17-09-18 Monday - Black Tern

Dull, autumnal start today but very mild; brighter later and warm in the sun

Mandarin
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Red Kite
Black Tern
Yellow Wagtail 

BRISTOL

17-09-18 Dipper, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Eastville Park:
1 Dipper

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Ringed Plover 17th Sept 2018 OPS (Gemma)

Oldbury Power Station:
Ringed Plover

Chittening Warth:

Mitchell’s Salt Rhine - 45 Mallard, 20 Teal, 6 Oystercatcher, 6 Black-headed Gull

Stup Pill -  8 Shelduck, 30 Mallard, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron , 16 Black-headed Gull, 3 LBB Gull.
Cetti’s Warbler singing at southern end near the oil tanks

Kingfisher 17th Sept 2018 NP (Lisa Presland)

New Passage:
7 Wigeon, 1 Water Rail (heard), 186 Black-tailed Godwit, 78 Knot, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail.

Severn Beach:
1 Wheatear (in the evening sun)

Yate:
Kingsgate Park - Mandarin, 3 Gadwall, 120+ Mallard, Teal ( rare here) ,  Kingfisher

Little Stoke:
3 Swallow

NORTH SOMERSET

Weston-Super-Mare:
A flock of  c. 20 presumed Cattle Egret circling on north side of Weston Woods then drifted west and flew south over Anchor Head

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

Litton Reservoir:
1 Treecreeper, 1 Yellow Wagtail 

17-09-18 Long-tailed Tit,Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake
15+ Pintail, 1 Shelduck, 20+ Shoveler,  7 Little  Grebe, 34 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail (Herriotts), 1 Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 9 Snipe, 13 Lapwing, 7 GBB Gull, 1 Common Tern, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher,  2 G S Woodpecker (Moreton and Herriotts), 3 Hobby, 12 Jackdaw, 3 Jay, 2 Raven, flock of mixed LTT /Blue/ Great Tit (Moreton Lane), 50+ Swallow/ House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Dunnock, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 20+ House Sparrow, 6 Pied Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit

Heron's Green:
Juvenile Black Tern perched with the Mallards and BHGulls on the embankment (3.30 p.m.)

 Moreton:
1 Great White Egret, 2  Black Tern, 1 Common Tern,  

Herriott's Bridge:
1 Red Kite

Out of Avon: 
Grey Phalaropes still at Cheddar, and now at Huntspill as well

17-09-18 Grey Phalarope, Cheddar Reservoir (Raoul Chandrasakera)

17-09-18 Grey Phalarope, Huntspill (Andy Slade)

Reports: Adrian Adams, Paul Bowyer,  Karle Burford, Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Gemma,  Patrick Haigh, Lisa Presland, Aravind Ramesh, Tony Scott, Andy Slade, Mark Smith, Ian Stapp 

16-09-18 Sunday - Black Tern

Supposed to be raining - but clear in Bristol environs.

Cattle Egret, Black Tern
Spotted Redshank

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
1 Sparrowhawk - made the tit flock dance, 2 Raven - welcome call from above.

Montpelier - St Andrews Park:
1 Jay - calling.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Great Black-backed Gull 16th Sept 2018 OPS (Barry Dursley)

Oldbury Power Station:
25 Ringed Plover, 40 Turnstone, 45 Dunlin, one large flock of mixed tits, 6+ Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper 1 Spotted Flycatcher,  2 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear,

New Passage/Northwick:

Hybrid Goose 16th Sept 2018 NW (Jonathan Angell)

Northwick Warth:
Hybrid Goose - thought to be Barnacle X White-fronted Goose.

Pilning wetland:
2 Lapwing, 12 Ringed Plover, 100+ Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Turnstone, 15 Knot, 12 Dunlun, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 late Swallow, 1 Whitethroat.

Chipping Sodbury Common:
20+ Chiffchaff, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Whinchat

NORTH SOMERSET
Nothing


BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
10 Skylark, 4 Wheatear, 15 Pied Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit, 1 Corn Bunting.

Bath - Lansdown - Blathwayt Arms:

150+ Starling - sadly no Rose Coloured.

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
23 Pintail, 8 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (j), 2 Buzzard (j), 140 Black-tailed Godwit, some Knot, 5 Ruff, 1 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank. 6 Greenshank, 1 Peregrine (j ♀).

