Temp 16°C to 21°C - an overcast morning with a very strong and blustery SW wind, but surprisingly, no rain. Brighter with some sun later in the day.
Curlew Sandpipers, Knots
Spotted Redshanks
Arctic Skua
Guillemot, Manx Shearwater
Glossy Ibis
Yellow Wagtails
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| Pintail at Herons Green Bay, Chew (Merv Carlyon) |
BRISTOL
Filton:
Sparrowhawk
Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
3 Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Yellow Wagtail.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
New Passage/Northwick:
250 Canada Goose, 36 Mallard, 10 Teal, 14 Woodpigeon, 7 Collared Dove, 5 Oystercatcher, 10 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 46 Redshank, 2 Dunlin, 28 Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 8 Swallow, 8 Starling, 1 f. or juv. Redstart (sewage works), 15 Wheatear (up from 1st sentry box), 4 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 40 Linnet, 9 Goldfinch.
Shaft rocks: 56 Ringed Plover, 9 Turnstone, 3 Curlew Sandpiper (moulting adult + 2 juv.), 2 Sanderling, 90 Dunlin., 2 Sand Martin (flew north over Shaft rocks).
Pilning Wetlands:
50+ Canada Goose, 2 Oystercatcher, 20 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 20 Swallow, 3 Collared Dove, 4 Stonechat, 5 Wheatear, 40+ Linnet.
50+ Canada Goose, 2 Oystercatcher, 20 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 20 Swallow, 3 Collared Dove, 4 Stonechat, 5 Wheatear, 40+ Linnet.
Severn Beach:
52 Shelduck, 8 Mallard, 118 Ringed Plover (inc. 56 on Shaft rocks at HT), 3 Whimbrel, 18 Curlew, 23 Turnstone (inc. 9 on Shaft rocks at HT), 7 Curlew Sandpiper. 320 Dunlin (inc. 90 on Shaft rocks at HT), 280 Black-headed Gull, 68 Herring Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 9 LBB Gull, distant small tern - probably Little Tern, Arctic Skua, Guillemot (sitting on the water), Manx Shearwater. 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 26 Carrion Crow, 70 Starling, 18 House Sparrow, 15 Goldfinch.
Chittening Warth:
drake Pintail (upriver), and perhaps the same Guillemot
NORTH SOMERSET
no reports.
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| moulting Drake Mandarin at picnic site 1, Chew (Merv Carlyon) |
no reports.
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| Spotted Redshank at HGB (Sam Caswell) |
Chew Valley Lake
Herons Green:
2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank.
Stratford:
10 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 2 juv. Knot, 1 Greenshank, 1 Glossy Ibis, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine, c.60 Sand Martin.
Herriotts Bridge:
3 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Hobby.
OUT OF AREA
Stert Point:
2 Grey Phalarope, Leach's Petrel (briefly).
Reported by: Louise Bailey, Kevin Bainbridge, Paul Bowerman, Andy Davis, Leon Hickman, Lois Pryce, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding severnsidebirds, contributors to local WhatsApp groups
