Saturday, 6 September 2025

06-09-25 Saturday - Pectoral Sandpiper

Temp 16°C to 23°C - sunny all day with a moderate to fresh south east breeze gusting up to 34 mph after lunch.

Pectoral Sandpiper
Glossy Ibis
Firecrest
Osprey
Crossbill
Curlew Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
1 Raven - tumbling

Eastville - rooftop:
6 Cormorant, 3 Raven, 1 Sand Martin, 16 Swallow

Lawrence Weston:
1 Crossbill - over early

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Little Grebe, 30 Ringed Plover, 30 Turnstone, 40 Dunlin, 1 Glossy Ibis - a site 1st, 8 Little Egret, 1 Coal Tit, 75 Sand Martin, 250+ Swallow, 400+ House Martin - tower, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear

New Passage/Northwick:
25 Teal, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Ringed Plover, 14 Curlew, 4 Turnstone, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 7 Dunlin, 1 Green Woodpecker

Pilning Wetlands:
49 Teal, 14 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Severn Beach:
9 Teal, 24 Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 104 Dunlin, 13 Little Egret, 1 Osprey - going down river, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail

Chittening Warth:
15 Shelduck, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 10 Little Egret

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Red Kite, 1 Sand Martin, 147+ Swallow, 13 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 23 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 8 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Redstart, 3 Whinchat, 8 Yellow Wagtail

Nibley:
4 Spotted Flycatcher

NORTH SOMERSET
06-09-25 Wheatear Cl-Y (Wayne Pannell)
Clevedon - Pill:
4 Shelduck, 15 Mallard, 5 Oystercatcher, 100 mix of Ringed Plover & Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Little Egret, 6 Wheatear, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 White Wagtail, 2 Rock Pipit, 6 Linnet, 

Kenn - Duck Lane
17 Swallow - on the wires

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Swift, 205 Ringed Plover, 3 Knot, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Sanderling, 103 Dunlin, 1 GBB Gull, 6 Sand Martin, 520 Swallow, 210 House Martin, 15 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Firecrest, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, 6 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail, 70 Meadow Pipit, 11 Tree Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES
06-09-25 Buzzard Wick (Nigel Jones)
Wick:
Buzzard - skylarking in the wind
06-09-25 Yellowhammer Woolard (Ian Stapp)
Wollard - Hunstrete, around the lanes:

60+ Woodpigeon, 12 Lapwing, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 100+ mix of Jackdaw and Crow, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, plenty of Blue, Great and Long-tailed Tit, 30 House Sparrow, 4 Meadow Pipit, 20+ Linnet, 5 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank

Chew Valley Lake

Bernard King Hide:
1 Osprey - over

Denny Island:
1 Cattle Egret, 2 Osprey, 2 Hobby

Villice:
1 Greenshank, 3 Glossy Ibis

Nunnery:
flock Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 
06-09-2025 Glossy Ibis CVL (Bri Thompson)
Herons Green:

2 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Greenshank, 24 Glossy Ibis

Stratford:
c50 Commic Tern, 

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Dru Brook-Taylor, Mark Carlisle, Mark Coller, John Croxton, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Lee Gardiner, Jon Green, Matt Hall, Nick Hawkridge, Martyn Hayes, Matt Hull, Nigel Jones, Andy Middleton, Nige Milbourne Wayne Pannell, Matt Plenty, Tom Pook, James Richards, Ian Stapp, Simon Stuart, Larry Sweetland, Gary Thoburn
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