Sunday 8 September 2024

08-09-24 Sunday - Black-necked Grebe

Temp 15°C to 20°C - Very wet start, with a sunny interval mid-day, followed by cloud and showers in the afternoon. A force 1 NW wind.

Garganey, Common Scoter
Swifts
Black-necked Grebe
Little Stint
Yellow-legged Gull
Great Skua
Merlin

08-09-24 Common Scoter, OPS (Di Bunniss)
BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Teal

Redland :
3 House Martin, 1 Coal Tit

Sea Mills:
10 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Bullfinch

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
2 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, c.100 Goldfinch

Troopers Hill:
1 f Redstart

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
08-09-24 Buzzard, OPS (Di Bunniss)
Oldbury Power Station:
130 Canada Goose, 1 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, 4 Wigeon, 1 drk Common Scoter, 9 Moorhen, 7 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 59 Ringed Plover, 25 Turnstone, 30 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 5 Common Sandpiper, 7 Common Gull, 1 Great Skua - upriver, 3 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 (1 ad, 3 juv) Peregrine, 1 Raven, 20 Swallow/House Martin, 14 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 13 Goldfinch

Severn Beach:
102 Ringed Plover, 36 Turnstone, 1 Ruff, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 33 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 2 Wheatear
08-09-24 Wheatear, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar:
1 Hobby, 1 Wheatear

Mangotsfield:
20+ House Martin

Siston Hill:
1 Swift, 2 Raven

NORTH SOMERSET

Easton-in-Gordano:
1 Marsh Tit - garden

Clevedon - Highdale Road:
1 Woodpigeon, 2 Robin

Clevedon - Yeo:
1 Wigeon (1st of autumn here), 1 Bar-tailed Godwit

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
3 Swift, 30 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 3 Knot, 1 Sanderling, 14 Dunlin, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret - east, 11 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 1 m Merlin (different to yesterday's female), 1 juv Peregrine, 1 Jay, 59 Swallow, c.235 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 26 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 6 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 3 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 12 Meadow Pipit, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Weston Airfield:
1 ad Hobby

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose

Heron's Green:
5 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 ad Whinchat

Stratford:
1 Garganey, 4 Wigeon, 16 Pintail, 6 Water Rail, 1 Black-necked Grebe (moulting adult-hangs out with Tufted Duck flock), 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Snipe, 1 Greenshank, 1 ad Kittiwake, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 1 juv Black Tern, 1 Cattle Egret, 5 Osprey, 3 (m/2 juv) Sparrowhawk, 4 (2 juv/2cy female) Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 2 Hobby

Herriotts inc. Pool:
Canada Goose, Mallard, Moorhen, Coot, 4 Dunlin, Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 1 Kingfisher

Reported by: Amelia Bamsey, Di Bunniss, Judy Copeland, Chris Craig, Steve Durston, Anthony Goodwin, Matt Hall, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hull, MJ, Rob Laughton, Andrew Middleton, Nigel Povey, Paul Sadley, Tony Scott, Oliver Smart, Sova, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Nick Tippett.