Tuesday 20 September 2022

20-09-22 Tuesday - Wryneck

Sunny intervals with light winds. Temp 8°C to 18°C.

Wryneck
Pectoral Sandpiper
Osprey

BRISTOL
20-09-22 Wheatear, Purdown (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
Purdown & Stoke Park:
1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear

Temple Quay:
1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Carrion Crow, 20 Starling

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
Canada Goose, Mallard, 2 Collared Dove, 3 Curlew, 93 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Turnstone, 20 Dunlin, 9 Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, 10 Starling, House Sparrow

Severn Beach:
Shelduck, 24 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, 6 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Pied Wagtail
20-09-22 Wryneck, CSC (Mark Coller)
Chipping Sodbury Common:

1 Red Kite, 1 Wryneck, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, c20 Meadow Pipits

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake:
1 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe (inc 2 juv), 1 Snipe (flyover), 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay
20-09-22 Mistle Thrush, Tickenham (Vera Carpenter)
Tickenham (BOC Walk):

1 Mute Swan, 3 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 9 Swallow, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 67 Starling, 1 Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, 3 Stonechat, House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 12 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 21 Goldfinch

Walton Bay:
1 Marsh Harrier (for a garden tick)

BELOW M4 & BANES
20-09-22 Stonechat MF (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield:
3 Buzzard, 2 Swallow, 2 Whinchat, 8 Stonechat, 7 Wheatear, 20+ Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Goldfinch, 5 Yellowhammer

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Reed Warbler (unusual here)

Bishop Sutton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (male)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
Lapwing, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, 2 Greenshank

Chew Valley Lake

Bernard King Hide:
20+ Ringed Plover, 6+ Meadow Pipit
20-09-2022 Pectoral Sandpiper, Herons Green (Martin Tayler)
Heron's Green:

1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 6 Cattle Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret

Moreton:
1 Osprey
20-09-22 Marsh Harrier, Stratford (Martin Tayler)
Stratford:

1 Curlew, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 5 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier (tagged Orange 'VJ'), 1 Peregrine
20-09-22 Water rail, Herriotts (Merv Carlyon)
Herriott's inc Pool:

400 Shoveler, 20 Pintail, 2 Water Rail, 14 Lapwing, 33 Snipe, 6 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Gull, 12 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret and 2 Little Egret into roost, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Reports: Di Bunniss, Merv Carlyon, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Alan Daniels, Paul Francis, Dave Hughes, Rob Hargreaves, Steve Hurley, Frankie Macrow, Lucy Masters, Vic Polley, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Harvey Rose, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland, Martin Tayler, Gwen Thomas,