28/9/13 New passage- Pilning Wetlands (glos) afternoon sightings

New passage

• 30+ dunlin
• 100+ wigeon
• 50+ teal
• 5+ shovelers
• 100+ black headed gulls
• A few curlew
• 1+ CURLEW SANDPIPER- juv, 9-12 being sighted down there around the 28th.
• 1 LITTLE STINT- possible feeding alone but could be the one which was on the wetlands

Pilning Wetlands

• 11 lapwing
• 10+ ringed plover
• Little grebes
• 4 mute swans
• 20+ teal
• 10+ pintail
• 1 buzzard
• 7 magpies
• 1 raven
• 1 ruff- possible in flock of lapwings which got scared by the buzzard
• 1 LITTLE STINT- juv possibly in the lapwing flock which got scared and flew high East.
• 1 GARGANEY- juv feeding on the pool by the first box on Northwick Warth if headed from New Passage along sea wall to Aust Warth.
  
   Wigeon in multiple plumages (New Passage)
  

GARGANEY juv

Not seen exciting individuals

• 1 GREAT WHITE EGRET- 1st patch tick-  Surprisingly 1st ever for the Severnside area seen flying over Northwick Warth.Gloucestershire has had at least 20 and the Avon Area which are right next to Severnside has had about 7 Severnside should have got a great white egret years ago.Also the two breeding pairs in 2012 and again in 2013 in Somerset maybe one of the reasons why on has visited.
• 1 JACK SNIPE- 1st of year on Northwick Warth. Didn't see on visit due to the secretive habits of these birds.
• 1 LAPLAND BUNTING- 1st of the year and didn't see it as it was sighted in the morning and flew off before I got there.