Sunday, 3 September 2023

03-09-23 Sunday

 Temp 13°C to 25°C - sunny all day, with a light East wind.

Whimbrel
Tree Pipit
Avocet
Knot
Garden Warbler
Firecrest

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
17 Coot, 32 Black-headed Gull, 5 Canada Goose

Redland (garden):
2 Magpie, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 10+ House Sparrow

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Swallow (south), 2 Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Ringed Plover, OPS (Mike Davis)

Yellow Wagtail, OPS (Craig Lewis)

Oldbury Power Station:
Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail

Aust Services:
2 Pintail (over - SW), 4+ Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Wheatear, 18+ Tree Pipit, 1 Redpoll

Pilning Wetlands:
2 Avocet, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 1 Marsh Harrier (hunting)


Dunlin/Ringed Plover, Severn Beach (Rob Hargreaves)

Severn Beach:
c80 Ringed Plover, 4 Turnstone, c60 Dunlin

Reed Bunting, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar:
4 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 1 Reed Bunting

Yate Common:
6 Swallows

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Red Kite, 40+ Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, 12+ Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 8+ Lesser Whitethroat, 6+ Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 10+ Redstart, 3 Whinchat, 2 Tree Pipit

Nibley to Tubbs Bottom:
1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher

NORTH SOMERSET


Knot, Clevedon (Jason Williams)

Clevedon - Yeo:
c120 Shelduck, 2 Little Grebe, 20 Oystercatcher, 70 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, c120 Curlew, 5 Knot, 60 Dunlin, 5 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great White Egret, c10 Little Egret, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, c10 Wheatear, 22 Yellow Wagtail

Sand Point/Bay:
7+ Whimbrel, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sand Martin, 16 Swallow, 5+ House Martin, 11 Willow Warbler, 18 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 23 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Firecrest, 4+ Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Wheatear, 8 Yellow Wagtail, 24 Meadow Pipit, 9 Tree Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bradley Stoke:
2 Buzzard, 2 Raven (soaring)

River Avon (Willsbridge to Chequers):
2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 70+ Swallow (sitting on earth wire between pylons), 4 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat

Keynsham, Manor Road Community Woodlands:
5 Raven, 50+ Starling

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 4 Kingfisher



Mediterranean Gull, Villice (David Hughes)

Villice:

1 Mediterranean Gull (1st Winter), 1 Common Tern, 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Hobby

Herons Green:
200+ Coot, 2 Common Sandpiper, 60+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 5 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Pied/White Wagtail



Reed Warbler/ Jackdaw, Herriots (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:

2 Shelduck, 34 Shoveler, 4 Pintail, 4 Moorhen, 140+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 8 Jackdaw, 2 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Pied/White Wagtail

Reported by:  Nancy Barrett,  Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller,  Barry Dursley,  Anthony Goodwin, Robert Hargreaves, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, ~Jack, ~Simon, Sue Kempson, Craig Lewis, Mike Prior, Aravind Ramesh, Paul Sadley, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland,  Howard Taffs, Wayne Tucker, Jason Williams