Friday 27 September 2024

27-09-24 Friday - Common Crane

Temp 4°C to 13°C - Light rain showers early on. Sunny intervals later with a moderate breeze from the North.

Common Crane
Curlew Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank

BRISTOL

Hotwells:
46+ Feral Pigeon, 20+ Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 82 Black-headed Gull, 16+ Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull (inc. 2 juvs begging to be fed), 2 Cormorant, 4 Magpie, 29 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Robin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew Sandpiper (2 juv), 6 Dunlin, 1 Spotted Redshank (juv), 2 Greenshank, 4 Wheatear

New Passage:
4 Pintail, c100 Swallow (NE), 4 Stonechat

Easter Compton:
(Just before the cycle path running south of Easter Compton reaches the M49, the fields to the south of it are completely flooded into lakes, and the path also flooded to some depth)
12 Gadwall, c.25 Mallard, c.30 BH Gull, c.20 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 1 Jay, c.20 Jackdaw, c.40 Rook, c.30 Swallow, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff (feeding in flowering ivy), 1 Bullfinch, 6 Goldfinch.

Cribbs Causway:
1 Kestrel

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead (Garden):
1 Chiffchaff

Clevedon (garden):
5 Magpie

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham:
1 Red Kite, 2 Raven (chasing the kite)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake


Curlew Sandpiper, BK hide (Paul Clack)

Bernard King Hide:

7 Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin

Great Crested Grebe, Herons Green (Merv Carlyon)

Herons Green:

1 Black Swan, 2 Little Grebe, 2+ Great Crested Grebe (displaying), 10 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 3 Swallow, 6+ House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Pied/White Wagtail

Snipe, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:

8 Wigeon, 10+ Pintail, 18 Common Crane (single flock over Burledge ridge), 11 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 1 Spotted Redshank (juv), 5 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull (ring D:BK), 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Osprey (unringed juv), 1 Marsh Harrier (2cy fem), 1 Kestrel, 2 Hobby (1 juv), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Meadow Pipit

Common Gull, Herriott's (Merv Carlyon)

Grey Hero/Kingfisher, Herriott's (Ian Stapp)


Great White Egret, Herriott's (Pete Blanchard)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Common Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail

Reported by: Pete Blanchard, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Merv Carlyon, Paul Clack, David Gale, MJ, Lucy Masters, Nigel Povey, Lois Pryce, Ian Stapp, Rueben Veal