Nice warm sun after the rain, up to 18 °C, sadly it didn't last
Yellow Wagtail
Little Stint
Red Kite
Hobby
Grey Plover
Bar-tailed Godwit
Cattle Egret
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| 27-09-21 Greenshank, CVL (Robert Hargreaves) |
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| 27-09-21 Kingfisher EP (Allan Chard) |
1 Kingfisher
Eastville:
1 Peregrine - over
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Mute Swan, 4 Ringed Plover, Curlew - inc head start 21 & 23, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Black-tailed Godwit - inc. 2 juv, 3 Turnstone, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, Chiffchaff, 1 Wheatear
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| 27-09-21 Sparrowhawk Pilning Wetlands (Lisa Presland) |
37 Canada Goose, 4 Mute Swan, 18 Gadwall, 30 Wigeon, 45 Mallard, 54 Teal, 3 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 30+ Oystercatcher, 47 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 10+ Curlew, 183 Black-tailed Godwit, 35 Knot, 5 Turnstone, 2 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 106 Redshank, 96 Black-headed Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 400+ Linnet - in flight as several smaller flocks but mostly foraged together on the saltmarsh as one large flock
New Pill:
10+ Curlew, 60+ Black-headed Gull, 3 Little Egret
Severn Beach:
12+ Turnstone, 60+ Ringed Plover, 1 Little Stint, 600+ Dunlin
Almondsbury - garden:
12+ Turnstone, 60+ Ringed Plover, 1 Little Stint, 600+ Dunlin
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| 27-09-21 Green Woodpecker Almondsbury (Vĕra Carpenter) |
1 Green Woodpecker
NORTH SOMERSET
Backwell Lake:
2 Canada Goose, 16 Mute Swan - including 4 cygnets (orphaned brood), usual Mallard but no other duck species, 1 Water Rail - heard, 6 Moorhen, 30 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Wren
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge:
4 Nuthatch, 1 Dipper, 3 Grey Wagtail,
Compton Dando - Tucking Mill:
1 Red Kite
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Lots of Shoveler, Wigeon and Pintail, 1 Hobby - juv, out over the main lake
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| 27-09-21 Snipe CVL (George Stacey) |
1 Snipe
Heron's Green:
Shoveler, Teal, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 7 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret
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| 27-09-21 Grey Plover CVL (Robert Hargreaves) |
17 Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Knot, 1 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 1 Marsh Harrier - juv, 1 Hobby, 4 Swallow or House Martin - very high
Herriott's inc Pool:
29 Black-tailed Godwit, 33 Snipe, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 Great White Egret
OUT OF AREA:
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| 27-09-21 Pectoral Sandpiper Chedder Res (George Stacey) |
1 Pectoral Sandpiper
Reports: Vĕra Carpenter, Alan Chard, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Olli Fournier, Paul Francis, Matt Hall, Robert Hargreaves, Rob Martin, Chris Mott, Lisa Presland, Phil Quinn, George Stacey,
