25-05-25 Sunday - Spotted Sandpiper

Temp 14°C to 17°C - cloudy, with some showers and some sun, and a moderate to strong W/WSW wind.

Spotted Sandpiper - 6th Avon record, first since 2018, and the 4th Chew record, first since 2012. Bird was seen on the wall, sluice and mud of Herriot's Pool. If on the wall it can go in and out of view. 

As it is an otherwise quiet birding day, I have included a lot of photos of this stunning bird from our fantastic local birding community, and as of course I am away at the moment so enjoyed seeing them all-I hope you do too.

Garganey

Little Tern

                                        Photos of Spotted Sandpiper at Chew, by finder Bri Thompson

Spotted Sandpiper CVL (Bri Thompson)

 BRISTOL

Hallen Marsh:

1 Lapwing, 7 Skylark, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 9 Wren, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
WeBS: 48 Mallard, 21 Shelduck, 24 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Egret, 2 Stonechat

Severn Beach:

2 Avocet, 8 Sanderling, 6 Little Tern

25-05-25 Stonechat, Inglestone Common (Paul Sadley)

Inglestone Common:

1 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports.

BELOW M4 & BANES

25-05-25 Yellow Wagtail, Drifton Hill (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
Slightly out of area, Drifton Hill: 2 Red Kite, 1 Hobby, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Corn Bunting

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Pied Wagtail

Herons Green:
1 Cattle Egret

Stratford:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Dunlin

25-05-25 Cattle Egret & Ringed Plover, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
5 (3 young) Egyptian Goose, 2 Shoveler, 68+ Gadwall, 2 Garganey, 2 Cuckoo, 200+ Swift, 7 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 2 Cattle Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 10 GBB Gull, 1 Hobby

25-05-25 Spotted Sandpiper, CVL (Rob Laughton)

25-05-25 Spotted Sandpiper, CVL (Merv Carlyon)

25-05-25 Spotted Sandpiper, CVL (Wayne Tucker)

25-05-25 Spotted Sandpiper, CVL (Mark Coller)

25-05-25 Spotted Sandpiper, CVL (Chris Teague)

25-05-25 Spotted Sandpiper, CVL (Dave Hughes)

Reported by: Em, Rich Andrews, Josh Arbon, Paul Bowerman, Merv Carlyon, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Markas Gilmartin, Nick Hawkridge, Ian Hayes, Rupert Higgins, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, Marc Hunt, Rob Laughton, Andrew Middleton, Mike Moxon, Paul Sadley, Nick Smith, Anita Teague, Chris Teague, Gary Thoburn, Bri Thompson, Wayne & Lauren Tucker,blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds