Sunday, 19 September 2021

19-09-21 Sunday - Sandwich Tern

Sunny morning, then rained as predicted around 1.30pm;  cloudy in p.m. Bristol max 19 °C

Common Scoter, Garganey
Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Sandwich Tern
Cattle Egret 
Spotted Flycatcher
Whinchat
Quail

BRISTOL

No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Yacht club - 3 Wigeon, 4 Little Egret, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 3 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 30 Goldfinch
Pillhead Gout - 1 m Common Scoter (late pm), 1 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 22 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Redshank, 75 Black-headed Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Raven, 3 Wheatear

New Passage:
244 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Knot,1 Peregrine 
19-09-21 Spotted Flycatcher, Pilning Wetlands (Aravind Ramesh)
Pilning Wetlands:
3 Canada Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 3 Shoveler, 20 Gadwall, 4 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 18 Moorhen, 14 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, c.40 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, c.50 Redshank, 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, flock 25 Linnet, flock c.70 Goldfinch

Severn Beach:
high tide roost - 61 Ringed Plover, 300+ Dunlin, 7 Knot plus elsewhere 8 House Martin, c.80 Starling, 2 Wheatear

Chipping Sodbury Ridge Woods:
14 Woodpigeon, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 10 Rook, 7 Great Tit, 4 Swallow, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 5 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Blackbird, 20 Robin

Yate:
Garden - 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

Iron Acton:
Garden Centre - 1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby

Swineford / North Stoke / Pipley Wood / Upton Cheyney circuit:
9 Pheasant, 24 Woodpigeon, 4 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Jay, 11 Magpie, 12 Jackdaw, 14 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 14 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 15 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Blackbird, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 14 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea - Youngwood Lane:
8 Swallow, 1 Mistle Thrush

Backwell Lake:
17 Mute Swan - inc 4 cygnets, 3 Shoveler, 36 Mallard, 6 Moorhen - inc 3 juv, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven

Clevedon - Yeo:
Combined reports - 3 Egyptian Goose, 10 Mute Swan, 80 Shelduck, 80 Teal, 130 Mallard, 3 Wigeon,  4 Coot, 56 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover,  c 40 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 125 Curlew, 280 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint (with  small group of Dunlin), 8 Knot, 1 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 175 Redshank, 6 Greenshank, 350 Black-headed Gull, 25 Herring Gull, 3 GBB Gull (adult and 2 juvs), 10 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, m + f Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 4 Skylark, 8 Swallow, 3 Wheatear, 20 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield: - Rushmead Fm:
2 Quail - flushed up

Paulton:
2 Buzzard, 160 Swallow (pulses of 15 to 50 birds going south over the ridge in about an hour's worth of viewing), 20 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Hollowbrook:
9 Ringed Plover
19-09-21 Sandwich Terns, Heron's Green Bay (Lee Gardiner)
Heron's Green:
5 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank,  5 Greenshank, 4 Sandwich Tern, 5 Cattle Egret, 15 Great White Egret
19-09-21 Cattle Egrets, Heron's Green Bay (Lee Gardiner)
Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Garganey, 9 Lapwing, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 20 Snipe, 14 Green Sandpiper, 13 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 1 Kingfisher

Reports: John Barnett, Peter Bryant,  Paul Chapman, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Richard Giles, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Pete Hazelwood, Stefan Hill, Simon Isgar, Sue Kempson, Paul Marshall, Andy Middleton, Fiona Neate,  Lois Pryce,  Aravind Ramesh, Harvey Rose