24-09-21 Friday

Another sunny September day. Bristol temperatures 15 - 21°C

Common Scoter, Goosander 

Bar- tailed Godwit

Cattle Egret

24-09-21 Cattle Egrets, Heron's Green,  CVL (George Stacey

BRISTOL

No reports yet

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine: 

2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-tailed Godwit,  4 Common Sandpiper, 8 Swallow, 2 Stonechat, 4+ Wheatear

Oldbury Power Station:

22 Teal, 8 Wigeon,  1 Common Scoter (for ninth day still, towards Littleton, between orange buoy and shore), 1 Little Grebe,  9 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover ( heard), 1 Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 Turnstone, 28 Redshank, 5 Little Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher (Oldbury Pill), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 100 Starling, 4 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, 50 Meadow Pipit, 70 Goldfinch 

NORTH SOMERSET

Kenn:
Duck Lane garden pond - I Grey Wagtail (first for some months)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Wheatear

Chew Magna:

Fields around + nearby small reservoir - 3 Little Grebe, 25 Herring Gull, 35 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 6 Skylark, 3 Mistle Thrush, 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Species noted on a visit to 3 sites (HG, Stratford and Herriotts) - Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Shoveler ( many, most still in eclipse), Gadwall (many), Mallard, Pintail, Teal (large numbers, especially at Stratford), 8 Pochard, Tufted Duck (large flock off Stratford), Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Coot , Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Lapwing, Snipe, 5 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Heron, Great White Egret, 1 f-type Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow,4 Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird,  Pied Wagtail

24-09-21 Snipe, Hollowbrook,  CVL (George Stacey)

Denny Island:

2 female-type Goosander 

Hollowbrook:
2 Black tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 4 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank 

24-09-21 Gadwall, Villice Bay, CVL (George Stacey)

Heron's Green:
3 Snipe, 1 Redshank,1 Greenshank, 10 Cattle Egret 

Stratford:
1 Dunlin ( heard)

Herriott's inc Pool:

8 Black-tailed Godwit, 27 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier,1 Peregrine

Reports: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Adam Cross, Andy Davis, Patrick Hancock, Peter Hazelwood, Andy Middleton, George Stacey, opsbirding