Monday, 1 September 2025

01-09-25 Monday - Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Temp 14°C to 18°C - patchy blue with lots of high cumulus, and a strong WSW wind.  A few brief showers in the morning, brighter and fine in the afternoon but if anything more blustery.

Osprey
Knot, Curlew Sandpipers
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (1st in 45 years at CVL)
Spotted Redshank
Glossy Ibis
Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Nunnery (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
88 Mallard, 50 Black-headed Gull, 25 House Martin
Sims Hill:  1 Tree Pipit (on the deck)
Snuff Mills: 45 House Martin

Sea Mills:
42 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 15 House Martin (flying) + 2 chicks in nest 
House Martin juvs looking very cute in the nest at Sea Mills (Di Bunniss)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3+ Spotted Flycatcher, 2+ Stonechat.

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
(yesterday, 31st August) 110 Canada Geese, 12+ Teal, 8 Oystercatcher, 43 Lapwing, 10 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 60+ Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Grey Heron, 1  Kestrel, 2 Raven, Sand Martin, 1 Coal Tit, Cetti’s Warbler.

Severn Beach:
(yesterday, 31st August)  15 Canada Geese, 10 Shelduck, 250+ Ringed Plover, 90 Curlew, 34 Turnstone, 11 Dunlin, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 11 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher,  Peregrine, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
1 Shelduck, 14 Woodpigeon, 4 Oystercatcher, 3 Curlew, 8 Turnstone, 37 Black-headed Gull, 11 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie, 7 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 6 Chiffchaff, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Robin, 3 House Sparrow, 1  Goldfinch.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite (on the road with a dead squirrel)

Burnett:
2 Kestrel

Bishop Sutton:
6 Collared Dove
Glossy Ibis at Herons Green (Lee Patch)
RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, Osprey
Greenshank at Villice Bay (Merv Carlyon)
Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
Common Sandpiper

Villice:
2 Greenshank

Nunnery:
2 Swift, 30+ Ringed Plover, 4+ Dunlin, 1 Turnstone, 1 Knot. 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 100+ Sand & House Martin, 50+ Swallow, Wheatear.
Common Sandpiper at Woodford (George Stacey)
Herons Green:
 24 Little Grebe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Greenshank, 4 G BB Gull, 7 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 5 Glossy Ibis, 80+ House & Sand Martin, 40+ Swallow, 50+ Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail.     

Stratford:
Osprey (flew to the south, late morning), 2 f.-type Marsh Harrier, 2+ Red Kite, 3 Hobby.

Herriott's Bridge:
2 G BB Gull, 10 Lapwing, 1 Ruff (lakeside), 4 Snipe, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 9 Green Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank (lakeside), 5 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret,  8 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 1 Hobby, 2 Jay, 1 Kingfisher, 200+ Sand & House Martin, 80+ Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 40+ Pied Wagtail.
Black-tailed Godwit at Herriotts Bridge (George Stacey)

Out of Area

Barnstaple, N Devon: 10 Glossy Ibis

Reported by:  Di Bunniss, Andy Davis, John Lewis, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, 
blagdonlakebirds, CVRSopsbirdingsevernsidebirds, contributors to local WhatsApp groups