29th - At the Clevedon-Yeo today there were 72
Canada Goose (!!!!) all at Yeo Bank Farm, 80+ Shelduck, 30 Wigeon, 45 Teal, a
Sparrowhawk, 18 Little Egrets (building up), 27 Oystercatchers, a single Ringed
Plover, a Grey Plover, 2 Lapwing, a Know, 55 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 4 Black-Wits, 130
Curlew, a Spot Shank, 140 Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 2/3 Common Sandpipers, 26
Turnstones, 2 Kingfishers and a Cetti's Wabler.
28th - Dense fog this morning prevented any
decent birding, however a visit to the allotments at Wains Hill, Clevedon was
rewarded with brief view of a Firecrest in amongst the many WillowChiffs,
Blackcaps and assorted tits.
27th - At least 12 Cetti's Warblers were counted
in and around the Portbury Wharf area.
24th - At Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve the first
10 Widgeon of the autumn and a male Pochard were seen.
22nd - An away weekend for some of the patch
regulars onboard the Pride of Bilbao, the number of Whales and Dolphins were
down on last years trip, but a close up view of a Sperm Whale was welcome.
20th - At Portbury Wharf Natures Reserve today
there was a Hobby, 4 or 5 Cettis Warblers, a Spotted Flycatcher and plenty of
Chiffchaffs.
19th - A Wryneck was seen flying south over the
Perfect Bite Pools at lunchtime today.
18th - Today at Clevedon there were 75+ Shelduck,
9 Wigeon, 20+ Teal, 13 Little Egret, a Buzzard, 28 Oystercatchers, 2 Ringed
Plover, 40 Lapwing, 16 Dunlin, 6 Snipe, 135 Curlew, 70 Redshank, 1/2 Greenshank,
4 Common Sandpipers, 5 Turnstones, 700+ Black-headed Gulls, 2+ Rock Pipit, 5
Wheatears and a Cetti's Warbler.
17th - At the Clevedon Yeo today there were 8
Little Egrets, 50 Turnstones, 30 Dunlin, 15 Ringed Plover, a Curlew Sandpiper, a
Knot, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, c100 Curlew, 7 Wheatear, a
Stonechat, a White Wagtail and 2 GBB gulls.
So that would appear to be the end of the Wrynecks.
15th - At least one Wryneck still at Clevedon
today, a juvenile Marsh Harrier and a Hobby also put in an appearance. I
hope your not getting bored of Wryneck pics, people keep sending them to me!
If anyone wants to send me a high res version of their best pics it would be
appreciated, I can then set up a nice gallery of pictures. (use the e-mail
link above)
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14th - The two Wryneck remained at Clevedon today
and were well appreciated by many. Another good record was of a male
Goshawk being mobbed by Crows over the Perfect Bite Pools at Clevedon.
Also at Clevedon were 11 Wigeon, 16-26 Little Egrets, 36 Oystercatchers, 5
Ringed Plover, 20 Knot, 16 Dunlin, 11 Snipe, 50+ Curlew, 3 Redshank, 2
Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpipers, 17 Turnstones, a Kingfisher, 7 Wheatears, a
Cettis Warbler, a Spot Fly, several Lesser Whitethroats and 2 Ravens.
13th - You wait 6 years for a decent tickable
Wryneck and overnight you suddenly have 2 in the same place. Both showed
well all day at Clevedon, thanks to Allen Chard for the pics. Quite a lot
of Siskins were noted to be on the move today, which seems quite early. In
the Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve area there were 11 Little Grebes, a
Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 5 Wheatears, 4 Cettis Warblers, a Whitethroat,
4 Blackcaps, 20+ Chiffchaffs and a Willow Warbler.
12th - A Wryneck was a very nice find today at
the Clevedon-Yeo, it was frequenting the sea wall near Channel View Farm,
the same area as the last Wryneck found by one of the regular patch watchers in
August 2002. Hopefully it will stay a few days to allow the other patch
regulars (stuck in traffic on the M5!) to catch up with it.
11th - A juvenile Shag was a good record from
Ladye Bay today. On the coast there was 45 Shelduck, 6 Little Egrets, a
Peregrine, 3 Dunlin, 70+ Curlew, 65 Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 7 Common Sandpipers
and 18 Wheatears.
10th - A Marsh Harrier and a Crossbill were seen
from Wains Hill today.
7th - After taking a few photos of a sick
Whimbrel at Clevedon this morning I turned around to find an Osprey flying low
over the tideline c25m from me, after enjoying this great bird for a few seconds
I got the camera out again, unfortunately it had slipped into video mode so I
shot a couple of seconds of very poor video (see below!), by the time I
realised my mistake it was out of photo range, gggrrrrr..... Also at Clevedon was a rubbish Peregrine, in the time I was there I saw it hunt
unsuccessfully a wader sp, a Manx Shearwater, a Woodpigeon and a Mallard, it's a
juvenile so hopefully it will get better. Also at the Clevedon-Yeo were 9
Knot, c30 Ringed Plover, c30 Dunlin, 18 Oystercatchers, c100 Curlew, c40
Redshank, a Turnstone, a Golden Plover, a Common Sandpiper, 8 Little Egrets, an
Arctic Tern, 18 Cormorants flew over and c15 Wheatears.
6th - Sightings from Clevedon included 15 Arctic
Terns, a Greenshank, a Golden Plover, a Bar-wit, a Sanderling, 3 Grey Wagtails,
a Yellow Wagtail and 3 White Wagtails.
2nd A Black Tern was seen at the Clevedon-Yeo
(late report received 14/9)
1st - The first Little Stint of the year was seen
a Clevedon today, a very grey winter plumaged bird.
