18-10-18 Thursday - Golden Plover

Temp 8 to 14℃. Cold wind, some sunny patches, no rain

Scaup, Goosander
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Marsh Harrier
Spotted Crake
Golden Plover
Yellow-legged Gull
Merlin
Fieldfare, Redwing
Brambling, Redpoll, Crossbill, Siskin

18-10-18 Fieldfare at Marshfield (Rob Hargreaves)

BRISTOL

18-10-18 Grey Heron on Avon in Bristol (Lee Gardiner)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Hanham Bird Obs:
Skylarks, Redwing, Meadow Pipit and 21 Chaffinches heading south, and a Peregrine

Oldbury Power Station:
4 juv Swan sp. downriver at 09:30 (probably Mutes)

Vismig, mainly to NE! into breeze: 50 Skylark, 35 Fieldfare (one flock, 08:30), 2 Redwing, 100+ Chaffinch, 13 Greenfinch, 3 Redpoll, 3 Siskin, 20+ Reed Bunting

Aust Cliff, vismig:
113 Skylark, 1031 Starling, 43 Fieldfare, 233 Redwing, 1320 Chaffinch, 10 Brambling, 1 local Yellowhammer

Latteridge:
1 m Sparrowhawk

Northwick Warth/New Passage:

4 juv Swans inland over Northwick tip at 11:25. Long necks. Greyish /dark necks and flanks. No throbbing flight noise as in Mute Swans

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
20 Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan, 20 Gadwall, 2 Shelduck, 50 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 2 Pochard/Aythya Hybrids, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, Coots++, 1 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 3 Snipe, 50 BH Gull, 2 GBB  Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Jay, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 5 Linnet

Portishead, Valley Road:
1 Tawny Owl at 07:15

Congressbury Moor:
1 Great White Egret (at 1515 for 15 minutes in a rhyne)

18-10-18 Goosander off Wain's Hill (Ian Loats)

Clevedon, Wain's Hill, 07:15-10:30:
270 Skylark, 360 Starling, 6 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing, 23 Pied Wagtail, 90 Meadow Pipit, 655 Chaffinch, 6 Brambling, 60 Goldfinch, 15 Linnet, 10 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Crossbill, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting. All birds were to NE
Others: 1 Goosander, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 3 Raven

18-10-18 Blackcap at Backwell (Robin Martin)

Backwell Lake:
2 Canada Geese, 8 Mute Swan, 7 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, Mallards +, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 6 Coot, 2 Moorhen, 40 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 m Blackcap, 15 Goldfinch

Sand Point, vis mig, 07:30-09:10:
1 Mute Swan, 1 Golden Plover, 82 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 41 Skylark, 1 Fieldfare,  500 Starling, 4 alba wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit, 500 Chaffinch, 20 Greenfinch, 6 Brambling, 20 Linnet, 2 Redpoll, 35 Goldfinch, 6 Siskin, 1 Yellowhammer

BELOW M4 & BANES

18-10-18 Kestrel, Shire Valley (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield, inc RSPB walk:
120 of 4,000 released Red-legged Partridge, 50 of 7,000 Pheasant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 7 Golden Plover (Rushmead Lane), 160 Golden Plover (circling over West Littleton, 14.00), 200 Common Gull (early in Rushmead Lane), 4 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 10+ Raven, 20+ Skylark, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 300 Starling in one flock, 90 Fieldfare (2 flocks 40 and 50), 12 Redwing, 12 Meadow Pipit, 20 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 30 Linnet, 30 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin, 12 Yellowhammer, no Corn Bunting

Chew Stoke:
10 Fieldfare

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, WeBS:
229 Canada Goose, 9 Great White Egrets, 4 Little Egrets, 1 juv Ringed Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull

18-10-18 Grey Heron at CVL (Bob Brewer)

Chew Valley Reservoir:
1 f Scaup (f), 3 Black-necked Grebe, 8 Cattle Egret to roost at Nunnery, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Spotted Crake (Stratford), 32 Redpoll going East

Out of Avon:
Little Egret in Cheddar Gorge

Out of UK
Bob Brewer in Papua New Guinea - some birds still need identifying! 

Reports: Derek Angell, Paul Bowyer, Bob Brewer, Tony Cook, Peter Coslett, Lee Gardiner, David Goodliffe, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Rob Laughton, Ian Loats, Robin Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Steve Sanins, Nigel Sluman, Chris Teague, Jason Williams, CVRS

17-10-18 Wednesday - Snow Bunting

Temp 13 to 16℃. Dull grey day with a bit of rain

Common Scoter, Goldeneye, Goosander
Spotted Crake
Jack Snipe
Swallow, House Martin
Yellow-browed Warbler
Fieldfare
Water Pipit
Brambling, Redpoll, Siskin
Snow Bunting

17-10-18 Wren at Bernard King, CVL (George Stacey)

BRISTOL

Blaise Woods:
2 Marsh Tits with mixed tit flock, between Goram's Chair and Henbury Golf course, 1 Tree Creeper, 1 Grey Wagtail on Hazel Brook

Purdown, Duchess Lake:

15 Skylark, 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Linnet, 100 Goldfinch, Duchess Pond: 1 m + 1 f Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Northwick Warth/New Passage:

80 Canada Geese (+usual hybrid in tow), 37 Turnstone, 100+ Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 1 Common Gull, 4 GBBG on river, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail,

NORTH SOMERSET

Goblin Combe, Avon:
2 Raven, 2 Marsh Tit

Congressbury Moor:
80 Skylark migrating West (Skylarks heard migrating across Avon)

Clevedon, Wain's Hill:
More finches on the move today over Wain's hill including my first Brambling of the autumn

Sand Point, vis mig:
33 Skylark, 18 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler,  780 Starling, 10 Meadow Pipit, 1,920 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 1 Redpoll, 13 Siskin, 9 Reed Bunting, 1 Snow Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

17-10-18 Starlings in Keynsham Garden (TtB)

Bath:
Skylark and Siskin over

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, WeBS:
91 Canada Geese, 7 Barnacle Geese, 90 Mute Swan, 68 Shoveler, 36 Gadwall, 77 Wigeon, 411 Mallard, 19 Pintail, 1120 Teal, 30 Pochard, 805 Tufted Duck, 24 Little Grebe, 73 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Cormorant, 10 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 45 Moorhen, 549 Coot, 86 Lapwing, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine, Skylarks, Mistle Thrush, Siskin

17-10-18 Pintail at Herriott's (Bob Brewer)

Chew Valley Reservoir:
2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Shelduck, 1 Garganey (f), 20 Pintail, 2 m Aytha Hybrid, 2 f Scaup (f), 1 m Common Scoter, 5 Goldeneye, 1 m Goosander (Denny), 3 Black-necked Grebe, 0 Cattle Egret, 7 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret

1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Water Rail, 1 Spotted Crake (Stratford - southern end of main reed bed ), 6 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Jack Snipe (Hollowbrook), 11 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Yellow-legged Gull

1 Kestrel, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit (HB, Lakeside)

17-10-18 Shoveler on Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)

Out of Avon:
Dowitcher at Huntspill

Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowyer, Bob Brewer, Lucy Delve, Jane Earp, Robert Hargreaves, Katie Horrocks, Andy Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Nevitt, Aravind Ramesh, Steve Sanins, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, TalkingtoBears

16 - 10 - 2018 Tuesday - - Osprey

Dry Dull & Mild today.

Yellow-browed Warbler, Brambling, Redpoll, Yellow Wagtail,
Short-eared Owl
Crossbill, Marsh Tit
Goosander, Spotted Crake, Osprey

Goosander Herons Green 16-10-18 (Robert Hargreaves)

BRISTOL

Southmead - Badock's Wood
Vismig: 5 Redwing. 2 Grey Wagtail, 25 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 20 Brambling, 40 Goldfinch, 5 Siskin.
In the woods - 4 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff. 1 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest,

Eastville Park:
5 Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher, lots of Jays and of course the odd Otter.

Arno's Vale
1 Brambling

Redland:
1 Chiffchaff in the garden all afternoon.

Rownham Hill - bottom end:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler - with a party of Long-tailed Tit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Some vismig: 10 Skylark, 11 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Redpoll, 3 Siskin. 

5 Little Egret - on the shore, 20 Moorhen - on the lake (site record), 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, Stonechat present but in the reeds

Whooper Swan NP R Severn Estuary 16-10-2018 (Brian Lancastle)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
4 Whooper Swan (j) in the estuary. (12:00)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
120+ Shelduck at mouth of Kenn, 1 Short-eared Owl flying around over the farm (it seemed to be chasing a Crow!), 12 Skylark and a Wheatear.
- - - and later

20 Shelduck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail ( calling in reedbed at Clevedon Pill), 30 Oystercatcher, 20 Curlew, 2 Redshank, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Kestrel, 5 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 30 Linnet, 40 Goldfinch.

- - - and a longer visit (09:30 to 14:00) - inc some vismig.

500 Shelduck, 105 Wigeon, 25 Teal, 7 Cormorant, 12 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine.
52 Oystercatcher, 100 Lapwing, 150 Dunlin, 330 Curlew, 460 Redshank, 2 Short Eared Owl (Yeo).
73 Skylark, 6 Wheatear, 15 Pied Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail (Dowlais), 1 Grey Wagtail, 400 Meadow Pipit, 150 Goldfinch, 125 Linnet, 5 Reed Bunting.

Sand Point/Bay:
Vismig 7 Skylark, 16 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler calling along the bottom track by the style early, 110 Starling, 3 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 15 alba wagtail, 120 Meadow Pipit, 90 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 40 Linnet, 1 Redpoll, 30 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin, 4 Reed Bunting. Grounded birds - 3 Chiffchaff,  1 Blackcap and plus an increase in Blackbirds, Song Thrush and Robin.

Uphill:
WeBS Count and BOC walk:
380 Shelduck, 42 Wigeon, 31 Teal, 60 Mallard, 3 Cormorant, 4 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 69 Oystercatcher, 35+ Lapwing, 9 Curlew, 1 Snipe, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Dunlin, 165 Redshank, 450 BH Gull, Green Woodpecker heard, 4 Skylark, 20+ Meadow Pipit, Robins singing, 20-ish Redwings over, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, two parties of LTTit (7 + 4 at least), 20++ Carrion Crows on the beach, many hundreds of Starlings flying in formation out on the Levels, also passing overhead in loose flocks, Linnets.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Folly Farm:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit, 8 L T Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 10 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 10 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 1 Crossbill, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin.

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
103 Mute Swan (site record), 20 Pintail, 8 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine, 1 Whinchat.

Chew Valley Lake

Garganey Herons Green 16-10-18 (Ian Stapp)

Juv Garganey (HG), The Spotted Crake was showing again this morning at the usual spot. It is metal ringed on the left leg, 1 Rock Pipit (M), 10 Skylarks on the move.
10 Pintail (S), 32 Pintail (HB), 350 Pochard (S), 1 Scaup, 4 Goosander (HG), 3 Black-necked Grebe, 23 Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwit (seen in two places), 1 Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank and some more  - 
3 Black-necked Grebe (S), 6 Cattle Egret (went to roost @ 18.00), 16 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Osprey (ad, heavy wing moult on right wing) over HB @ 13.00 briefly, then flew west. 1 Dunlin, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 12 Snipe, 

1 Rock Pipit (m), 1 Wheatear, 1 Redwing, 10 Siskin,

OUT OF AREA

Grey Catbird Treeve Moor Cornwall 16-10-2018 (Dean Reeves)

Reports: Paul Bowyer, Pete Brain, Jane Cumming, Robert Hargreaves, Brian Lancastle, Niall Machin, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Matt Hobbs, Steve Sanins, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp,  BUPP, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

15 -10-18 Monday - a bit slow today

Weather:  Cool, Cloudy - but the sun did break through - for a bit.

Great White Egret
Golden Plover
Redwing

BRISTOL
nil

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
WeBS count today

39 Canada Goose, 26 Wigeon, 89 Mallard, 5 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 5 Lapwing, 3 Golden Plover - over, 1 Grey Plover - Yacht Club, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit - Yacht Club, probably the one John Martin had at Littleton on Saturday, 10 Curlew 45 + Turnstone, 160+ Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 25 Redshank, 270+ Starling, 2 Wheatear.

Wheatear 15th Oct 2018 NP-NW-PWL (Paul Bowerman)

New Passage/Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands
13 Canada Goose, 10 Shelduck, 13 Shoveler, 29 Gadwall, 180 Wigeon, 190 Teal, 1 Little Egret,
2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail, 36 Coot, 10 Lapwing, 3 Ringed Plover, 80 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 Knot, 350 Dunlin, 115 Redshank, 2 Raven.

Severn Beach:

2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Wheatear.

Chittening Warth:
42 Mallard, 1 Pintail (f), 8 Teal, 4 Cormorant flying upriver Cormorant 3 flying upriver, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff and a few Meadow Pipits moving N.E into wind.

NORTH SOMERSET

Worle:
Breakfast with the birds: 2 Ravens - tumbling, 2 Goldcrest, and a flyover Siskin.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Paulton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 8 Blackbird, 3 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit.

Sewage works: 

18 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
9 Barnacle Goose, large number of  Mute Swan, 42 Wigeon, 8 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 21 Meadow Pipit.

OUT OF AREA

Isabelline Shrike 15th Oct 2018 out of area (John Hansford),

Reports: Ken Carruthers, Patrick Hancock, John Hansford, Andy Middleton, Dean Reeves, Tony Scott,  BUPP, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

14-10-18 Sunday - Brambling

Temp 15 down to 10℃. 1 cm of rain. Guess pretty similar to mine in Portland, wet and windy

Spotted Crake, Cattle Egret, Spotted Redshank, 
Brambling
Yellow-browed Warbler

14-10-18 Brambling in Winthill garden (John Thorogood)
first photo in of a Brambling this autumn

BRISTOL

Duchess Lake:
53 Mallard, 3 BH Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 10 Moorhen, 32 Feral Pigeon, 83 Woodpigeon, 10 Magpie, 16 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 7 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 1F Blackcap, 1 Wren, 1 Robin

Eastville Park:

Mute Swan, Grey Heron, Cormorant, 2 Peregrines – both on the spire, 20 BH Gull, Tawny Owl, Kingfishers, Chiffchaff, 30 Starling, 3 Grey Wagtail

Withywood:

1 low flying Heron, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

14-10-18 Stonechat at Oldbury Power Station (Matt Plenty)

Oldbury Power Station:

5+ Stonechat, Cetti's and a big count of 17 Moorhen 

Northwick Warth/New Passage:
1 Water Rail 'cussing' in the Grebe Pond reed bed, 1 Sparrowhawk - causing all the fuss, it kept 11 Snipe in the air at one time, and spooked 12 Skylark.

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Wain's Hill:
One Meadow Pipit and 6 Chaffinch battled through in an hour's vismig

Banwell, Winthill:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Bullfinch, including 2 juveniles, a single Brambling among a mass of Goldfinches numbering 34, our biggest ever count

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Pulteney Gardens:
4 Mute Swans, 3 cygnets, 1 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorants, 1 Kingfisher

Bath, Southgate by Apple:
100+ Pied Wagtails already in winter roost

Bath, Walcot Gate - River Side:
Probable Yellow-browed Warbler in huge mixed tit-flock along the trees by the river! Counted 90+ birds.
Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 150 Herring / Lesser Black-backed Gull, 120 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 12 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, 7 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks, WeBS:
61 Teal, 31 Mallard, 7 Shoveler, 19 Pochard, 102 Tufted Duck, 25 Little Grebe, 17 Great Crested Grebe, 58 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 171 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 1 Snipe 

14-10-18 Common Sandpiper, CVL Dam (Bob Brewer)
Different one from yesterday

Chew Valley Reservoir:
1 Garganey (f), 20 Pintail, 1 Scaup (f), 3 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Cattle Egret, 12 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Spotted Crake (Stratford - southern end of main reed bed ), 6 Ringed Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 5 Greenshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull.

Reports: Rich Andrews, Phil Baber, Bob Brewer, Sean Davies, Neil Delaney, Richard Giles, Patrick Hancock, Glen Maddison, F Neate, Matt Plenty, Patrick Richards, Rich Scantlebury, Howard Taffs, John Thorogood

13-10-19 Saturday - Yellow-browed Warbler

Temp 18 to 23℃. Some rain, little sun, seasonally warm

Red and Black-necked Grebe
Barwit
Mediterranean Gull
Common Tern
Yellow-browed Warbler
Crossbill

13-10-18 Common Sandpiper, CVL (Bob Brewer)

BRISTOL

Ashton Gate:
1 Mediterranean Gull over

Badock Wood:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton, WeBS:

1 Barwit, 47 Curlew, 4 Oystercatcher, 9 Snipe, 1 Dunlin, 12 Wigeon, 55 Teal, 2 Shelduck, Rock Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Blind-Yeo:
1 Common Tern

Weston-S-M garden:
3 Crossbill over

Uphill & STW this morning:
2 L Egret, 9 Blackwit, 2 Snipe, Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, GS Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

13-10-18 Great White at CVL (Bob Brewer)

Chew Valley Reservoir:
1 Red-necked Grebe (RBA?) 2 Black-necked Grebe (Stratford), 16 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Aytha Hybrid, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Greenshank, 3 Spotted Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Snipe, 1 juv Common Tern


Reports: Bob Brewer, Paul Chapman, David Gibbs, Nick Hawkridge, Adrian Hockey, Brain Lancastle, John Martin, Keith Vinicombe

12-10-18 Friday - Wind and Rain

Temp 15 to 18℃. Heavy rain and winds. 13mm of rain in Bristol. Some plain dull cloudy periods

Water Pipit

Nothing you see on this RADAR image of the USA is precipitation. No rain. No snow.
All of the returns you see are from airborne animals taking advantage of the northerly wind
behind the cold front, aiding in their migration south!

BRISTOL

Southmead, Greystoke Ave, 12:10:

flock 50 Starling

Coombe Dingle:
2 Coal Tit, Blue and Great Tit, Robin, 2 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, Bullfinch (f), 1 Greenfinch - the last 3 returning to the garden after some weeks absence.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severnside:

No seabirds so far here today despite Storm Callum

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham:
20 Starling

Saltford town:
1 Sparrowhawk

Queen Charlton1 Hobby - over at 15:00, heading South East.

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:
1 Water Pipit first of the autumn

Out of Avon:
A Swallow at Slimbridge

Avon Bird Report

The 2017 edition of the Avon Bird Report will be available in about twelve days, that is from about October 24th. BOC and BNS members will get their copies in November. It's the largest ever at 208 pages, the cost is £10 plus £1.50 postage and can be obtained from me at: 

Arncliffe 

Coast Road

Walton Bay 

Clevedon, BS21 7FW

(If you are passing my way you are welcome to drop by to pick up a copy but please let me know first that you are coming.)  I also have back numbers at a much-reduced cost.  Please note that cheques should be made out to "AOG", that is Avon Ornithological Group.

