09-12-18 Sunday - Bittern

Temp 9 to 11℃. Been a lot drier, and as a Sunday, lots of people out

9-12-18 Goosander in Eastville Park (Lucipixlz)

Bewick's Swan

Black-necked Grebe
Bittern, Cattle Egret
Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Purple Sandpiper
Great Skua
Merlin
Black Redstart
Redpoll

BRISTOL

Clifton, Percival Road, 11.30:

1 Marsh Tit

9-12-18 Goosander on Eastville Lake (Allan Chard)

Eastville and Duchess Park, WeBS:
1 Mute Swan, 46 (EP) + 5 (DP) Mallard, 3 (2f) Goosander, 5 Cormorant, 1  (DP) Grey Heron, 5 (EP) + 6 (DP) Moorhen. 163 BH Gull, 2 Herring & 1 LBB Gull, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Nuthatch, 30 Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail

9-12-18 Goosander above on Eastville Lake (Martin Tayler)

Sea Mills, River Avon, WeBS:
33 Mallard, 1 Dunlin, 5 Common Snipe, 5 Common Sandpiper, 103 Redshank, 500 BH, 12 Herring and 4 LBB Gulls, 1 Grey Wagtail

Sea Mills, Hoar Gout:

1 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Coot, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Redpoll over to Northeast.

9-12-18 Redwing in Bristol (Paul Milo)

St Andrews Park:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Raven (Cromwell Rd)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

9-12-18 Merlin, Oldbury Power Station (Matt Plenty)

Oldbury Power Station:
300 Lapwing, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1000+ Dunlin, 1 f Merlin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Stonechat, 3 Yellowhammer, lots of Skylark and Reed Bunting in weedy fields

Severn Beach, Shaft Rocks:
2 Oystercatcher, 5 Ringed Plover (1 colour-ringed in summer 2010 Avonmouth), 85 Turnstone, 44 Dunlin.

NORTH SOMERSET

9-12-18 Purple Sandpiper, Battery Point (Jason Williams)

Portishead, Battery Point:
1 Greylag Goose, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Rock Pipit

9-12-18 Great White Egret on Blind Yeo (Paul Chapman)

Clevedon-Yeo:

72 Canada Goose, 15 Mute Swan, 180 Shelduck, 220 Wigeon, 20 Mallard, 45 Teal, 2 Goosander, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Bittern (Middle Lane), 1 Great White Egret (Blind Yeo), 19 Little Egret (nr Kingston Seymour), 1 Buzzard, 22 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover

9-12-18 Ringed Plover & Turnstone at Clevedon (Paul Cousins)

4 Ringed Plover, 160 Curlew, 31 Turnstone, 550 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 240 Redshank, 200 BH Gull, 2 white Rock Pigeon, 1 Kestrel, 1 f Merlin, 1 Raven, 20 Skylark

9-12-18 Black Redstart at Clevedon (Paul Cousins)

1 f Black Redstart (pier), 20 Meadow Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit

Backwell Lake:
25+ Little Egrets counted into roost

Yatton, Wemberham Lane  - late afternoon:
1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Bullfinch

W-s-M, Anchor Head:
1 Great Skua up river at 08.50

W-s-M, Worle garden:
2 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 11 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch

Woodspring Bay from the Yeo to the Banwell, WeBS:

12 Mute Swan, 287 Shelduck, 32 Wigeon, 112 Mallard, 61 Teal, 80 Lapwing, 28 Curlew, 16 Snipe, 295 Redshank, 46 BH Gull, 13 Herring Gull

Uphill, WeBS:
86 Mute Swan, 440 Shelduck, 28 Wigeon, 128 Teal, 31 Mallard, 1 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 116 Oystercatcher, 150 Lapwing, 40 Curlew, 50 Dunlin, 48 Redshank, 400 BH, 1 Common, 2 LBB, 18 Herring & 2 GBB Gull, 2 Peregrine

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham to Compton Dando:
Keynsham Memorial Park 69 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 4 BH Gulls, 1 Grey Wagtail
Dapps Hill 1 Grey Heron
Chewton Place 5 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Fieldfare
Compton Dando 24 Mallard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 5 Long Tail Tits

Bath:
1 m Blackcap, lots of Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chaffinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Pintail, 400 Lapwings, 1 Common Sandpiper

9-12-18 Peregrine at CVL (Bob Brewer)

Chew Valley Lake:

10 Bewick's Swan, 3 Goosander, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 18 Cattle Egret (Stratford Lane), 1 Great White Egret

9-12-18 Green Sandpiper at CVL (Roger Staples)

1 Buzzard, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common (Dam) and 1 Green (Villice) Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine

9-12-18 White Rock Pigeon at Clevedon (Paul Cousins)

Reports: Bob Brewer, Karle Burford, Ken Carruthers, Allan Chard, Paul Cousins, Jane Cumming, David Esam, Lee Gardiner, Richard Giles & F Neate, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Glen Maddison, Paul Milsom, Giles Morris, Matt Plenty, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Roger Staples, Martin Tayler, Mike Thomas, Jason Williams