08-09-25 Monday - Glossy Ibis (96!), Curlew Sandpipers

Temp 12°C to 21°C - all sorts today- sun to start and end, hail and rain. A light to moderate SW/W wind. 

And ibises, lots of ibises. For context, from Rich M: total historical records of Glossy Ibis in Avon, to the end of 2024, was 38, today there were 96 here.

Glossy Ibis

Mandarin

Little Stint

Curlew Sandpiper

Osprey

Glossy Ibis, CVL (George Stacey)

Glossy Ibis, CVL (Tony Bridges)

BRISTOL

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Tufted Duck, 2 Swift, 2 Redstart

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
WeBS: 2 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 35 Ringed Plover, 29 Curlew, 72 Turnstone, 8 Dunlin, 41 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 14 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail

Littleton:

WeBS: 3 Sanderling, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whinchat, 14 Wheatear, 13 Yellow Wagtail

New Passage:
50 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 250 Dunlin, 10 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stint, 7 Knot, 6 Ruff, Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart, Whinchat

Wheatear, Severn Beach (Les Williams)

Severn Beach:
Lesser Whitethroat, Redstart, Whinchat, 7 Wheatear

Chipping Sodbury Common:
5 Sand Martim, 79 Swallow, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:
WeBS: 425 Shelduck, 175 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Stint, 180 Dunlin, 12 Cattle Egret, 1 Peregrine, 10 Wheatear, 12 Yellow Wagtail

Uphill:
28 Ringed Plover, 11 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Knot, 2 Rock Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports.

RESERVOIRS

Wheatear, Barrow (Dave Horlick)

Barrow Tanks:

Tank 1: 4 Common Sandpiper 

Tank 2: 1 Little Egret, 1 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wagtail

Tank 3: 7 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kestrel

Blagdon Lake:
WeBS: 5 Egyptian Goose, 56 Shoveler, 17 Wigeon, 37 Little Grebe, 16 Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Common Sandpiper, 8 Greenshank, 24 Glossy Ibis, 2 Cattle Egret, 1 Hobby

Chew Valley Lake
72 Glossy Ibis - seen from Herriots, Stratford and other locations

Glossy Ibis, CVL (Bronwyn)

Sutton Wick:
10 Pintail, 32 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank, 7 Greenshank, 20+ Redshank

Greenshank, CVL (Lucy Masters)

Nunnery:

69 Ringed Plover, 7 Curlew Sandpiper, 18 Dunlin

Herons Green:
20 Little Grebe, 9 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Osprey

Stratford:
2 Garganey, 6 Wigeon, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Greenshank, 2 Common Tern, 2 Black Tern, 31 Great White Egret, 1 Osprey, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine

Ruff, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Greylag Goose, 2 Wigeon, 1 Mandarin Duck, 8 Little Grebe, 3 Turnstone, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 10 Snipe, 2 Black Tern, 4 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby

Reported by: Bronwen, Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Tony Bridges, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Rob Hargreaves, Martyn Hayes, Dave Horlick, Dave Hughes, Robert Kelsh, John Lewis, Lucy Masters, Andrew Middleton, Rich Mielcarek, Nigel Milbourne, Ross Nairn, Matt Plenty, Mark Smith, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Rod Taylor, Bri Thompson, Jason Williams, Les Williams

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