Apart from the regular items the Report contains papers on (a) Trends in wildfowl numbers in the Severn Estuary (Rupert Higgins), (b) Unusual Avon area sightings for the period 2013 to 2017 (Andy Davis), (c) Iberian Chiffchaff in Yate (Mark Coller), and (d) Unusual Common Gulls in the Chew Valley area (Andy Davis and Richard Mielcarek). Cover picture by Alex Carlisle           Editor: Harvey Rose

A talk by Victoria Hillman at Timsbury Nats

Award-winning, wildlife photographer – Victoria Hillman

Not only is the talk about imaginative and artistic ways for taking close-up photographs but is also very informative about the natural history of the plants and smaller creatures found in our area.

Monday 15th October 2018
Conygre Hall,
North Road,
Timsbury,
BA2 0JQ

Visitors £3.00

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Alastair Fraser, Rich Mielcarek, Lois Pryce, Geoff Suter, TalkingtoBears

11-10-18 Thursday - Ring Ouzel, Hawfinch

Temp 15 to 18℃. Turned to rain early but odd moments of sun, but mostly a steady cloudy day

Mandarin, Red-breasted Merganser
Avocet, Curlew Sandpiper
Mediterranean Gull
Willow Warbler
Ring Ouzel
Hawfinch
and many more

11-10-18 Hawfinch in Carrs Wood, Bath (NSL-Birding)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
2 Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, Tawny Owl, Kingfishers, Nuthatch

11-10-18 Chiffchaff at Purdown (Patrick Richards)

Purdown:
1 Buzzard, 12 Woodpigeon, 4 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 10 House Sparrow

River Avon Sea Mills area, WeBS:

32 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 11 Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 85 Redshank, 28 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail

Stapleton Church Spire:
1 Peregrine

Skylarks over city centre

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

11 10-18 Avocet at New Passage (John Martin)

New Passage/ Northwick Wharf:

2 Pintail, 1 Sparrowhawk, unusually a Coot in the Pill, 1 Water Rail, 1 Avocet, 350 Black-tailed Godwit, 150 Knot, 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 400 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 140 Redshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Peregrine, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Fieldfare, Redwings over Pilning, possible Lapland Bunting

Hoar Gout (VOSA Pool), WeBS:

2 Mute Swan, 2 Coot, 1 Chiffchaff

Avonmouth Docks:
1 Red Kite at 9.30, see Wain's Hill below

Coalpit Heath:
2 Swallow

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Wain's Hill, 08:00-09:00:
Red Kite, common migrants moving with a flock of Fieldfares and Redwing, 200 Chaffinches

11 10-18 Mandarin, Blind-Yeo (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon-Yeo:
6 Mute Swan, 1 Mandarin Duck (Blind-Yeo), 72 Canada Goose, 40 Shelduck (Where have they all gone, Sand Bay??), 80 Mallard, 20 Teal, 18 Little Egret, 1 f/imm Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 62 Oystercatcher, 55 Lapwing, 175 Curlew, 9 Turnstone, 30 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 275 Redshank, 200 BH Gull, 3 Wheatear, 5 Rock Pipit

Sand Bay/Point, inc Vis Mig:
1 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Ring Ouzel (Middle Hope), 100 thrushes

Weston house:
12 Redwing over

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham:
50 Starling, 1 Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch

11-10-18 Little Egret on Top Lake (NSL-Birding)

Newton St Loe:11 Teal, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 12 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 10 Meadow Pipit, 11 Chaffinch, 1 Hawfinch, 20 Greenfinch, 9 Linnet

RESERVOIRS

11 10-18 Pintail on Herriott's, Chew Valley Lake (Peter Coslett)

Chew Valley Reservoir:
2 Pintail



Out of Avon:
Isabelline Shrike on Thurlestone golf course, Devon

Reports: Rich Andrews, Phil Baber, Paul Bowyer, Peter Coslett, David Gibbs, Paul Chapman, Adrian Hockey, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, Dave Nevitt, Dean Reeves, Patrick Richards, Harvey Rose, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Howard Taffs, Jason Williams, for the birds, NSL-Birding, TalkingtoBears