Thursday, 3 September 2026

03-09-26 Thursday - Grey Phalarope

Temp 18°C to 23°C. Cloudy start brightening from late morning. A gentle south-westerly breeze in the morning livening up to a moderate breeze in the afternoon with gusts to 28 mph.

Grey Phalarope
Spotted Redshank
Little Stint
Guillemot
Mediterranean Gull
Manx Shearwater
03-09-26 Greenshank & Spotted Redshank, CVL (Merv Carlyon)
BRISTOL

Wills Memorial Building:
Peregrine (heard)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Wigeon (first of the autumn here), 2 Spotted Flycatcher
03-09-26 Spotted Redshank Pilning Wetlands (Brian Lancastle)
New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
Gadwall, Teal, Oystercatcher, 140 Ringed Plover, 37 Lapwing, 50 Curlew, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 20 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Turnstone, 30 Dunlin, 200 BH Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull (ad), 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 Swallow, 1 Blackcap, 2 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 50 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting
03-09-26 Ringed Plover, Severn Beach (Les Williams)
Severn Beach:
100 Ringed Plover, 30 Curlew, 30 Turnstone, 2 Curlew sandpiper, 2 sanderling, 100 Dunlin, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Manx Shearwater, 1 Grey Heron

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Red Kite, Peregrine, 27 Swallow. Willow Warbler, 15+ Chiffchaff, 13 Blackcap, 9 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, 7 Redstart, 6 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Dowlais:
Sanderling
, lots of Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, Yellow Wagtail

Channel View Bay:
12 Shelduck, 20 Oystercatcher, 300 Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 200 Dunlin, 1 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 6 Swallow, 40 Goldfinch

Sand Point/Bay:
30 Oystercatcher, 100 Ringed Plover, 85 Curlew, 1 Grey Phalarope, 3 Sanderling, 62 Dunlin, 1 Guillemot, 2 Little Egret, 1 Hobby, 30 Swallow

BELOW M4 & BANES

Dyrham:
31 Mallard, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker

Chelwood
1 Red Kite
03-09-26 Red Kite, Stoney Littleton (Mike Williams)
Stoney Littleton:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
03-09-26 Spotted Redshank & Greenshank, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:
Garganey, Pintail, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 7 Little Egret, 22 Great White Egret, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, Hobby, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Stratford:
2 Mute Swan + Polish cygnet, 1 Garganey, 11 Pintail, 9 juv Goosander, 10+ Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 2 Ruff, 1 Glossy Ibis, 4+ Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler   

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Glossy Ibis, 7+ Little Egret, 33 Great White Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 12 Lapwing, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 9+ Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 4 Ruff, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Reported by: Merv Carlyon, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Oscar Dewhurst, Ryan Frost, Chris Griffin, Matt Hall, Matt Hull, Brian Lancastle, Andy Lawrence, Andy Mears, Rowan Peters, Trevor Riddle, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Caron Thornton-Trippitt, Les Williams, Mike Williams