Chew Valley Lake
Lots of Shoveler, a few Wigeon, lots of Pintail, 7 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 12 Lapwing, 6 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper,  2 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 

Late news:

24 Cattle Egret Stratford/Herriott's to Nunnery and out of view NE across the lake.
Plus - 3 Egyptian Goose, 10 Great White Egret, and 1 Spotted Redshank.

Dam:
1 Yellow-legged Gull (ad)

Nunnery:
1 Black Tern

Herriott's Bridge:
17 Cattle Egret - early flyover.

OUT OF AREA

Grey Phalarope 15th Sept 2018 Cheddar Res (Gary Thoburn)

Cheddar Res:
1st wint Grey Phalarope - couldn't resist a second picture. It is still by the spit today.
There was also a Great White Egret, 20 Knot and 2 Black-tailed Godwit - early

Reports: Jon Angell, Des Bowring, Karle Burford, Mark Coller, Pete Coslett, Anne Crowe,  Sean Davies, Barry Dursley, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Simon Isgar, Andy Mears, Andy Middleton, Gary Thoburn, 
 BUPP, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

15-09-18 Saturday - Savi's Warbler

Temp 12 to 19℃. Bright start, dulled over later on, still mild

Red-crested Pochard
Red Kite, Marsh Harrier
Cattle Egret
Spotted Redshank
Savi's Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
Redstart, Whinchat, Stonechat
Yellow Wagtail
Ortolan Bunting

15-9-18 Red Crested Pochard, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
16 Moorhen, 1 Water Rail (earliest ever), 2 Peregrine, 1 Garden Warbler singing (Al), 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Grey Wagtail (record count)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 Pintail, c300 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Knot, 5 Snipe, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Savi's Warbler (5th record, last in Avon, 2001) (BL), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, poss Ortolan Bunting

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Redstart, 4 Whinchat

SOMERSET

Clevedon, Little Harp Beach:
6 Turnstone

Clevedon, Channel View:
1 Mute Swan, Wigeon, 6 Teal, 9 Little Egret, Ringed Plover, 4 Knot, 200 Dunlin, Raven, 2 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

15-9-18 Wheatear at Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
4 Raven, 1st autumn Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 15 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit

Bath Blathwayt Arms:
100 Starling

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Greylag Goose, 170 Canada Geese, 4 Mute Swan, 9 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 64 Mallard, 89 Teal, 136 Tufted Duck, 29 Little Grebe, 17 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cattle Egret (1st here), 4 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 68 Cormorant, 248 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 7 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Blagdon Lake:
1 Red Kite, 8 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 56 Knot, 5 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 5 Greenshank, 1 Peregrine, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Meadow Pipit

15-9-18 Hobby, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Reservoir:
2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Shelduck, 9 Pintail, 1 Red-crested Pochard (Herons Green), 11 Little Grebe, 54 Great Crested Grebe, 13 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 juv Marsh Harrier, 5 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail (Moreton), 13 Lapwing, 8 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper (M), 6 Green Sandpiper, 3 Stock Dove, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 30 Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit

CVRS:
7 Reed Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (1st of the year)

15-9-18 Grey Phalarope on Cheddar Reservoir (Terri Borash)

Out of Avon:
Grey Phalarope at Cheddar
Black Redstart at Sharpness

Reports: Martin Aspinall, Terri Borash, Peter Coslett, Anne Crowe, Sean Davies, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Andrew Jordan, Nigel Milbourne, Carole Rushton, Cliff Smith, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, CVRS

14-09-18 Friday - Rosy Starling

Temp 12 to 18℃. Plain pleasant day

Cattle Egret
56 Knot
Hobby
Rose-coloured Starling
Spotted Flycatcher
Whinchat

14-9-18 Kestrel at CSC (Chris Snook)

BRISTOL

Sea Mills:
1 Buzzard, 37 Redshank

Stoke Park, Duchess pond:
1 Whinchat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

14-9-18 Whinchat at CSC (Chris Snook)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 5 Skylark, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, tit flocks and Goldfinches

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
2 Cormorants on H & W at 18.23

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Blathwayt Arms:
60 Starling, 1 Rose-coloured Starling

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
8 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 174 Black-tailed Godwit, 56 Knot, 1 Ruff, 5 Greenshank, 1 Redshank, 1 Peregrine

14-9-18 Cattle Egrets at CVL (David Hughes) flew from Herriot's direction past Stratford and Moreton Hides and went around towards Herons Green

Chew Valley Lake:
4 Cattle Egret, 1 Purple Heron (juv 13-9-18), 1 Great White Egret, 9 Snipe, 1 Common and 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Hobby, 

Out of Avon
Grey Phalarope at Axbridge

Reports: Rich Andrews, John Clark, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Barry Dursley, David Hughes, Rob Laughton, Lois Pryce, Chris Snook, Larry Sweetland, Daniel Watson, Jason Williams

13-09-18 Thursday - Ortolan Bunting

Temp 7 to 19℃. Cold start turning very warm and sunny, more cloud later

Ortolan Bunting

Cattle Egret
Whimbrel
Hobby
Whinchat

Yellow Wagtail
Purple Heron

BRISTOL

13-9-18 Coot  in Bristol  Docks(Rich Andrews)
The excitement of the day as the Ortolan vanished

Docks:
1 Coot

Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher

13-9-18 Goldcrest in Royal Victoria Park (Carole Rushton)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Whinchat

Aust:
1 Whimbrel, 1 Kestrel, 1 Ravne, Yellow Wagtails heard, 1 Grey Wagtail, large flock Linnets

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Ortolan Bunting (PB)

Yate, Kingsgate Park:
1 Mandarin Duck, 3 Gadwall, 1 Littel Grebe, 1 Kingfisher

13-9-18 cracking Wheatear at CSC (Barry Dursley)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

13-9-18 Walton Common (Carole Rushton)

Walton Common:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Raven calling, 1 Coal Tit, Brown Argus, Common Blue

Backwell Lake:
2 Kingfisher showing well and one Otter swimming around W end of the lake for @10mins

13-9-18 Rock Pipit flooded up by the gate at Kenn Pill (Rob Hargreaves)

Clevedon-Yeo:
14 Mute Swan, 100 Shelduck, Teal, Mallard, 10 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 30 Oystercatcher, 2 poss Grey Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 90 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Turnstone, 200 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 200 Redshank, 100 Black-headed Gull, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 4 Skylark, 20 Swallow, 20 Starling,  0! Wheatear,  5 Meadow Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit, Linnet with 100+ Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

13-9-18 Wheatear at Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
2 Buzzard, 1 Whimbrel, the usual Little Owl, 1 Kestrel, 4 Raven, 10 Sky Lark, 2 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 20 Linnet

Newton St Loe:
2 Buzzard, 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 5 Barn swallow 20+ House Martins, 5 Chiffchaff, total of 40 species

Bath - Royal Victoria Park:
4 Goldcrest

RESERVOIRS

13-9-18 Hobby at  CVL (TtB)

Chew Valley Lake:
1 Barnacle Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 1 Shelduck, 14 Shoveler, few Wigeon, 8 Pintail, 47 Pochard, 1 Goldeneye (f), 1 Cattle Egret, 9 Grey Heron, 1 Purple Heron (j), 5 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 4 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 7 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Water Rail, 2 White Coot, 12 Lapwing, 42 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Snipe, 2 Common and 5 Green Sandpiper

13-9-18 Greenshank, Moreton  (Ian Stapp)

2 Greenshank, 7 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Common Gull, 7 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 GS Woodpecker, 5 Hobby, 2 Raven, 100 Swallow and  House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 20 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch ,2 Reed Bunting

13-9-18 Chiffchaff on Moreton Lane (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Barry Dursley, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Claire Lewis, John Martin, Harvey Rose, Carole Rushton, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Gwen Thomas, NSL Birding, TtB13-9-18 Hobby at  CVL (TtB)

12-09-18 Wednesday - Chipping Sodbury

Dull,cool start, brighter later.

Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Yellow-legged Gull 
Spotted Flycatcher,  Redstart, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail

12-09-18 Hobby, CVL (NSL-Birding)

BRISTOL

Blaise:
1 Nuthatch.

Henbury:

Crow Lane area - Botany Bay near Hazel Brook: 1 Buzzard, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtail

Brislington:
11th - 2 Tawny Owl calling over Tesco calling Tom Road area

Stockwood Open Spaces:
6 Swallow

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
14 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 20 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Whinchat, 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

12-09-18 Spotted Flycatcher, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)

Oldbury Power Station;

A Spotted Flycatcher with Blackcaps, etc. along the bridleway to south of Lagoon 2.

12-09-18 Yellow Wagtail, Northwick Warth (Aravind Ramesh)

New Passage/Northwick:
6 Wigeon, plenty of Teal, 45+ Curlew, 28 Knot,  160+ Redshank, 33 Turnstone,  Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail,  2 Grey Wagtail

Chipping Sodbury Common:

100+ Swallow, Willow Warbler, 10+Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 8+ Whitethroat,  8 Whinchat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher,  2 Redstart, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail

Siston:
2 Spotted Flycatcher in ST 6876

Warmley:
2 Raven over garden

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley:
2 Raven - garden flyovers


Newton St Loe:

3 Mute Swan with 5 cygnets, 38 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron,  2 Kestrel, Raven,  House Martin and Swallow still about in good numbers,  very large mixed flock mainly Blue and LT Tits plus Great and Coal Tit,  Goldcrest and Chiffchaff which must have added up to almost 100 birds,  Nuthatch, Treecreeper, lots of Mistle Thrush,  30+ Linnet, 15 Goldfinch

Folly Farm:
3 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Nuthatch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
Top End - 6 Great White Egret, 250+ Black-tailed Godwit, at least 6 Greenshank, 1 Redshank 1 Dunlin (opp Fishing Lodge), 1 Hobby

12-09-18 Hobbies and Barnacle Geese in flight, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake
2 Greylag Goose, 7 Barnacle Goose, 3 Egyptian Goose, 7 Little Grebe, 40+ Great Crested Grebe, 2Great White Egret, 4 Little  Egret, 3 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 10 Snipe, 9 Lapwing, 1 Yellow-legged Gull,  6 GBB Gull 5 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher,  1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Hobby, 11 Jackdaw, large flock mixed Tits (Moreton), 100+ mixed Swallow/House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 7 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail,  6+ Goldfinch

Villice:
2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Hobby,

Heron's Green:
1 Cattle Egret, 1 Whinchat (back of HG pond)

Stratford:
1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Great White Egret

Herriott's Bridge:
1 Great White Egret, 5 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper

Out of Avon:

 Pectoral Sandpiper at WWT Steart Marshes (Quantock Hide)

11-09-18 BOC in Spain (Anita Teague)
[watching Bearded, Griffon and Egyptian Vultures, plus Short-toed Eagle and Chough]

Reports: Pete Brain, Mark Coller, Tony Cook, Peter Coslett, William Earp, Paul Francis, Peter Hazelwood, Nick Hudson, Rob Laughton, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, NSL-Birding

11-09-18 Tuesday - Year highest tide

Temp 17 to 18.5℃. Sunny early, but by 8 it was grey and raining by 9. 2nd half was just grey

Hobby
Wheatear

Yellow Wagtail

11-9-18 No Warth at Northwick Warth on High Tide

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Vismig: 50+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 1+ Grey Wagtail, c20 Meadow Pipit, c25 Goldfinch.
Also 1 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear

11-9-18 Knot on Severnside (Robert Hargreaves)

Severnside:
flocks of Oystercatcher, Curlew and Dunlin, 325 Black-tailed Godwit, 40 Knot, 5 Ringed Plover, 4 Turnstone, Sanderling, 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

11-9-18 juv Hobby sat in tree spotted me at Moreton, CVL (Avonbirder)

BOC Walk Out of Avon at Woodchester Park:
2 Mandarin Duck, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 5 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Swallow, 40 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 30 Goldfinch

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Nick Hawkridge, Brian Lancastle, Avonbirder

10-09-18 Monday - Short-eared Owl

Cooler today in the breeze, warm in the sun out of the wind

Pintail 
Great White Egret
Red Kite
Curlew Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Yellow-legged Gull 
Short-eared Owl
Yellow Wagtail

10-09-18 fine inage of a Hobby at Moreton, CVL ( Ian Stapp) 

BRISTOL

No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
inc WeBS Count - 64 Canada Goose, 3 Wigeon, 144 Mallard, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk (perched on seawall at wader roost, hence low numbers), 1 Red Kite, 23 Ringed Plover, 11 Curlew, 38 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 53 Redshank (yacht club), 1 Greenshank (yacht club), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail

The WeBS counter reports: 'A hollow Willow tree was on fire along the bridleway; I suspect the local farmer had set it ablaze to get rid of a Hornet's nest. I phoned OPS Security, they came to inspect and called the Fire Brigade. Whilst waiting for them a Great Spotted Woodpecker was in the upper branches and I saw a distant Red Kite. OPS is not usually as exciting!'

New Passage/Northwick:
Hybrid Goose (Barnacle x Whitefront), 56 Gadwall, 10+ Shoveler, 6 Wigeon, 2 juv Greenshank, 9 Ringed Plover, 30 Dunlin,  3 Peregrine, Willow Warbler, Rock Pipit

Here's  another fine image - Sanderling, New Passage, 10-09-18 (Paul Bowerman)

Severn Beach:
Shaft Beach - 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Sanderling, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtail

10-09-18 Common Sandpiper, Severn Beach (Tony Scott) 

Chipping Sodbury Common:

4 Whinchats, 1 Redstart.  Fewer Whitethroat about.

10-09-18 Whinchat, Chipping Sodbury Common (NSL-Birding)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:

190 Shelduck, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 11 Little Egret, 44 Oystercatcher, 51 Ringed Plover, 140 Curlew, 3 Black- tailed Godwit, 15 Dunlin, 100 Redshank, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 3 Rock Pipit, 25 Goldfinch.


BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:
Prior Park - family of Kingfisher (m + 2 or maybe 3 juv)

RESERVOIRS


Blagdon Lake:
WeBS count: 98 Canada Geese, 89 Mute Swan, 446 Shoveler, 1112 Teal, 294 Gadwall, 34 Wigeon, 733 Mallard, 6 Pintail, 256 Tufted Duck, 2 Pochard, 42 Little Grebe, 105 Great Crested Grebe, 45 Cormorant, 14 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 9 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 1131 Coot, 107 Moorhen, 19 Lapwing, 214 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 9 Snipe, 1 Dunlin, 9 Common Sandpiper, 6 Greenshank, 1 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 3 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 2 Chiffchaff

10-09-18 Pintail, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake

2 Greylag Goose, 3 Egyptian Goose (Dam), 5 Pochard , 12+ Pintail,  1000+ Tufted Duck,  55+ Great Crested Grebe, 7 Little Grebe,  6 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 5 Buzzard,1 Sparrowhawk, 7 Snipe, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 16 Lapwing, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher,  5+ Hobby (Herriotts, Moreton, Heron's Green and Stratford), 1 Peregrine, 20+ Jackdaw, 3 Jay, 2 Raven (Moreton), large party mixed Tits (Moreton), 3 House Martins (Blue Bowl wires), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 12+ House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit 

Villice (field behind car park) - 6 Barnacle Geese, 2 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff and a Bullfinch

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Rob Hargreaves, Nick Hudson, Glen Maddison, John Martin, Andy Middleton, Trevor Riddle, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, NSL Birding

09-09-18 Sunday - Curlew Sandpiper

Temp 14 to 20℃. Breezy and wet over high tide early morning, sunny with a fresh breeze

9-9-18 Curlew Sandpiper on Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)

This weekend is the International Shorebird Day when counts all over the world are collected

Garganey 
Red-legged Partridge
Cattle Egret
Grey Plover, Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank
Hobby
Redstart, Whinchat

Yellow Wagtail
Whimbrel

BRISTOL

Downs:
2 Jay, 4 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch.

Longwell Green:
24 House Martin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

9-9-18 Curlew Sandpiper at OPS (Matt Plenty)

Oldbury Power Station:
Ringed Plover, 1 ad Curlew Sandpiper

9-9-18 Grey Plover at Littleton (John Martin)

Littleton WeBS:
4 Teal, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 sum plum Grey Plover, 53 Curlew, 24 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 2 Hobby hunting Swallows, 2 Yellow Wagtail

9-9-18 Bar-tailed Godwit at NP (Paul Bowerman)

Severn Beach:
1 Bar-tailed Godwit, flock Black-tailed Godwit, flock Knot, 1 ad Curlew Sandpiper, flock Dunlin

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Mute Swan, 2 Buzzard, Whimbrel calling from the golf course, 1 Kestrel, 1 Skylark, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Redstart, 7 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail 

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

South Pool:  1 Grey Heron, 1 unusually obliging Cetti's Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, and 1 Whinchat
North Pool:  2 Shoveler, 5+ eclipse Wigeon, 18 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 8 Little Grebe (incl stripy juveniles),1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 15 House Martin, 3 Blackcap in sub-song and 1 Chiffchaff by the barns. The star bird, however, was a juvenile Garganey feeding in the shallows on the North Pool island! 

9-9-18 Wheatear at Cl-Y (Jason Williams)

Clevedon-Yeo:
7 Mute Swan, 90 Shelduck, 10 Teal, 60 Mallard, 8 Red-legged Partridge, 18 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 130 Oystercatcher (Probably a record for the site), 16 Ringed Plover, 100 Curlew, 18 Black-tailed Godwit (At KP), 2 Turnstone, 5 Knot, 90 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 9 Greenshank (At least 8 up Yeo and 1 at Kenn), 240 Redshank, 150 Black-headed Gull, 2 Raven, 30 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 3 Whinchat, 6 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtail, 4 Rock Pipit, 30 Goldfinch

Woodspring Bay - WeBS count:
31 Mute Swan, 87 Shelduck, 63 Mallard, 36 Teal, 4 Wigeon, 6 Coot, 2 Grey Heron, 12 Little Egret, 41 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel, 16 Oystercatcher, 79 Redshank, 2 Snipe, 137 B-Headed Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Wheatear and a flock of 40+ Linnets

BELOW M4 & BANES

9-9-18 Meadow Pipit at Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
10 Pheasant, 20 Red Legged Partridge, 1 Buzzard, the most photographed Little Owl, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 8 Sky Lark, 3 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 9 Pied Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 60 Linnet,

RESERVOIRS

9-9-18 Grey Wagtail showing off at Barrow Tanks (NSL Birding)

Barrow Tanks:
1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Grey Wagtail

9-9-18 Cattle Egret Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
2 Greylag Geese, 1 Shelduck, 10 Little Grebe (Villice), 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 15 Lapwing, 6 Snipe, 1 Knot (Villice), 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

9-9-18 Hobby at Villice (David Hughes)

4 Hobby, 2 Jay, 40 Jackdaw, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler

CVRS:
Reed Warbler numbers down from last weekend, 81, to 18 this weekend

9-9-18 Little Owl at Marshfield (Peter Coslett)
Here it is, the most photographed Avon Little Owl

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Barry Dursley, Robert Hargreaves, David Hughes, John Martin, Giles Morris, Matt Plenty, Lois Pryce, Matt Rogers, Ian Stapp, Dan White, Jason Williams, NSL Birding, CVRS, TtB

08-09-17 Saturday - Cattle Egret

Temp 13 to 19℃. Early rain, grey day with a little sun in the middle

Black-necked Grebe
Marsh Harrier
Cattle Egret
Common Tern
Hobby
Spotted Redshank

8-9-18 Peregrine at Finzel's Reach (Dan White)

BRISTOL

Bristol garden:
1 Chiffchaff singing

College Green:
1 Raven on the roof of city hall and a Sparrowhawk over while hundreds of us were doing a 'die-in' at the Rise for Climate demo

Easton:
sub-singing Willow Warbler in the back garden first thing.

Finzel's Reach:
1 Cormorant, 2 Peregrine sat on the rain downpipes early pm

Riverside Park, city end of the M32:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Yate:
1 f Sparrowhawk caught a Starling in our garden, which is sad

NORTH SOMERSET

Wain's Hill, Clevedon:
100+ House Martins along with a few Sand Martins, Swallows and Mipits moving South before the rain

Kingston Seymour:
1 Hobby

Uphill:
70 Shelduck, 6 Teal, 26 Mallard, 6 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 70 Oystercatcher, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 31 Curlew, 143 Redshank, 1,330 BH Gulls, 9 LBB Gull, 52 Herring Gull,  2 GBB Gull

BELOW M4 & BANES

Swineford:
3 Buzzard, 2 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven

8-9-18 Chiffchaff and Linnets at Saltford (Rob Hargreaves)
Note yellow under warbler's tail feathers

Saltford:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 60 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 200 Jackdaw, 4 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 30 Starling, 50 Linnet, 40 Goldfinch

Camely:
Just ringed the 100th Blackcap in my garden this last four weeks, virtually all juvs. Chiffs were pipped to the post with 97. Willow Warbler a poor third with 25. Heart-stopping moment yesterday when a Hobby shot over the garden, only just above my top net, dammit!!

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:
3 Egyptian Geese, 1 Black-necked Grebe (Stratford), 1 Cattle Egret (Herriotts),  3 Great White Egret, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank (Herriotts), 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Hobby

Bristol Nats (BNS) walk at Chew this morning:
Nunnery: 2 Common Tern, Hobby
Herons Green: Green Sandpiper
Stratford:

Common Sandpiper,  Wigeon, Black-necked Grebe, Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobby, Cetti's Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Herriots: 2 Great White Egret, 2 Snipe, Hobby, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Black-tailed Godwit.

CVRS:
Quiet morning produced 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Sedge Warbler, 9 Reed Warbler, 8 Blackcap

Out of Avon:

Cattle Egret at Tadham Moor

Reports: Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Michael Davis, Alastair Fraser, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hudson, Robert Kelsh, Andy Mears, Bob Medland, Giles Morris, Robin Morrison, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Dan White, CVRS