09-04-23 Sunday - Grasshopper/Reed Warbler, Terns

Temp 6 to 16°C.Sunshine early, breezy, not cold but hazy cloud all afternoon

Garganey, Ring-necked Duck, Scaup

Osprey
Ruff, Green Sandpiper
Common and Arctic Tern

House Martin
Reed Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat
Redstart, Tree Pipit
Lesser Redpoll 

9-4-23 Yellow Wagtail, Middle Hope (Mark Savage)

BRISTOL

Hanham Hills:

Tree Pipit calling

9-4-23 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redland (Mike Owen)

Redland Green Park:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch

Stoke Park:
1 Whitethroat at gun battery

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Lesser Redpoll 

Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetland:
1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 6 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 30 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Avocet, 8 Lapwing, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Snipe, 1 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 2 Skylark, 2 Pied Wagtail

Winterbourne, Bury Hill Fort:

3 Blackcap, 1 Redstart

9-4-23 Wheatear, Sodbury Common (Martin Wightman)

Chipping Sodbury Common:

1 Red Kite, 1 m Wheatear

Windmill Fishery:

2 Canada Geese, Mallard with 14 ducklings, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, Skylark, 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaffs, 1 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Boating Lake:

13 Canada  Goose, 15 Mute Swan, 31 Mallard, 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Moorhen, 3 Herring Gull

9-4-23 Ruff, Dowlais (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon, Dowlais:

2 Ruff, 10 Redshank, 6 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow

9-4-23 Wheatear, Middle Hope (Mark Savage)

Sand Point:
2 Peregrine, 6 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 20 Willow Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, c15 Blackap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 8 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 alba wagtails, 4 Tree Pipit

Worle garden:

1 Willow Warbler

Uphill:

2 Canada Goose, 42 Shelduck, 7 Mallard, 25 Teal, 1  Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 2 Cormorant, 43 Oystercatcher, 6 Dunlin, 75 Redshank, 100 Herring Gull, 9 LBB Gull

BELOW M4 & BANES

9-4-23 Goldcrest, Somerdale (Paul Tompkins)

Keynsham Lock and Somerdale Woods:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Greenfinch

Midford:

1 m Mandarin, 2 Dipper

Freshford:

1st House Martin

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:

9 Canada Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 2 m/f Gadwall, 20 Tufted Duck, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sand Martin

Blagdon Lake:

1 m Ring-necked Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 4 Great White Egrets, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Osprey - a bit of video, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers,  2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Nuthatches, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 28 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 30 Blackcaps, 37 Wrens, 6 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 32 Robins, 9 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch

9-4-23 Garganey, Herons Green (Chris Teague)

Chew Valley Lake
2 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 100+ Sand Martin, some Swallow and a few House Martin

Dam:

1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Pied Wagtail

Picnic Site 2:

6 GC Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 12+ Chaffinch

Woodford:

2 GBB Gull, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush

Herons Green pool:

1 m Garganey, 4 Gadwall, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff

9-4-23 Raven, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:

2 Shelduck, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 2 Raven, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 12 Chaffinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Stratford:

1 Greylag Goose, 2 f Scaup

9-4-23 Green Sandpiper, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's:
4 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Red Kite, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting

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