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

New Passage:
Gadwall, Teal, Oystercatcher, 140 Ringed Plover, 37 Lapwing, 50 Curlew, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common 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, Andy Lawrence, Andy Mears, Rowan Peters, Trevor Riddle, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Caron Thornton-Trippitt, Les Williams, Mike Williams

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02-09-26 Wednesday

Temp 16°C to 22°C - overcast with showers on and off. A light WSW/SW to start, increasing to a strong SW/SSW then back to W/WSW, gusts to 25mph.

Glossy Ibis

Curlew Sandpiper

Spotted Redshank

Little Stint

BRISTOL

Arnos Vale:
2 Swift

Hillfields:
6 Ring-necked Parakeet

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
2 Golden Plover, 260 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 250 Dunlin 1 Little Stint, 1 Meditterranean Gull, 5 Whinchat, 8 Wheatear, 14 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit

Curlew Sandpiper, Severn Beach (Beth & Darren Burton)

Severn Beach:
150 Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Sanderling, 7 Knot, 4 Turnstone, 130 Dunlin, 10 Little Egret, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Kenn Moor:
1 Swift

Weston-super-Mare:
Garden: 1 Willow Warbler

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports.

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon:
10 Egyptian Geese, 4 Greenshank, 240 Herring Gull

Curlew Sandpipers, CVL  (Dave Hughes)

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
1 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 10 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Dunlin, 29 Great White Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Sand Martin, 60 Swallow

Stratford:
17 Greylag Goose, 3 Garganey, 15 Ringed Plover, 3 Ruff, 1 Dunlin, 1 Glossy Ibis, 1 Marsh Harrier

Herriotts inc. Pool:
19 Ringed Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Beth & Darren Burton, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Adrian Hockey, Dave Hughes, Gary Hughes, Rupert Higgins, Andy Mears, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Wayne Tucker, Trudy Sheen, Jack Wylson

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01-09-26 Tuesday

Temp 13°C to 20°C - Some rain showers before 9am, sunny intervals later with a gentle breeze from the west.

Bar-tailed Godwit

Little Stint

Spotted Redshank

Little Ringed Plover

BRISTOL

Hotwells:

1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Blue Tit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Dipper, Little Avon (Les Williams)

Tortworth, Avening Green & Little Avon:
1 Barn Owl, 1 Buzzard, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Dipper, 1 Wheatear (f), 1 Grey Wagtail

New Passage/Northwick:
2 Wigeon, 1 Golden Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint, 1 Red Kite, 6 Whinchat, 4 Wheatear, 4+ Yellow Wagtail

Mixed Wader roost, Severn Beach (Rosemary Setter)

Severn Beach:
Ringed Plover, Turnstone, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Sanderling

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 15 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 20+ Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 8 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Redstart, 5 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 1 Tree Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hobby, Marshfield (Timothy Snowdon)

Raven, Marshfield (Timothy Snowdon)

Marshfield (BOC walk):
14 Pheasant, 5 Red-legged Partridge, + Woodpigeon, 23 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 2 Kestrel, + Jackdaw, + Rook, 7 Raven, + Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 8 Skylark, 22 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Wren, 2 Starling, 1 Whinchat, 4 Stonechat, 4 Wheatear, 3 Pied Wagtail, 84 Linnet, 12 Goldfinch, 17 Corn Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer

Marshfield - evening walk:

6 Swift

Mangotsfield:
5 Raven

Chelwood

1 Red Kite

West Harptree:
2 Collared Dove

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
3 Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 8 Little Egret, 17 Great White Egret, 6 Cattle Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Marsh Harrier + Crows, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
3 Wigeon, 6 Pintail, 10+ Ringed Plover (distant flock, flying towards Denny), 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 Ruff, 6 Dunlin (over), 8+ Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Hobby (1 pursuing a Ringed Plover), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Wheatear

Water Rail, Herriott's (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:
4 Mandarin Duck, 1 Water Rail, 18 Lapwing, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 28 Snipe, 4 Common Sandpiper, 9+ Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 7 Ruff, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 7+ Little Egret, 7 Great White Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 2 Jay, 6 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 30+ Starling, 7 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Merv Carlyon, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Matthew Hall, Fen Marshall, Charlie Murphy, Joe Sargent,  Rosemary Setter, Ian Stapp, Andrew Stockhausen, Les Williams, ~Nick

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