02-09-24 Monday - Pied Flycatcher

Temp 18°C to 21°C - Mizzle and muggy, a light wind from the SW. 

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Curlew Sandpipers
Ospreys
Pied Flycatcher

BRISTOL

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Kestrel, 46 House Martin, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat
Garden: 7 Ring-necked Parakeet

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth/Sewage/Cliff/Services:
7 Wigeon, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 47 Arctic Tern, 20 Sand Martin, 100+ Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Redstart

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
1 Green Sandpiper, 17 Little Egret

02-09-24 Turnstone, Severnside (Andy Stockhausen)

New Passage:
4 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Knot, 1 Grey Wagtail

Severn Beach:
1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Sanderling, 1 Common Sandpiper

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point/Bay:
Vis-mig: 4 Curlew, 64 Swallow, 4 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 5 Goldfinch

Present: 400 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Turnstone, 1 Ruff, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Sanderling, 150 Dunlin, 1 Kestrel, 1 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Stonechat

BELOW M4 & BANES

Saltford:
2 Little Owl

Bath:
Between Dew Pond and Browne's Folly: 1 Pied Flycatcher

02-09-24 Goldfinch, Keynsham (Ian Stapp)

Keysnsham:
Garden: 12 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Osprey

Chew Valley Lake

02-09-24 LRP, CVL (George Stacey)

Bernard King hide:

2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Greenshank, 7 Common Sandpiper

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper

Woodford:
2 Oystercatcher, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Osprey, 1 Marsh Harrier

02-09-24 Common Sandpiper, CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Herons Green:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier

Moreton:
2m  Common Scoter, 1 Oystercatcher, 9 Common Tern, 1 Osprey, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby

02-09-24 Sparrowhawk, CVL (Tony Bridges)

Stratford:
1m Pintail, 2m Common Scoter, 3 Lapwing, 1 'Ringed Plover' sp (calling like a Spot Red), 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 8 Common Tern, 40+ Commic Tern, 1 Black Tern, 3 Osprey, 7 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Hobby

Herriotts inc. Pool:
3 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 5 Common Sandpiper, 10 Green Sandpiper

Out of area:

02-09-24 Sabine's Gull, Brue (Dave Hughes)

Cheddar Res: wader fest- 3 Little Ringed Plover, 17 Ringed Plover, 3 Avocet, 2 Turnstone, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 1 Greenshank, 3 Redshank, 3 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, 1 Sanderling, Also, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Black Tern, 37 Cattle Egret

Huntspill Sea Wall: 1 juv Sabine's Gull

02-09-24 Firecrest, Brean (Howard Taffs)

Brean Down: 3 Ruddy Shelduck, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Firecrest

Reported by: Raoul,  Nige, Tony Bridges, Merv Carlyon, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Dave Hughes, Matt Hobbs, Matt Hull, MJ, Nige Milbourne, Dave Nevitt, Glen Maddison, Nigel Povey, Steve Richardson, Mark Savage, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Caron Thornton-Trippit,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds