09-09-25 Tuesday - phalarope, Glossy Ibis

Temp 11°C to 20°C - largely cloudy with some showers, light to moderate variable wind from the SW round to SE, gusts to 26mph.

Yesterday's group of 72 Glossy Ibis at Chew was for a short time the largest group ever reported in the UK, hours later it was beaten by 92 in Cornwall and 91 in Devon. A group of 74 at Chew today.

Curlew Sandpipers - 24 at Pilning and at 11+ at Chew

Phalarope sp.

Wood Sandpiper

Spotted Redshank

Glossy Ibis - 74 at Chew, 24 at Blagdon, 1 Pilning

Osprey

BRISTOL

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Tufted Duck, 1 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 1 Reed Warbler

Victoria Park:

14 Species inc: 1 Great SPotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 11 Starling, 7 House Sparrow, 1 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

09-09-25 Dunlin, New Passage (Les Williams)

New Passage/NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
200+ Ringed Plover, 450+ Dunlin, 24 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stint, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, 12 Knot, 1 Glossy Ibis, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Hobby, 5 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit

Severn Beach:
60 Curlew, 12 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Whinchat, Wheatear

Chipping Sodbury Common:
37 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 18 Chiffchaff, 29 Blackcap (inc 17 together), 1 Garden Warbler, 7 Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Redstart, 4 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
Channel View Farm: 45 Oystercatcher, c255 Ringed Plover, c45 Dunlin, 1 Swallow, 6 Wheatear

Uphill:
WeBS: 130 Shelduck, 7 Little Egret, 69 Oystercatcher, 10 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 25 Redshank, 7 Pied Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bitton-Willsbridge:
BOC walk: Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 4 Herring Gull, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Starling, Blackbird, Robin, 2 Grey Wagtail

Chelwood-Marksbury:

2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard

09-09-25 Osprey, CVL (Ian Stapp)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
24 Glossy Ibis

Chew Valley Lake
74 Glossy Ibis

Dam:
5 Egyptian Goose, 7 Common Sandpiper

09-09-25 Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, CVL (George Stacey)

Bittern Trail:

7 Egyptian Geese, 8 Common Sandpiper, 590 Cormorant

Sutton Wick:
5 Wigeon, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 11 Greenshank, 6 Redshank, 2 Arctic Tern, 2 Osprey, 1 Hobby

Villice:

c6 Ringed Plover, 7 Curlew Sandpiper, c3 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Glossy Ibis

Nunnery:

72 Ringed Plover, 11 Curlew Sandpiper, 16 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 2 Common Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern, 12 Cattle Egret, 1 Osprey

Herons Green:
20 Little Egret, 8 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Cattle Egret, 1 Osprey, 1 Marsh Harrier

Moreton:
1 Osprey, 1 Red Kite, 1 Hobby

Stratford:
21 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Green Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, 12 Greenshank, 6 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 phalarope species, seen briefly then flushed and not re-found, 2 Sandwich Tern, 30+ Common Tern, 2 Black Tern, 28 Great White Egret, 9 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red Kite, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 1 Whinchat

09-09-25 Glossy Ibis, CVL (Dave Chislett)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Greylag Goose, 100 Shoveler, 2 Pintail, 1 Water Rail, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 10 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 25 Snipe, 2 Sandwich Tern, 30+ Common Tern, 3 Black Tern, 1 Osprey, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobby, 1 Kingfisher, 

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Dave Chislett, Mark Coller, John Croxton, Jane Cumming, Alan Daniells, Emma Darnley, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst,  Mike Dilger, Marc Hunt, MJ, John Lewis, Rich Mielcarek, Nick Page, Lee Patch, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Les Williams

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