Thursday 19 September 2024

19-09-24 Thursday - Glossy Ibis

Temp 13°C to 21°C. Dull cold start, sunny & warm later. Light north-easterly breeze.

Curlew Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Glossy Ibis
Ospreys still here
Big movement of swallows
19-09-24 Glossy Ibis, Herriotts Bridge CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Filton garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Vismig: 1 Sand Martin, 544 Swallow, 46 House Martin, 2 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch
Present: 13 Wigeon, 3 Pintail, 21 Teal, 5 Coot, 30+ Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff (1st of the season here), 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Sanderling, c90 Dunlin, 1 Kingfisher

Aust Warth:
2 Little Egret, 8 Stonechat

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
3 Greylag Goose, 3 Pintail, 3 Avocet, 18 Ringed Plover, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 15 Turnstone, 2 Sanderling, 8 Dunlin, 1 Mediterranean Gull (1st winter), 1 Peregrine

Pilning Wetlands:
18 Shoveler, c150 Teal, 42 Lapwing, 6 Ringed Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Dunlin, 10 Snipe, 78 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven, c2,000 Swallow (heading north east), 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Greenfinch, Reed Bunting

Chipping Sodbury Common:
7 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Whinchat, 5 Stonechat 

NORTH SOMERSET
19-09-24 Swallows over Wains Hill (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon - Wains Hill:
2 Shoveler (heading east), 394 Swallow & 42 House Martin (all heading north east)

Clevedon garden:
1 Woodpigeon

Bristol Airport:
1 Osprey (heading southwest)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wick:
1 Raven

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
19-09-24 Osprey, Herriotts CVL (Mike Trew)
Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail

Bernard King Hide:
5 Ringed Plover (2ad, 3juv), 3 Dunlin

Woodford + path:
2 Collared Dove, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest

Herons Green:
3 Ringed Plover, 2 Grey Heron,  6 Great White Egret,  3 Little Egret

Moreton:
10 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (juv), 1 Hobby

Stratford:
15 Wigeon, 13 Pintail, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Glossy Ibis, 1 Osprey, 2 Marsh Harrier
19-09-24 Hobby, Herriotts CVL (Mike Trew)
Herriotts inc. Pool:
6 Wigeon,  6 Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 22 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 9 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Glossy Ibis, 4 Grey Heron,  7 Great White Egret,  5 Little Egret,  2 Osprey (juvs), 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard,  2 Kingfisher , 2 Hobby, 2 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler,  2 Reed Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting,
19-09-24 Hobby CVL (Pete Blanchard)
Reported by: Pete Blanchard, Mark Coller, Andy Davis, Adrian Hockey, Dave Hughes, Nigel Jones, Mike Moxon, Nigel Povey, Lois Pryce, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Mike Trew: