Wednesday, 23 September 2026

Wednesday 23-09-26 - Pectoral Sandpiper

Temp 15°C to 20°C -  started overcast with mist on the estuary which cleared for a day of sunny spells broken by quite overcast conditionss. A light WSW - W breeze at 8mph gusting to 16mph

Pectoral Sandpiper, Herriotts Bridge, ( Lee Gardiner)
Golden Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Redshank
Ruff
Pectoral Sandpiper
Little Stint
Glossy Ibis
Spoonbill
Greater Flamingo (escaped bird)
Bearded Tit
Tree Pipit

BRISTOL

No records

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
2 Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover,  5 Turnstone, 2 Dunlin, 1 Greater Flamingo, (escaped bird), 1 Nuthatch, 1 Tree Pipit 

NORTH SOMERSET

No records

BELOW M4 & BANES

No records

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Picnic Site 2:
2 Bearded Tit

Herons Green:
4 Stock Dove, 5 Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint, 3 GBB Gull, 11 Grey Heron, 32 Great White Egret, 13 Little Egret, 6 Cattle Egret (with the cows), 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail
Glossy Ibis and Spoonbill, Stratford (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:
1 Golden Plover, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 1 Glossy Ibis, (commuting to Herriotts pool) 5 Spoonbill (3 juv), 3 Marsh Harrier (1f,1m,1juv), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (calling),  2 Peregrine (juvs), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff,
Grey Wagtail, Herriotts Bridge (Les Williams)
Black-tailed Godwit, Herriots Bridge (George Stacey)

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose (pool), 2 Water Rail, 27 Lapwing (pool and lake), 1 Black tailed Godwit (pool) 4 Black-tailed Godwit (lake), 3 Ruff (lake), 1 Pectoral Sandpiper (lake), 10 Snipe (pool), 2 Common Sandpiper (pool), 5+ Green Sandpiper (pool), 1 Lesser Yellowlegs (pool), 4 GBB Gull (lake), 1 Glossy Ibis (pool then lake), 5 Spoonbill (lake) 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail

Reported by: Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, Julian Green, Matt Hall, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Les Williams,