Saturday 30 September 2023

30-09-2023 Saturday - Spoonbill

Temp 14°C to 21°C -  A few sunny intervals but mostly light cloud,  Moderate breeze from the South..

Spoonbill
Pink-footed Goose
Redwing
Cattle Egret

BRISTOL

Eastville (vismig from a roof 11:15 - 12:15hrs - south):
17 Swallow, 13 Meadow Pipit

Purdown (vismig 07:15 - 09:15hrs - southish):
37 Swallow, 1 House Martin  4 Pied/White Wagtail (form alba), 191 Meadow Pipit, 7 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet, 5 Siskin

Hotwells (Festival Nature Walk):
1 Mallard, Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, 5 Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Jay, 4 Magpie, 13+ Jackdaw, 3 Rook, 4 Carrion Crow, 1+ Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Starling, 3+ Blackbird, 4+ Robin, 3+ House Sparrow
M+F Stonechats, Stoke Park (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
2 Mute Swan, 19 Mallard,  102 Feral Pigeon, 50 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 7 Moorhen, 2 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Ring Necked Parakeet, 7 Jay, 11 Magpie, 15 Jackdaw, 18 Carrion Crow, 3 Raven, 10 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 4 Swallow,  3 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 56 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 7 Robin, 7 Stonechat (4m 3f),  20 House Sparrow, 6 Dunnock, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch 14 Goldfinch.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Chiffchaff (form Tristis - new earliest date for S Glos - lagoon 3)

NP/Pilning:
1 Pink-footed Goose (new earliest date for SGlos)

Coalpit Heath:
1 Cattle Egret, 3 Buzzard, 6 Skylark, 14 Swallow, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Stonechat, 50+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Warf:
4 Redwing (over)

Clevedon - Yeo:
10 Mute Swan, 650 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 200 Mallard, 60 Teal, 8 Coot, 3 Little Grebe, 82 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Plover, 20 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 140 Curlew, 75 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 380 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 575 Black-headed Gull, 200 Herring Gull, 33 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 16 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 5 Jay, 6 Raven, 41 Skylark, 25 Swallow, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 15 Long-tailed Tit, 18 Chiffchaff, 50 Starling, 1 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 17 Pied/White Wagtail (1 form Alba), 500 Meadow Pipit (to SW), 1 Rock Pipit, 25 Chaffinch, 10 Greenfinch, 150 Linnet, 2 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting (Dowlais)

Lulsgate:
"Lots of Swallows streaming SE."

Weston-Super-Mare:
2 Raven, 5 Swallows (heading South), 1 Stonechat

Banwell (garden):
1 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff

BELOW M4 & BANES

Siston:
1 Raven (over)

Hanham Abbots:
1 Peregrine, 3 Swallow
Kingfisher, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)
Chew Stoke:

1 Kingfisher

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
44 Cattle Egret

Chew Valley Lake
Stonechat, Nunnery (Lucy Masters)

Nunnery:

1 Kingfisher, 1 Stonechat (f)

Common Tern, Herons Green (Wayne Tucker)

Herons Green:

1 Common Tern
Spoonbill, Moreton (David Hughes)
Spoonbill, Moreton (Wayne Tucker)

Ringed Spoonbill, Moreton (Simon Isgar)
Moreton:
5 Spoonbill (1 bird ringed in the Netherlands, Also reported at Slimbridge 3rd & 23rd), 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kingfisher

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Anthony Godwin, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Pete Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, Simon Isgar,  Mike Jackson, Nigel Kempson, Lucy Masters, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Nevitt,  Dean Reeves, Steve Sanins, Larry Sweetland, Johnn Thorogood, Aurora Tarodo, Wayne Tucker