Monday 20 September 2021

20-09-21 Monday - Wryneck

Another nice day - though I started with a coat on first thing - top Bristol temp 22°C

Wryneck
Wood Sandpiper, White Wagtail
Common Scoter, Whinchat

The season of MIGRARION - this clip is of Yellow Wagtail heading into Spain from the UK 

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
2 Jay - what a row!

Henleaze:
1 Coal Tit - singing his heart out

Sea Mills - R Avon:
2 Lapwing, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gull

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Swallow, 1 Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit

Troopers Hill:
1 Wryneck - confirmed by 2nd sighting, but not re-found by the posse, 1 Raven - over

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Mute Swan, 5 Wigeon, 16 Teal, 1 Common Scoter, 4 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe -juv, 8 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Common Sandpiper, 14 Redshank, c70 Black-headed Gull, 4 Grey Heron,  3 Little Egret, 1 Swallow - over, 10 Long-t Tit - flock, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat, 5 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wagtail - over
20-09-21 Rock Pipit NP (Rosemary Setter)
New Passage/Northwick:

2 Rock Pipit

Yate:
Kingsgate Park - 9 Mute Swan, 6 Gadwall, 1 Wigeon, 100+ Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 15 Long-t Tit, 8+ Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail
Brimsham Park Lake:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Wigeon, 22 Mallard, 6 Moorhen, 2 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 

Chipping Sodbury - Park's Farm:
1 Little Egret

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Yeo:
245 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 85 Wigeon, 370 Mallard, 5+ Pintail, 100 Teal, 6 Coot, 7 Little Grebe, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 2 Grey Plover, 30 Ringed Plover, 3 Whimbrel, 145 Curlew, 5 Turnstone, 10 Knot, 250 Dunlin, 8 Common Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 150 Redshank, 1 Wood Sandpiper - Yeo, 1 Greenshank, 650 Black-headed Gull, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 60 Herring Gull, 8 Cormorant, 8 Little Egret,1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 9 Skylark, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, 22 Chiffchaff, 8 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 45 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Reed Bunting.
20-09-21 Wheatear Yatton (Mark Savage)
Yatton - Wemberham area:
1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper,1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 12 Swallow, 1 Skylark, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Wheatear, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Compton Dando - Lords Wood / Marksbury Vale:
23 Mallard, 3 Pheasant, 1 Stock Dove, 28 Woodpigeon, 5 Collared Dove, 2 Moorhen, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite - inc 1 with yellow wing tags, possibly regular - seen for 2yrs, 9 Buzzard, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 8 Jay, 5 Magpie, 15 Jackdaw, 1 Rook, 13 Carrion Crow, 4 Raven, 9 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 24 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 9 Swallow, 3 House Martin - still feeding juv, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 13 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 7 Wren, 4 Nuthatch, 16 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Mistle Thrush, 32 Robin, 13 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 8 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 28 Goldfinch

Compton Martin - Compton Wood:
2 Moorhen - pond, 1 Buzzard - mobbed by Raven, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff - singing, 1 Nuthatch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
Lapwing, 22 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 3 Cattle Egret, 8 Great White Egret, 11 Little Egret, 2 Wheatear, 

Chew Valley Lake
15 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 1 Peregrine,

20-09-21 Greenshank CVL (George Stacey)
Heron's Green:
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 4 Greenshank

Stratford:
1 Greenshank

Herriott's inc Pool:
80 Shoveler, 14+ Wigeon, 25 Pintail - over, 1 Water Rail - squealing, 1 Lapwing, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Snipe, 2 Redshank - juv, 4 Greenshank - juv, 1 Kingfisher, 2+ Cetti's Warbler

Reports:  Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Michael Davis, William Earp, Duncan Evered, Paul Gregory, Paul Hackett, Pete Hazelwood, Sue & Nigel Kempson, Andy Middleton, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle, Steve Sanins, Mark Savage, Tony Scott, Rosemary Setter, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland, Martin Wightman, Keith Vinicombe