Thursday, 28 September 2023

28-09-23 Thursday - a lot more Curlew Sandpipers

Temp 13°C to 17°C.  Overcast, murky and rather cooler.  Rain threatened all day but only materialised in the early evening.  A moderate SW wind.

Grey Phalarope
Curlew Sandpipers and Little Stints

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
vismig to south 7.30-8.30 am:- 8 House Martin, 7 Swallow, 48 Meadow Pipit, 1 alba wagtail, 1 Siskin

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
Kestrel in Stoke Park (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Grey Plover, 12 Knot, 300 Dunlin (including two juv. Greenland race artica), 18 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stint, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Wheatear

Pilning Wetlands:
Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stint, 3 Chiffchaff

Severn Beach:
5 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Sanderling, 2 Little Stint

NORTH SOMERSET
no reports

BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
Grey Phalarope at Chew dam (Merv Carlyon)
Dam:
Grey Phalarope (1st winter), 1 Common Sandpiper

Moreton:
Red Kite, 2 Marsh Harrier, Hobby

Stratford:
1 Snipe, 3 Marsh Harrier (f. and 2 juvs.), Hobby, 2 Rook

Reported by: Merv Carlyon, Andy Davis, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Andrew Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, all contributors to local WhatsApp groupsblagdonlakebirds, opsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG