22-09-22 Thursday - Scaup

Overcast but fine and dry, rain threatening towards the evening.  Cooler with a max temp 18°C, light North wind.

Scaup

Ruffs, Little Stints

Yellow-legged Gull

Osprey

Whinchats 

Ruff at the dam, Chew (George Stacey)

BRISTOL

no reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
15 Teal (lake), 26 Redshank and 1 Greenshank (Oldbury Pill), 6 Grey Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, c.100 Dunlin.

Pilning Wetland:

170 Canada Goose, 110 Teal, 18 Wigeon, 8 Gadwall, 1 Pintail, 3 Ruff, 330+ Black-tailed Godwits, 40 Lapwing, 7 Snipe, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron,  Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, 40+ Linnet.

Severn Beach:

94 Shelduck, 67 Ringed Plover, 1 juv. Curlew Sandpiper, 150 Dunlin, 100 Curlew,  20 Turnstone, 1 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel.

Frampton Cotterell:
Buzzard, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Peregrine, Raven, Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch, c.80 Linnet (Tubbs Bottom).

Sparrowhawk in Stanton Drew (Raoul Chandrasakera)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Yeo:

31 Shelduck, 8 Mallard,2 Woodpigeon, 2 Moorhen, 2 Oystercatcher, 30 Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, 35 Dunlin, 100 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Little Egret, 2 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 8 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 2 Wren, 14 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail (in Blind Yeo channel), 22 Meadow Pipit (parties heading south).

 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 1 Raven, 40 Skylark, 19 Swallow (going south), Chiffchaff, 4 Whinchat, 4 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear, 3 Pied Wagtail, 40 Meadow Pipit, 3 Goldfinch, 30 Linnet, Corn Bunting, 5 Yellowhammer.

Sparrowhawk in Stanton Drew (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Stanton Drew:
Sparrowhawk in a garden.

Gadwall looking good on Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

 

Dam:

6 Egyptian Goose. 1 Ruff, 1 Osprey.

Egyptian Geese at the dam, Chew (George Stacey)

Hollowbrook & Bernard King hide:

4 Ringed Plover,10  Dunlin, 6 Little Stint.

Snipe at Chew (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:

10 Wigeon, 13 Little Grebe, 50+ Great Crested Grebe, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Snipe, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 30+ Pied Wagtail, 40+ Meadow Pipit.

Moreton:

50+ Great Crested Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 2 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl (calling by the hide), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 2 Jay, 30+ mixed Jackdaw & Crow, 2 Raven, 9+ LT Tit, 2 Reed Bunting.

Grey Wagtail at Herriotts Bridge (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's Bridge:

1 Shelduck, 30+ Gadwall, 100's Teal and Wigeon, 1 f. Scaup, Tufted Duck, 3 Water Rail, 18 Lapwing, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 2 Ruff, 20+ Dunlin, 50+ Snipe, 8 Green Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 9 Cattle Egret (in the pool), 5 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine,  2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Grey Wagtail, 20+ Pied Wagtail.

Another view of that obliging Ruff at Chew (George Stacey)

Reports: Peter Coslett, Anne Crowe, John Lewis, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Avon Bird News Group, Frampton Cotterell Nature, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG