03-09-2024 Tuesday - Little Stint

Temp 14°C to 20°C - Early rain gave way to overcast skies - with occasional leakage, light west wind vearing north then south.

Little Stint

Spotted Flycatcher

Firecrest

Avocet

Ruff

BRISTOL

Arnos Vale:

1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Firecrest

Hengrove Mounds:

1 Spotted Flycatcher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Yacht Club:

2 Stock Dove, 13 Oystercatcher, 157 Ringed Plover, 106 Curlew, 22 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 15 Redshank, 5 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 35 Swallow, 30 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear

03-09-24 Spotted Flycatcher Aust (Jamie Dunning)

Aust Services

2 Spotted Flycatcher

Aust STW:
1 Arctic Tern, 1 Black Tern

Aust Warth:
1 Whinchat

03-09-24 Little Stint PIL (Paul Bowerman)

New Passage/Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands:
2 Ruff - juv, 1 Little Stint - juv, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear

New Passage:

3 Avocet, 12 Knot, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Black-tailed Godwit

Severn Beach:
1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew Sandpiper - juv

Little Sodbury - BOC walk:

1 Mallard, 4 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 3 Herring Gull, 3 Buzzard, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 2 Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 5 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, many Swallow - moving, many House Martin - moving, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, c200 Starling, Blackbird, Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 22 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
6 Shovelor, 1 Pintail (f), 30 Little Grebe

03-09-24 Whinchat Watercress Farm (Rob Martin)

Wraxall - Watercress Farm:

1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 2 Whinchat

Uphill:
2 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher - rare here, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 3 Stonechat, 10+ Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley - Tower Lane:

8 House Martin

03-09-24 Wheatear Paulton (Patrick Hancock)

Paulton:
100 Woodpigeon, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Wheatear, 100 Linnet

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

03-09-24 Common Sandpiper CVL (George Stacey)

Bernard King Hide / Hollowbrook:

12 Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 14 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Turnstone, 2 Ruff, 11 Common Sandpiper, 8 Green Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 2 Common Gull, 8 Common Tern, 2 Osprey

Herons Green:
1 Little Grebe, 30+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 G BB Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Magpie, 4+ Sand Martins, 1 Swallow, 6+ House Martins. 3 Pied Wagtail

03-09-24 Common Tern CVL (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
1 Pintail, 80+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 B H Gull - ring yellow ZKTS, 6 G BB Gull, 1 Common Tern, 7 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Osprey, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 3 Hobby, 2 Swallow,

Stratford:
1 Black Swan, 2 Garganey (f+m), 3 Wigeon (1m), 12 Pintail,  6 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 4 Snipe, 2 Greenshank, 6 G BB Gull, 13 Common Tern, 3 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 4 Osprey (f+m & 2 juv), 1 Sparrowhawk (m), 10 Marsharrier - inc 4 juv, 2 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Hobby, 3 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow

03-09-24 Snipe & Green Sandpiper CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:

1 Black Swan, 1 Lapwing, 1 Ruff, 6 Snipe, 4 Common Sandpiper, 12 Green Sandpiper, 6 G-BB Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 9 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 3 Jackdaw, 3 Magpie, 5+ Sand Martins 2 Swallow, 6+ House Martin, 2 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Derek Angell, Phil Barlow, Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, John Croxton, Alan Daniells, Paul Davison, Jamie Dunning, Patrick Hancock, Nick Hawkridge, MJ, Rob Martin, Andy Middleton, Ross Nairn,  George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Jack Wylson

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