04-09-24 Wednesday - Waders, Sacred Ibis

Temp 14°C to 18°C - Generally cloudy and felt cold with the light N/NE wind, let's hope it brings some more birds with it over the next few days. Photos and more reports added by 9pm.

Little Stints
Curlew Sandpipers
Ruff and other wader numbers building

Winter duck numbers building

Sacred Ibis

Good numbers of Spotted Flycatcher

5 Osprey at Chew Valley Lake

04-09-24 Curlew Sandpiper, Severn Beach (Brian Lancastle)

BRISTOL

Knowle:

1 Raven over

04-09-24 Heron eating tea, Sea Mills (Di Bunniss)

Sea Mills:
16 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond
11 House Martin, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Services:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Coal Tit, 20+ Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 3 Spotted Flycatcher

New Passage/NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
80 Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 55 Curlew, 41 Turnstone, 7 Knot, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 1 Little Stint, 63 Redshank, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Wheatear

04-08-24 Curlew Sandpiper, Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)

Severn Beach:
170 Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 70 Dunlin, 4 Wheatear

04-09-24 Wheatear, Severn Beach (Brian Lancastle)

Wild Place bird survey:
1 Spotted Flycatcher

Chipping Sodbury Common:

2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, 5+Redstart, 2 Stonechat, 4 Yellow Wagtail

Wickwar:

2 Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
18 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 6 Gadwall, 7 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 3 Moorhen, 13 Little Grebe, 3 Curlew, c.20 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff.

04-09-24 Firecrest, Portishead (David Howes)

Portishead:

1 Firecrest ringed

Clevedon:
Garden: 2 Feral Pigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 6 Magpie, 1 Jay, 2 Jackdaw

Kingston Seymour:
2 Hobby, 12 Mistle Thrush

Sand Bay:

c400 Ringed Plover, 1 Turnstone, 8 Sanderling, c100 Dunlin, 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 1 juv Little Stint, 1 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham:

45 Magpie together

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks (1&2):
1 Snipe, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, 4 Chiffchaff, 200+ Starling, 4 Grey Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake

04-09-24 GSW, CVL (George Stacey)

Bittern Trail:

3 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Bernard King Hide/ Hollow Brook:

2 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Greenshank, 1 Ruff, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk

Herons Green:
30+ Pochard, 1 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier

Stratford:
1f Wigeon, 1 Sacred Ibis, 5 Osprey, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 8 Hobby, 1 Peregrine

04-09-24 Ruff & Green Sands, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Black Swan, 16 Pintail, 2 Wigeon, 2 Garganey, 20+ Pochard, 4 Stock Dove, 4 Lapwing, 1 Ruff, 4 Snipe, 1 Greenshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 10 Green Sandpiper, 10 Great White Egret, 9 Little Egret, 2 Osprey, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobby, 2 Raven, 2 Kingfisher

Reported by: David Allward, Di Bunniss, Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Julian Eastoe, Alastair Fraser, Paul Gregory, Andrew Harrison, David Howes,  Brian Lancastle, MJ, Linda Moysey, Brian Mulgrew, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson, Chris Vines,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG