13-09-22 Tuesday - Osprey

Overcast, but a fine, cool morning seguing into a thoroughly wet and dismal day when the rain started at 11-ish.  Max temp c. 19°C with a gusty SW wind.

Spotted Flycatcher in Stoke Park (Martin Tayler)

Osprey

Ruffs, Wood Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Whinchats

Ring-necked Parakeet at Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)

BRISTOL

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:

2 Mute Swan, 8 Mallard, 150+ Feral Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, 18 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 12 Moorhen, 7 Coot, 5 LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 11 Magpie, 18 Jackdaw, 14 Carrion Crow, 18+ Blue Tit, 8+ Great Tit, 25+ Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 juv.  Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Wren, 50+ Starling, 7 Blackbird, 8 Robin, 2 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat (first of the autumn here), 10+House Sparrow, 3 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch.

Stonechat at Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

Sanderling (still on the seawall).

2 Spotted Flycatcher (with tit flocks on NE side of Lagoon 2).

2 Wheatear (Shepperdine).

Vismig (10 mins at 9 a.m. to NE into cool wind):

 45 Swallow, 1+ House Martin, 7 Meadow Pipit, 3 Linnet.

Aust Warth:

(0640-0830, all NE)   1 Hobby, 11 Raven, 90 Swallow, 42 House Martin, 1 Treecreeper (locally most unusual), 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 120 Linnet.

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 3 Redstart, 2 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit.

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake (BOC walk):
10 Mute Swan, 1 Gadwall, c.40 Mallard, Feral Pigeon, 4 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, c.20 Collared Dove, c.10 Moorhen, 4 Little Grebe, 15 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Jay, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 11 Swallow, 8 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Wren, c.70 Starling, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports

Cattle Egrets on Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

1 Ruff, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 14 Little Egret, 24 Great White Egret.

Chew Valley Lake

Heron's Green:

13 Little Grebe, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper (elusive - gets down behind the causeway), 1 ad. Yellow-legged Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 20+ hirundines (mostly Sand Martin), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 70+ Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit.

Osprey in its favoured tree at Moreton (Tony Bridges)

Moreton:

1 Osprey (sitting in its favourite tree or flying over Moreton)     

Stratford:

1 Garganey, 3 Water Rail, 14 Ringed Plover, 41 Black-tailed Godwit, 18 Knot, 9 juv Ruff, 7 Dunlin, 20 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 21 Cattle Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Red Kite, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 ad Hobby, 21 ad m Peregrine, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Meadow Pipit

Wood Sandpiper and Snipe on Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's Bridge:

2 Ringed Teal (South American escapes), 1 Shelduck, 68 Shoveler, 12 Pintail, 3 Water Rail, 16 Lapwing, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Ruff, 44 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 4 GBB Gull, 15 Cattle Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 7 Jackdaw, 30+ hirundines (mostly Sand Martin), 2 Cetti's Warbler (calling), 1 Grey Wagtail, 20+ Pied Wagtail.

One for the unwary - escaped Ringed Teal at Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Tony Cook, Alan Daniells, Rob Hargreaves, MJ, Aravind Ramesh, Patrick Richards, Larry Sweetland, Martin Tayler, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG