Temp 15°C to 21°C - cloudy with the sun breaking through later - v light wind boxing the compass until it steadied to Westerly in the late afternoon.
Cattle Egret
Little Stint
Whimbrel
BRISTOL
Clifton Down:
2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Blackcap - subsong
Eastville Park:
1 Yellow Wagtail - over
Hotwells:
25 Canada Goose - heading to the centre in V formation
Stoke Park:
Swift - over
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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| 1-9-23 Little Stint OPS (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
22 Canada Goose, 20 Mallard, 2 Teal, 27 Ringed Plover, 40 Turnstone, 4 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 15 Common Sandpiper, 3 Wheatear, 2 Grey Wagtail
New Passage/Northwick:
60 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 30 Shoveler, 123 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 23 Lapwing, 25 Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 200 Curlew, 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Turnstone, 21 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret
Pilning Wetlands:
6 Shoveler, 20 Lapwing, 3 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Yellow Wagtail
60 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 30 Shoveler, 123 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 23 Lapwing, 25 Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 200 Curlew, 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Turnstone, 21 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret
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| 1-9-23 Cattle Egret PIL (Paul Bowerman) |
6 Shoveler, 20 Lapwing, 3 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Yellow Wagtail
Severn Beach:
217 Ringed Plover, 15 Turnstone, 44 Knot, 200 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Grey Heron, 20 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 32 Swallow, 1 Wheatear
Wickwar - garden:
3 Blackcap - feeding on blackberry, 1 Redstart
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat
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| 1-9-23 Spotter Flycatcher CSC (Heather England) |
1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat
Coalpit Heath, Broad Lane:
Buzzard, Great Spotted & Green Woodpecker, 2 Hobby, Raven, Coal Tit, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Nuthatch, 7 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Redstart, Bullfinch
NORTH SOMERSET
Buzzard, Great Spotted & Green Woodpecker, 2 Hobby, Raven, Coal Tit, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Nuthatch, 7 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Redstart, Bullfinch
NORTH SOMERSET
Walton Common:
1 Goshawk - possible, farmers report. Anyone else seen owt?
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| 1-9-23 Whimbrel Sand Point (Simon Williams) |
38 Whimbrel - v formation, heading south, calling
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| 1-9-23 Wheatear Felton Common (Dave Hughes) |
12 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 1 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wagtail
Congresbury Moor:
3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 5 Raven, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 4 Whinchat
3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 5 Raven, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 4 Whinchat
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| 1-9-23 Wheatear Oldland Common (Nigel Kempson) |
50 Starling, 1 Wheatear, 15 House Sparrow
Downend:
1 Swift
Hanham - garden:
Downend:
1 Swift
Hanham - garden:
1 Swift - over
Willsbridge Mill:
1 Sparrowhawk - low pass
Keynsham - R Avon:
17 Swallow, 1 House Martin - skim drinking
Middledown:
6+ Wheatear
RESERVOIRS
Willsbridge Mill:
1 Sparrowhawk - low pass
Keynsham - R Avon:
17 Swallow, 1 House Martin - skim drinking
Middledown:
6+ Wheatear
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Woodford:
76 Mute Swan, 140+ Great Crested Grebe, 19 Cormorant - fishing, 2 Great Egret, 4 G-BB Gull, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Robin
Villice:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk (f), 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 2 Hobby - inc a juv,
Herons Green:
200+ Coot, 2 Little Grebe - no sign of the nest, 2 Great Crested Grebe - + 1 big juv, 2 Common Sandpiper, 100+ B-H Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Egret, 2 Buzzard - juv, 2 Swallow, 4 H Martin, 7 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail
1 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk (f), 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 2 Hobby - inc a juv,
Herons Green:
200+ Coot, 2 Little Grebe - no sign of the nest, 2 Great Crested Grebe - + 1 big juv, 2 Common Sandpiper, 100+ B-H Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Egret, 2 Buzzard - juv, 2 Swallow, 4 H Martin, 7 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail
Moreton:
Mute Swan - inc cygnet, one Polish version, 4 Cormorant, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Egret, 1 G-S Woodpecker, 2 Jay - caching acorn, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 30+ mixed Tit and LTT Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest 2 Dunnock, 8 Chaffinch
Stratford:
1 Water Rail - calling, 1 Hobby, 1 Sedge Warbler - juv, 2 Reed Warbler,
1 Water Rail - calling, 1 Hobby, 1 Sedge Warbler - juv, 2 Reed Warbler,
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| 1-9-23 Med Gull CVL (Ian Stapp) |
2 Shelduck - inc a duckling, 28 Shoveler, 5 Pintail, 4 Little Grebe, 5 Moorhen, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull - 1st wint, B-H Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 2 Buzzard, 2 Hobby, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff - 1 singing, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail
Reported by: Morris Benson, Paul Bowerman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Raoul Chandrasakera, Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Barry Dursley, Ollie Fournier, David Hanks, Dave Hughes, Nigel Kempson, Brian Lancastle, Rob Laughton, Andy Middleton, Robbie Morse, Paul Sadley, Steve Sanins, Joe Sargent, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, Dan White, Simon Williams
