21-09-24 Saturday - Spoonbills

Temp 14°C to 22°C - Thundery rain early on followed by a sunny afternoon, but with isolated thunderstorms. Very humid. A force 2 ENE wind.

Good numbers of waders reported from the area today, with at least 17 species recorded in total. 12 Spoonbill reported from Stratford (this smashes the previous record of 10 recorded in Avon in the entirety of 2011!)

Common Scoter

Ruff

Purple Sandpiper

Spotted Redshank

Spoonbill

21-09-24, Spoonbills, Stratford - CVL (Wayne Tucker)

BRISTOL

Blaise Castle - River Trym:

1 Treecreeper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Eastville Park:

1 f Mandarin

Eastville vismig:

1 Kestrel, 25 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 7 Meadow Pipit

21-09-24 Great White Egret, Hotwells (David Chalkley)

Hotwells:

1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

9 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Reed Warbler, 4 Meadow Pipit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

21-09-24 Wheatear, New Passage (Merv Carlyon)

New Passage/Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands:
4 Pintail, c.250 Ringed Plover, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Turnstone, 47 Knot, 2 Ruff, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, c.300 Dunlin, 15 Snipe, c.100 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 2 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 f Marsh Harrier, 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Severn Beach:
1 Purple Sandpiper

Yate / Common:

1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

Chipping Sodbury Common:
8 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat 

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Highdale Road:
3 Woodpigeon, 4 Magpie, 2 Blue Tit

Clevedon - Yeo (WeBS):
8 Canada Goose, 35 Shelduck, 40 Mallard, 25 Ringed Plover, 60 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 80 Redshank, 2 Little Egret

Kingston Seymour:

1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 89 Swallow

Sand Bay:
WeBS:

89 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 7 Oystercatcher, 120 Ringed Plover, 45 Curlew, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 1 Ruff, 1 Sanderling, 285 Dunlin, 3 Little Stint, 320 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 9 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 55 Carrion Crow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 49 Starling, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail

Vismig:

30 Woodpigeon, 2 Grey Plover, 73 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 4 alba Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham-Hicks Gate:

1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks (WeBS):
224 Canada Goose, 7 Mute Swan, 1 Wigeon, 63 Mallard, 1 Pintail, 15 Teal, 15 Pochard, 60 Tufted Duck, 177 Coot, 43 Little Grebe, 54 Great Crested Grebe, 22 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 1 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear

Chew Valley Lake

21-09-24 Spoonbills, Stratford - CVL (Andrew Harrison)

Bernard King Hide:
2 Osprey

21-09-24, Osprey, Stratford - CVL (Wayne Tucker)

Stratford:

1 m Common Scoter, 1 Water Rail, 12 Lapwing, 2 (1 juv) Black-tailed Godwit, 2 juv Ruff, c.20 Snipe, 1 juv Spotted Redshank, 1 Common Gull, 12 Spoonbill, 5 Cattle Egret, 3 Osprey, 4 juv Marsh Harrier, 3 Red Kite, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby

Reported by: Paul Bowdler, Diana Bunniss, Merv Carlyon, David Chalkley, Mark Coller, Sean Davies, Barry Dursley, Paul Gregory, Andrew Harrsion, Matt Hull, Brian Lancastle, MJ, Nigel Povey, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Andy Stockhausen. Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Gary Thoburn, Paul Tompkins, Wayne Tucker.

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