Thursday 29 September 2016

29th Sept '16 Thursday - Little Stint

Wet to start then sunny later - always blustery.

Starting on the rarities:
Durleigh, Reservoir:
1 juv Pectoral Sandpiper still.

Steart Marshes WWT:
1 Grey Phalarope
29/09/2016 Grey Phalarope (Roger Musgrove)

and now the rest!

Bristol area.
Bristol, Eastville, Park:
8 Mallard,1 Moorhen, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Treecreeper
Bristol, Easton, Greenbank:
3 Jay, 6 Swallow.
Bristol, Stoke Park, inc Duchess Pond:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Swallow.


29/09/2016 Curlew with Redshank (Martin Tayler)
New Passage/Northwick:
Lots of Wigeon, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Curlew, lots of  Oystercatcher, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, and Turnstone, and 1 Knot

Sea Mills: (a full and comprehensive tally)
20 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 10 Redshank, 100 BH Gull, 2 LBB Gull,
1 Herring Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Magpie, 1 Jay, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 6 Raven,
2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit,  8 House Martin, and 2 Robin.

29/9/16 Great Crested Grebe (Mrs Trellis)
Getting a bit bolshie at Planet Chew
Portishead:
2 House Martin

Marshfield:
Cemetery:
1 1st wint Common Gull, 20c Lesser Black-backed Gull, and 50c Herring Gull.
Shire Valley:
2 Grey Heron, Buzzard, Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, Jay, 5 Raven, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, and Pied Wagtail.

Sand Point:
2 Swallow, 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear

Uphill:
2 Peregrine, 1 Kestrel, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 20+ Goldfinch


29/9/16 Peregrine (Paul Cousins)
Crows mobbing Peregrines and bullying a Kestrel at Uphill
Newton St Loe:
1 Wigeon (still, now top lake), 2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 3 Skylark, 100 Goldfinch (flock at least)

Stanton Drew:
Red Kite(crossed over road mobbed by 3 Crows a driving tick)

Blagdon Lake:
11 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 10 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, 1 Hobby, 14 Ringed Plover,
29 Lapwing, 3 juv Dunlin,  and 1 juv Little Stint, 1 Common Tern

29/9/16 Swallow (George Stacey)
Exhausted at Woodford Lodge
Chew Valley Lake:
East Shore:
3 Egyptian Goose, 9 Pintail, 1 hybrid Aythya (TuftyxPoch), 1 Little Egret, 1 juv Knot,
1 juv Common Tern, 15 GBB Gull, and 1 Sand Martin
Villice: 
15 Wigeon, 36 Gadwall, 15 Shoveler, 450 Tufties 1 Great White Egret, 28 Great Crested Grebe,
18 Little Grebe, 9 Lapwing, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher
Moreton:
1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 4 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Goldcrest, 12 Swallow, and 2 Chiffchaff.
Stratford:
Spotted Crake seen again in the reeds in front of the hide.
1 Golden Plover, 1 Lapwing, 1 Common Tern, 10 Swallow, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, and 2 Chiffchaff

29/09/2016 Juv Common Tern (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts End:
4 Pintail, 1 Little Egret, 3 Lapwing, 1 Knot, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Cetti’s Warbler

29/9/16 Black-tailed Godwit (Paul Bowerman)
New Passage sky obliterated this morning
Reports: Paul Bowerman. Paul Cousins, Mike Davis, Alistair Fraser, Adrian Hockey, Nigel Milbourne, Roger Musgrove, Rich Scantlebury, George Stacey,  Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Mrs Trellis, Wayne Tucker, Keith Vinicombe blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG