Temp 15°C to 24°C - Misty to start which was cleared by the light north east wind, but thunder and rain in the late afternoon and gusts to 21 mph.
Curlew Sandpiper
Nightingale
Osprey
BRISTOL
Snuff Mills:
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Portbury Wharf:
1 putative Nightingale heard - recording inconclusive HERE
Portishead:
Swallow - on the move over the R Severn
Clevedon - Highdale:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw
Sand Point/Middle Hope - vismig:
Saltford:
2 Little Owl - back at traditional roost
Chew Valley Lake
Nunnery:
1 Black Tern - prob same as BK bird, 1 Green Woodpecker
Herons Green:
37 Pochard, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier - Herriot bird
Stratford:
3 Garganey (f), 2 Pintail (m), 3 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 42 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 3 Black Tern, 4 Osprey, 2 Sparrowhawk (m), 6 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 5 Sand Martin
Herriotts inc. Pool:9 Egyptian Goose, 1 Garganey, 3 Lapwing, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 11 Green Sandpiper, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1+ Kingfisher
1 Dipper
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
New Passage/Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands:
2 Stock Dove 50 Oystercatcher, c30 Lapwing 6 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 100 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff - juv, 100 Redshank 2 Wheatear
2 Stock Dove 50 Oystercatcher, c30 Lapwing 6 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 100 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff - juv, 100 Redshank 2 Wheatear
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| 01-09-24 Curlew Sandpiper SB (Brian Lancastle) |
Severn Beach:
200 Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew Sandpiper - juv, 1 Sanderling - juv, 1 Turnstone, 100 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper,
Wickwar:
2 Hobby, 1 Spotted Flycatcher
200 Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew Sandpiper - juv, 1 Sanderling - juv, 1 Turnstone, 100 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper,
Wickwar:
2 Hobby, 1 Spotted Flycatcher
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Raven, 1 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, some Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, some Whitethroat, 6+ Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 80 Goldfinch
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
1 putative Nightingale heard - recording inconclusive HERE
Portishead:
Swallow - on the move over the R Severn
Clevedon - Highdale:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw
Clevedon - Wain's Hill - vismig
some Ringed Plover - heard only, 5 Sand Martin, 66 Swallow, 17 House Martin -
Weston Big Wood:
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| 01-09-24 Raven W Big Wood (Jason Williams) |
1 Red Kite, 25 Raven
Sand Point/Middle Hope - vismig:
1 Sanderling, 1 Marsh Harrier, 424 Swallow - with 2 Firecrest, 1 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 5 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear
BELOW M4 & BANES
Hanham Hill:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 103 Swallow - perched on power lines, 2 Blackcap (m), 7 Greenfinch,
Emerson's Green, Pomphrey Hill:
2 Grey Heron, 1 Raven
Downend - Cleeve Hill:
1 Cormorant, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard
Saltford:
2 Little Owl - back at traditional roost
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Bernard King Hide:
2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Black Tern
Woodford:
200 Cormorant - on Denny Island
Villice:
1 Pochard - juv, 13 Little Grebe,1 Lapwing - flock of 200 mixed tits, warbler and crest.
2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Black Tern
Woodford:
200 Cormorant - on Denny Island
Villice:
1 Pochard - juv, 13 Little Grebe,1 Lapwing - flock of 200 mixed tits, warbler and crest.
Nunnery:
1 Black Tern - prob same as BK bird, 1 Green Woodpecker
Herons Green:
37 Pochard, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier - Herriot bird
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| 01-09-24 Marsh Harrier CVL (Bri Thompson) |
3 Garganey (f), 2 Pintail (m), 3 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 42 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 3 Black Tern, 4 Osprey, 2 Sparrowhawk (m), 6 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 5 Sand Martin
Herriotts inc. Pool:
Out of Area:
Brue Estuary:
1 Sabine's Gull - juv
Reported by: Karle Burford, Mark Coller, Alan Craddock, Jane Cumming, Barry Dursley, Julian Eastoe, Julie Evans, Anthony Goodwin, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, MJ, Brian Lancastle, James Packer, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Paul Sadley, Paul Sawyer, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Jason Williams
