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

(these totals from around the reservoir will include birds listed under individual sites)

1 Greylag Goose, 70 Canada Goose, 32 Mute Swan, 5 Egyptian Goose, 14 Shoveler, 90 Gadwall, 265 Mallard, 490 Teal, 2 Pochard, 650 Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Water Rail, 24 Moorhen, 2868 Coot, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 10 Lapwing, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 12 Greenshank, 2 Ruff, 4 Dunlin, 375 BH Gull, 12 Herring Gull, 15 GBB Gull, 65 LBB Gull, 78 Great Crested Grebe, 251 Cormorant, 11 Little Egret, 33 Great White Egret, 21 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Sedge Warbler, 8 Reed Warbler, 2 Sand Martin, 155 Swallow, 180 House Martin, 34 Chiffchaff, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 13 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Blackcap, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Wren, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 84 Pied/White Wagtail.

Woodford:
Common Sandpiper

Villice:
2 Greenshank

Nunnery:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Swift, 30+ Ringed Plover, c.10 Dunlin, 1 Turnstone, 1 Ruff, 1 Knot. 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Hobby, 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, 7 Greenshank, 4 G BB Gull, 7 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 3 Cattle Egret (in field behind pool), 4 Grey Heron, 5 Glossy Ibis, 80+ House & Sand Martin, 40+ Swallow, 50+ Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail.     

Stratford:

1 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), 6 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:  Jonathan Angell, Di Bunniss, Andy Davis, Duncan Evered, John Lewis, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, contributors to local WhatsApp groups