distant Curlew, 1 Kestrel, 1 juv Peregrine, 10 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield: 
17 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 7 Whinchat (Rushmead Lane), 3 Wheatear

RESERVOIRS

3-9-21 Goldeneye, nr Sutton Wick (George Stacey)
Chew Valley Lake

13 Great White Egret, 12 Little Egret

3-9-21 Greenshank, Hollowbrook (George Stacey)
Hollowbrook:
3 Goldeneye, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank

Herons Green:
4 Little Grebe, 160 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 

9-3-21 Greenshank, Stratford (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Stratford:

1 Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Greenshank, 1 juv Marsh Harrier, 1 Coal tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Herriotts:
17 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 1 Snipe, 12 Green Sandpiper, 

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