Saturday 7 September 2024

07-09-24 Saturday - Wryneck

Temp 15°C to 20°C - Early mist, then overcast until light rain after tea when the light south easterly, went round to west north west.

Crane
Wryneck
Sandwich Tern
Grasshopper Warbler
Crossbill
Merlin
Kittiwake
Black Redstart

BRISTOL

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
many, mostly House Martin - vismig, 15+ Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Stonechat, 1 Linnet

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Common Scoter, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Avocet, 200 Ringed Plover, 60 Turnstone, 75 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Osprey, 1 Hobby, 2 Peregrine. 600 Swallow, 30 House Martin, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Black Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 3 Stonechat

Aust Services / STW - vismig :
10 Avocet, 3 Whimbrel, 17 Common Tern, 1 Osprey, 25 Sand Martin, 1500 Swallow, 1200 House Martin, 30+ Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 4 Wheatear, 

New Passage/Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands:
28 Shoveler, 9 Wigeon, 5 Pintail, 200+ Teal, 10 Knot, 2 Ruff, 24 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Kingfisher, c500 Swallow - going through, 7 Whinchat, 4 Wheatear,

Wickwar:
1 Kestrel, 1 Rook, 1 Wheatear

Coalpit Heath:
35 Swallow, 12 House Martin, several Chiffchaff - inc 1 singing, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher,

Westerleigh:
30 Swallow - on the wires

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - garden:
3 Woodpigeon, 3 Herring Gull - 1 juv, 1 Jay, 3 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw

Clevedon - Wain's Hill:
many Swallow - vismig, 5 Wheatear, 1 Tree Pipit
07-09-24 Wryneck Clevedon Pill (Paul Chapman)
Clevedon - Pill:
2 Curlew, 1 Little Egret, 1 Wryneck, 11 Wheatear, 12 Pied Wagtail, 2 Rock Pipit

Sand Bay:
20 Teal, 500 Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Turnstone, 4 Knot, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 20 Sanderling, 2 Little Stint, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 1 Merlin, 454 Swallow, 282 House Martin, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Crossbill

Steep Holm:
2 Swift, 4 Water Rail, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, many Martin and Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 1 Rock Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common - garden:
15 House Sparrow - a record 
 
RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
5 Common Sandpiper 

Chew Valley Lake

Bittern Trail:
1 Water Rail

Bernard King Hide:
1 Oystercatcher, 7 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 3 Great Black-backed Gull

Sutton Wick:
2 Osprey - chasing

Denny Island
3 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 

Villice:
1 Osprey - perched

Moreton:
5 Crane - over, 1 Kittiwake, 1 Osprey - ad with prey, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 1 Hobby

Stratford:
1 Greenshank, 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Black Tern, Great White Egret, 3 Osprey - inc juv, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Hobby, 1 Jay, many Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Mistle Thrush, 
07-09-24 Osprey CVL (Merv Carlyon)
Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Osprey - juv

Reported by: Merv Carlyon, Chris Craig, Stephen Curtis, Tim Ford, Ollie Fournier, Lee Gardiner, Markas Gilmartin, Paul Gregory, Matt Hall, Matt Hull, Pete Hazelwood, Mike Jackson, Andy Mears, Andy Middleton, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Carol Rushton, Paul Sadley, Larry Sweetland, Ben Sykes, Howard Taffs, Gary Thoburn,  Rich Williams, Jack Wylson