27th October '17 Friday - Goldeneye

Temp max 13˚C, but felt much warmer. Wind SW 4 mph. Sunshine all day, a beautiful hot day

27-10-17 Great Whites at Herons Green (Bob Brewer)

Goosander
Goldeneye
Great White Egret
Bar-tailed Godwit
Little Gull
House Martin
Fieldfare
Redwing
Water Pipit
Brambling
Redpoll



BRISTOL


Eastville Park:

15 Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, lots Goldcrest, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail + 2 Otter

27-10-17 Otter in Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
65 Jackdaw migrating high

Aust Warth:
Numerous Stonechats and Reed Buntings

27-10-17 Kestrel with lunch at New Passage (Simon Williams)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
5 Water Rail, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Fieldfare, a few Redwing, 6 Stonechat, 1 Brambling

Winterbourne:
1 Little Owl opp St Michael's Church

Coalpit Heath:
Sparrowhawk in garden

NORTH SOMERSET

27-10-17 Cormorant and lunch at Portishead Marina (John Clark)

Portishead Marina:
8 Canada Geese flew down, 1 Cormorant

Sand Point:
migrating Great Spotted Woodpecker that nearly got taken by a Peregrine (amazing diving flight and shrill calls as it tried to evade the stooping Peregrine), 100 Chaffinch, 

2 Brambling, 6 Siskin, 1 Redpoll

Yeo estuary:

15 Shoveler,  1 Knot, 1 Wheatear

Uphill:
15 Teal, 1 Curlew, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 7 Linnet

Bleadon:
70 Canada Geese, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Stonechat

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Red-legged Partridge, 4 Golden Plover, 100's Corvid, Skylark

27-10-17 Green Woodpecker at Saltford (Rob Hargreaves)

Saltford:

2 Mute Swan, 5 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 16 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 18 Goldfinch, 23 Linnet

Pensford:
1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

Corston Fields:

1 Tawny Owl

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 70 Starling dusk flyover, 1 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, pair Bullfinch

RESERVOIRS

27-10-17 Great Whites at Herons Green (Bob Brewer)

Chew Valley Lake:

25 Little Egret, 30 (record) Great White Egret, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 1 1st w Little Gull, 80 Stock Dove!, 1 House Martin, 6 Redwing, some Brambling

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper

Woodford:
5 Little Egret, 2 GBB Gull, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 17 Meadow Pipit

27-10-17 Goldfinch at Villice (Ian Stapp)

Villice:
2 Raven, 6 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 25 Long-tailed Tit, 20 Goldfinch

Herons Green:
80 Wigeon, 5 (1m) Goosander, 18 Little Egret, 11 Great White Egret, 11 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 6 Lapwing, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper, 10 Common Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Moreton:
1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Stonechat, 5 Meadow Pipit, 5 Bullfinch

Stratford:
10  (2m) Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 100 Lapwing, Common Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Water Pipit

Chew Valley Ringing Station:
7 Bearded Tit ringed (18 in 2 days)

27-10-17 Water Rail at Herriotts (Bob Brewer)

Herriotts:
24 Pintail, 7 Little Egret, 15 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Water Rail, 48 Lapwing, 30 Common Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 200 Starling, 2 Grey Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtail

Rock Thrush at Blaenavon still flashing (Mel Oxford)

Reports: Bob Brewer, Janey & John Clark, Chris Craig, Rob Emery, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, William Hewitt, Mike Jackson, Brian Lancastle, Lisegirl, John Martin, Adam Rawson, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Dan White, Simon Williams, blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds