23-09-23 Saturday - Garganey

Temp 8°C to 18°C. Sunny morning turning cloudy. Mild SSW wind.

Garganey
Curlew Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit
Ring-necked Parakeet
Firecrest
Siskin

23-9-23 Mute Swan, Chew Valley Lake (Lucy Masters)

BRISTOL

Aston, Carrington Road garden:

1 Sparrowhawk

23-9-23 Meadow Pipit, Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)

Stoke Park:
2 Mute Swan, 10 Mallard, 60+ Feral Pigeon, 15 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 6 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Jay, 20+ Magpie, 48 Jackdaw, 11 Carrion Crow, 2 Rook, 1 Coal Tit, 21+ Blue Tit, 9 Great Tit, 15 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 m/f Blackcap, 1 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 20+ Starling, 6 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 2 m/f Stonechat, 30 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 40+ Meadow Pipit, 1 m Bullfinch, 10 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Mute Swan, 1 Little Grebe, 75+ Turnstone, 12 Dunlin, 1 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine, 31 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 6 Goldcrest, 29 Robin, 4 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 1 f House Sparrow, 8 Siskin

Northwick Warth:
25 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 7 Ringed Plover, 10 Turnstone, 1 Sanderling, 18 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Wheatear

Wickwar, NW:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 12 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 50+ Meadow Pipit

Rodway Common:

1 Little Owl, 1 m Tawny Owl

Coalpit Heath/Westerleigh, Box Hedge Farm:

1 Raven, 2 Swallow at Ram Hill, 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 10 Meadow Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

23-9-23 Curlew Sandpiper, Sand Bay (Matt Hull)

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
17 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 75 Ringed Plover, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 19 Knot, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Sanderling, 140 Dunlin, 1+ Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 9 Skylark, 40 Swallow, 60 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 25 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest, 18 Goldcrest, 1 Whinchat, 5 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 alba Wagtail, 170 Meadow Pipit, 13 Chaffinch, 10 Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch, 95 Linnet, 1 Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting

Felton Common:

2 Red Kite 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Chew Magna:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet

Wemberham Lane, Yatton:

75 Pied Wagtail to roost

Sandford Hill:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, usual Buzzard and Raven, 10 Swallow

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

2 Shoveler, not many Teal, quite a lot of Great Crested Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 2 GBB Gull, 3 Grey Heron+, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 2 Jay, only 1 Magpie!!! , c 20 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Chew Valley Lake

Stratford:

1 Garganey, 1 Osprey, 1 Kingfisher

Reports: Alan,  Rich Andrews, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Andy Davis, Heather England, Anthony Goodwin, Peter Hazelwood, Matthew Hobbs, Adrian Hockey, Matt Hull, Simon Isgar, Mike Jackson, Lucy Masters, Mike Moxon, Patrick Richards, Trevor Riddle, Paul Sadley, Larry Sweetland, Bob and Catherine Webber, blagdonlakebirds, eBird, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG