Monday 30 October 2017

30th Oct '17 Monday - Mandarin Duck

Temp min 2˚C, max 10˚C. Wind S 4 dropping to 1 mph. So beautiful in the sun

30-10-17 Mandarin Duck at New Passage (Brian Lancastle)
Mandarin Duck
Goosander
Great White Egret
Merlin
Spotted Redshank
Short-eared Owl
Bearded Tit
Fieldfare
White Wagtail
Brambling, Redpoll, Hawfinch

BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle garden, BS9:
1 f Sparrowhawk eating Goldfinch, 1 Goldcrest, 2 m/f  (1st autumn) Blackcap

30-10-17 Goldcrest at Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury)
Eastville Park:
2 Mute Swan, 7 Canada Geese, 1 Muscovy Duck, 100 BH Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 10-12 Goldcrest, couple of Coal Tit, 2 Grey Wagtail

30-10-17 Meadow Pipit in Stoke Park (Martin Tayler)
Stoke Park:
1 Wren, 11 Long-tailed Tits, 2 m/f Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

30-10-17 Dipper at Eastville (Allan Chard)
Stoke Bishop:
1 Redpoll

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station, vis mig, 7.00-9.00:
1 Grey Plover, 1 Short-eared Owl

Aust Wharf:
2 Wigeon, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Curlew, 7 Redshank, c.60 BH Gulls roosting on Severn, 3 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 5 Meadow Pipit, 8 Linnet, flock 4 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting

30-10-17 Merlin at New Passage (Paul Bowerman)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
5 Shelduck, 1 Mandarin Duck (2nd SS record), 1 Pintail, 2 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 f Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 3 Water Rail, 17 Ringed Plover, 2 Grey Plover, 19 Lapwing, 20 Knot, 80 Dunlin, 25 Snipe, 90 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Curlew, 1 Spotted Redshank, 70 Turnstone, 2 Stonechat, 2 Brambling,  2 Siskin, 1 Redpoll. 1 Fox
30-10-17 Turnstone at New Passage (Vera Carpenter)
Almondsbury:
10 Fieldfare/Redwing

Yate, Kingsgate Park:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 1 Hawfinch

Coalpit Heath:
2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzards, 10 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 30 House Sparrow, 6 Yellowhammer

NORTH SOMERSET

Abbots Leigh:
Redwings stripping berries

Dundry:
1 White Wagtail over calling
30-10-17 Long-tailed Tit at Backwell Lake( Richard Bedwell)
Backwell Lake:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher x5, 20 Long-tailed Tit

Bristol Airport:
22 Golden Plover, 33 Lapwing, 200 Woodpigeon, a few Skylark. 1 Yellowhammer

Weston-super Mare, Way Wick, 29th:
1 Barn Owl

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Lansdown racecourse, 9.00:
60 Golden Plover over rd

Paulton:
1 flyover Cormorant, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 50 Skylark, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 9 Meadow Pipit, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Linnet, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 12 Goldfinch, 1 Redpoll, 2 m/f Bullfinch, 8 Yellowhammer
at the sewage works...
20 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Goldeneye, 5 Little Egrets, 14 Golden Plovers, 182 Northern Lapwings, 20 Common Linnets

30-10-17 Goosander at CVL (George Stacey)
Chew Valley Lake:
30+ Little Egret, 32 Great White Egret again

Dam:
1 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper

Bittern Trail:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Meadow Pipit

Woodford:
5 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 4 GBB Gull, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 12+ Meadow Pipit, 5 Bullfinch
30-10-17 Goosander at Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:
16 Little Egret, 28 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 7 Little Grebe, 8 Goosander, 6 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 11 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 4 House Sparrow, 9 Meadow Pipit, 16 Goldfinch   

Moreton:
72 Canada Geese (inc JX), 4 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 1 Raven, 6 Goldcrest, 1 Bearded Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Treecreeper, 19 Meadow Pipit, 12 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch
30-10-17 Greylag Geese at Herriotts (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts:
28 Canada Geese, 3 Greylag Geese, 18 Pintail, 3 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail, 2 Snipe, 30 Common Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
(photo Alex Carlisle)

Just out of Avon

Priddy Hill Farm:
250+ Golden Plover


The 2016 Avon Bird Report is now available. It has 216 pages including 16 in colour


BOC and BNS members will get a copy in November, but if you are not a member of either group they are available to buy from Harvey Rose at Arncliffe, Coast Road, Walton Bay, Clevedon, BS21 7FW. They cost £9.50 including postage, and cheques should be made out to "AOG"


Reports: Richard Bedwell, Paul Bowerman, Simon Carder, Mark Coller, Alastair Fraser, Lee Gardiner, Richard Giles, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, John Hudson, Mike Jackson, Brian Lancastle, Lisegirl, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Nevitt, Jean Oliver, Lois Pryce, Rich Scantlebury, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Roger White, Sean Whyte, blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds