Wednesday 8 September 2021

08-09-21 Wednesday - Curlew Sandpiper

Temp 16 - 25°C.  Sunny start to the day with cloud building mid afternoon accompanied by a moderate breeze.

Curlew Sandpiper
Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret
Red Kite
Hobby
Firecrest
White Wagtail
Swift

BRISTOL

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
3 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Common Redstart 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Water Rail, 2 Tawny Owl calling, 1 Common Sandpiper (Yacht Club)1 Kingfisher (Oldbury Sluice), 2 Sand Martin, c50 Swallow, 3+ House Martin, 1 Whitethroat (Lagoon 2)
 
Aust:
2 Red Kite

New Passage/Northwick:
12 Turnstone, 1 Pied Wagtail

Northwick Warth:
3 Lapwing, 1 Little Ringed Plover,11 Wheatear, 90+ Linnet, 9 Yellow Wagtail
08-09-21 Curlew Sandpiper, Shaft Rocks, Severn Beach (Rosemary Setter)
Severn Beach:
1 Curlew Sandpiper, Ringed Plover and Dunlin (mixed flock - Shaft Rocks),  40+ Chiffchaff, c20+ Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 5 Common Whitethroat (juvs) 

New Pill:
35+ Curlew, 5 Little Egret

Chessel Pill:
24 Teal, 1 Ringed Plover

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Common Redstart, 5 Whinchat, very few Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, and Blackcap

Charfield:
1 Hobby

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Yeo:
350 Shelduck, 1 Shoveler, 55 Teal, 2 Moorhen, 4 Little Grebe, 21 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 180 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 165 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Turnstone,1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Sanderling, 500 Dunlin, 5 Common Sandpiper,  215 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1250 BH Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 200 Herring Gull, 8 LBB Gull, 8 Cormorant, 1 Great White Egret, 12 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 5 Skylark, 650 Swallow, 80 House Martin, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 26 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 12 Wheatear, 25 Pied Wagtail, 7 White Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 40 Linnet, 100 Goldfinch, 6 Reed Bunting

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 84 Swallow, 11 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaffs, 11 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Firecrest (in car park), 2 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 27 Meadow Pipit, 1 Tree Pipit,1 Reed Bunting
08-09-21 Glossy Ibis, Weston Sewage Treatment Works (Mark Ponsford
Weston-Super-Mare, Weston Sewage Treatment Works:
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Glossy Ibis, 1 Cattle Egret

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham Abbots:
1 LBB Gull, 2 Chiffchaff (singing unseen), 1 (probable) Sedge Warbler, 5 Blackcap (m), 3 Common Whitethroat, Goldfinch (juv) possibly including 2 Linnet (mixed flock)

Willsbridge
1 Kestrel

Dyrham, Lower Ledge Farm:
2 Cormorant, 1 Red Kite
08-09-21 Yellowhammer, Drifton Hill (Peter Coslett)
West Kington, Drifton Hill
4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Whinchat, 10 Wheatear, 15 Linnet,1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
Site list from MJ
3 Egyptian Goose - inc juv, 21 Pintail, 2 Swift, 12 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover - juv, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, 1 Dunlin - juv, 13 Snipe, 10 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 27 Great White Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, - juv, 2nd yr, 4 Hobby, - inc juv, ad, 2nd yr, 2 Nuthatch - feeders, 
08-09-21 Greenshank, CVL, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green:  
2 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 8 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank,  3 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 7 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard (one very white bird), 2 Raven, 10+ Swallow and House Martin, 10 Pied Wagtail      

Stratford:
3 Greenshank, 27 Great White Egret, 1 Hobby

Herriott's inc Pool:     
34 Shoveler, 50+ Gadwall, 14 Wigeon, 6 Pintail, 25+ Teal, 7 Moorhen, 100+ Great-crested Grebe, 6 Ruff (5 juv), 7 Snipe, 10 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 4 GBB Gull,  22+ Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron , 9 Great White Egret , 3 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting    

Reports:  Andrew@TheorginalLuffy, Paul Chapman, Mark Collier, Peter Coslett, Andy Davis, Geoff Hardman, Matt Hull, MJ, Nigel Kempson, Lisegirl, Mark Ponsford, Phil Quinn, Steve Sanins, Rosemary Setter, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Martin Taylor, Dan White blagdonlakebirdsCVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG