12th September Tuesday - Sabine's Gull

Much calmer, with bright sunshine for majority of the day

12-9-17 Sabine's Gull (Paul Bowyer)

Sabine's Gull
Great Skua, Manx Shearwater, Black-necked Grebe, Guillemot
Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff, Spotted Redshank 
Woodchat Shrike, Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit

BRISTOL

Stapleton:
Peregrine on Holy Trinity Church, Raven over, 4 House Martin

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond, WeBS:
6 Mallard, 1 Little Egret (unusual here), 1 Grey Heron, 4 Moorhen

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

68 Dunlin, 8 Ringed Plover, 128 Curlew, 1 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 30 Turnstone,  2 Goldcrest, 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 50 Goldfinch

Shepperdine:

1 Manx Shearwater  - flying upriver at 15.20, 12 Cormorant,  Stonechat

Spotted Flycatcher (Rod Holbrook)

New Passage / Pilning Wetland

5 Mute Swan, 50 Canada Goose, 2 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 5 Little Grebe + 2 small young, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Moorhen, 25 Coot, 50 Oystercatcher, 25 Lapwing, 40 Curlew, 60 Black-tailed Godwit, 200 Dunlin,  40 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Wheatear, 30 Pied Wagtail, 40 Meadow Pipit, 50 Linnet, 12 Goldfinch. 

12-9-17 Guillemot at New Passage (Alex Barclay)

Severn Beach:
1 Manx Shearwater, 8 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 5 Curlew, c. 50 Dunlin, c. 300 Black-headed  Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Guillemot, 6 Pied Wagtail

Chipping Sodbury Common:
juvenile Woodchat Shrike still present. Also  6 Swallow, House Martin, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Whinchat, 20+ Yellow Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET:

Portishead, Battrey Point, 11th:
1 Great Skua flying down stream at 12.15

12-9-17 Manx Shearwater in Portishead garden (Jane Cumming)
Probably killed by Peregrine as wing snipped off

Portishead, Avon Way: 
1 leucistic Jackdaw

Sand Point:
1 juv Sabine's Gull (Paul Bowyer) found first thing. Still present at high tide midday though hunkered down with Black-headed Gulls.

juvenile Sabine's Gull at Sand Bay (John Martin)
Still around late this evening

High tide included 3 Little Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank, 42 Oystercatcher, 20 Curlew, 200 Swallows, 1 Sand Martin and 1 Tree Pipit went south over Sand Point early morning. 1 Whinchat at mid-day.

 

Weston-super-Mare:
1 Peregrine

Uphill, WeBS:

327 Shelduck, 27 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 7 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 94 Oystercatcher, 3 Dunlin, 23 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 167 Redshank, 74 BH Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 8 LBB Gull

BELOW M4 & BANES

Upton Cheney - Swineford BOC Walk:
1 Pheasant, 4 Buzzard, 3 Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Kestrel, 4 Magpie, 1 Jay, 25 Jackdaw, 18 Carrion Crow, 2 Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 14 Swallow, 14 House Martin, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Starling (more in the bushes eating Damsons not seen), 1 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 1 Dunnock 4 House Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
1 Swift

Black-necked Grebe at Blagdon (Robert Hargreaves)

Blagdon Lake, WeBS:

6 Wigeon, 1 Pintail, 190 Gadwall, 6 Pochard, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 10 Buzzard, 2 Hobby, 111 Moorhen, 1545 Coot, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 juv Arctic Tern, 200 Sand/House Martin, 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear

12-9-17 Whinchat at Blagdon (Robert Hargreaves)

Chew Valley Lake:
Totals from around the lake:  10+ Great White Egret, 13 Little Egret, 11 Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 4 Dunlin,  2 Common Sandpiper, 200+ House  Martin (numbers down from yesterday), 40+ Swallow

12th September 2017 Spotted Redshank CVL Hollow Brook (George Stacey)

Hollow Brook:
1 Water Rail, 2 juv Spotted Redshank (1 tagged bird), 1 Greenshank

Woodford:
2 Great White  Egret  3 Little  Egret, 10 GBB Gull, 50+ House Martin

Heron's Green:
2 Great White  Egret, 3 Little Egret, 14 Little Grebe, 3 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 10+ Swallow,    40+ House Martin

Moreton:
1 Little Egret, 2 Hobby, 5 GBB Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's  Warbler, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Chaffinch  

12-9-17 Curlew Sandpiper (and Dunlin) at CVL (Robert Hargreaves)

Herriott's Bridge:
10 Wigeon,  7 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin, 6 Ruff, 15 Black-Tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cetti's Warbler

One quite large Terrapin in the channel lake side at  Herriotts Bridge - a  Yellow-bellied Slider(?)

Reports: Alex Barclay, Paul Bowyer, Janey Clark, Jane Cumming, Bryony Cole, Ed Drewitt, William Earp, James Fiddock, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Pete Hazelwood, Rod Holbrook, Michael Hutchinson, Mike Jenkins, John Martin, Andy Middleton,  Rob P, Lois Pryce,  Richard Scantlebury, George Stacy, Ian Stapp,  blagdonlakebirds,  CVRS, nslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds