09-01-23 Monday - Purple Sandpiper

 Temp 10° to 6°C     Sun was nice but still feeling chilly, with some light but gusty W winds

Purple Sandpiper

Mediterranean Gull

Spoonbill

Merlin

Smew

Ring-necked Duck

BRISTOL

Combe Dingle:

1 Kingfisher, Blue, Great, and Long-tailed Tit flock with at least 5 Goldcrest

Clifton Down - Avon Gorge:

1 Peregrine - Orange ring PNX

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Mute Swan, 157 Wigeon, 2 Pintail, 20 Teal, 75 Lapwing, 300 Curlew, 500 Dunlin, 35 Redshank, 2 Buzzard, 1 Merlin - hunting over farmland, 2 Peregrine, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 1

Brambling - reported and photographed by a group of birdwatchers from Thornbury, 18 Yellowhammer

09-01-23 Kestrel Aust Warth (Matty England)

Aust Warth:

Kestrel

New Passage/Northwick:
23 Canada Goose, 12 Shelduck, 350 Wigeon, 92 Oystercatcher, 188 Curlew, 5 Turnstone, 3000 Dunlin, 190 Redshank

Pilning Wetlands:
5 Shelduck, 18 Wigeon, 67 Teal, 39 Lapwing, 100 Black-tailed godwit, 100 Black-headed Gull

Severn Beach:
1 Black Redstart

09-01-23 Grey Wagtail Yate (Chris Teague)

Yate:

 - garden one: 1 Sparrowhawk

 - garden two: 1 Grey Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

09-01-2023 Purple Sandpiper Battery Point (Howard Taffs)

Portishead - Battery Point:
2 Purple Sandpiper - just after am high tide

Clevedon - Yeo:
90 Canada Goose, 245 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 375 Wigeon, 90 Mallard, 110 Teal, 15 Coot, 40 Avocet - Yeo Est, 35 Lapwing, 6 Grey Plover, 175 Curlew, 30 Dunlin, 130 Redshank, 300 Black Headed Gull, 25 Common Gull, 130 Herring Gull, 1 Spoonbill - Yeo Est, 1 possible Cattle Egret, 21 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 10 Skylark, 250 Starling, 85 Redwing, 100 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit, 7 Linnet, 15 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting - -  2 Otter at the Strode Rd bridge

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Kittiwake, 1 Common Gull, 1 Goldcrest 

Weston-Super-Mare:
1 Black Redstart - back by Ashcombe School

Worlebury - Golf course:
3 Mistle Thrush

Congresbury Moor:
1 Lt Egret, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 100 Fieldfare, 200 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Greenfinch and 1 Reed Bunting.

Yatton:

3 Lt Egret, 1 Kestrel, 60 Fieldfare and 120 Redwing.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham Hill & Hanham Abbots:

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 31 Redwing,

Bromley Heath - garden:
1 Blackcap (f)

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
1 Treecreeper

Burnett:

1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 80 mix of Jackdaw and Carrion Crow

Saltford, Avon Farm:
2 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Redwing, 9 Fieldfare

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

1 Ring-necked Duck (m), 1 Scaup (m), 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
20 Goosander

09-01-23 Goosander CVL (George Stacey)

Wally Bank:
20 Goosander  (10f/10m)

Heron's Green:
20+ Wigeon, 20+ Pochard, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Smew, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard - very light bird, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail

09-01-23 Sparrowhawk CVL (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
50+ Teal, 15+ Pochard, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 2 GS Woodpecker,  2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ L TT, 100+ Starling, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Goldcrest, 60+ Redwing, 10+ Fieldfare, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit

09-03-23 Common Snipe CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
35 Snipe, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6+ L TT, 1 Pied Wagtail

Herriott's inc Pool:
9 Shelduck, 4 Goosander, 2 Water Rail - calling, 40+ Lapwing, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 200+ BH Gull, 25+ Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 4 Jackdaw, 3 Cetti's Warbler - calling, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Reported by:  Daniel Callejo, Stephen Curtis, Matty England, Chris Gay, Andy Gibbs, Robert Hargreaves, Andrew Harrison, David Howes, Matt Hull, Nigel Kempson, Craig Lewis, Andy Middleton, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Carol Rushton, Steve Sanins, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson
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