Tuesday 3 October 2017

3rd October '17 Tuesday - Goosander

Quite warm in the morning sun but cool in the wind

Ring-necked Parakeets, Turtle Dove, Spotted Redshank, Goosander 


BRISTOL

Portbury:
1 Whinchat, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Eastville Park:
2 Mute Swans, 6 Canada Geese, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Kingfisher,
1 Grey Wagtail

3/10/17 Grey Wagtail in Eastville Park (Martin Tayler)

Henleaze:
2 Ring-necked Parakeets flew over Henleaze at about 0930 this morning.

High Kingsdown:

Garden - Small family of Long-tailed Tits, 1 Coal Tit, to add to our normal Goldfinches (only 10 today); 1 Greenfinch, 3 Dunnock.

Stockwood Open Space:
1 male Stonechat,  2 Great Spotted Woodpecker. 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Goldfinch,
8 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Blackbird,  2 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Jay

Stockwood Pomfrett Gardens:
2 noisy Pied Wagtail all day.  6 Goldfinch fled the feeders closely followed by a Sparrow Hawk!


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
Turtle Dove still present in the same place, Spotted Redshank on back pool, Stonechat, 5 Wheatear, Common Sandpiper, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Golden & 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 20 Knot, 280 Black-tailed Godwit, Turnstone

3/10/17 Turtle Dove at NP/NW this morning (John Martin)

NORTH SOMERSET:

Portbury Warf:
1 Whinchat, 2 Chiffchaff, 80 Wigeon, 12 Curlew, 3 Buzzard

Portishead:
(Lake grounds) Wheatear

East Harptree:
Kestrel
3/10/17 Kestrel at East Harptree (Bob Brewer)
Sand Bay:
2 Bar-tailed Godwits at high tide roost

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Stonechat, Kestrel & several Skylark singing

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Goosander (first ones seen this autumn)

3/10/17 Common Sandpiper at Chew (George Stacey)

3/10/17 2 Goosander at Chew (Ian Stapp)
Woodford:
2 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 6 G BB Gull

Villice:
1 flyover Raven, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret,  3 Grey Heron, 10 Black-tailed Godwit,
3  Little Grebe, 1 Cetii's (heard) + good numbers of Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Coot, Wigeon and Pochard + 2 Goldcrest  and Blackcap on the old road path to the hide.

3/10/17 Interacting Great White Egrets at Villice Bay (Keith Williams)

Heron's Green:
1 Peregrine (large female) 12 Great White Egret, 13 Little Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Stonechat (M/F), 12 L Grebe,  50+ Wigeon, 1 Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 G BB Gull, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper


3/10/17 Cattle Egret at Chew (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
2 Chiffchaff, 2 Treecreeper, 12 L TT, 30+ Wigeon, 1 Peregrine (younger bird lots of brown plumage), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Buzzard, 2 G BB Gull, 1 L Egret

Stratford:
3 Great White Egret; 1 Grey Heron, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Great Black-backed, 2 Goldcrest by the hide; Cetii's (heard by the hide)

Herriott's Bridge:
5 Pintail, 3 Great White Egret, 2 G BB Gull, 2 Little Egret

Totals
17 Great White Egret,  21 Little Egret, only 1 Cattle Egret today


Reports: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Teresa Chard, Chris Craig, Geoff Daniels, Peter Evans,  David Gibbs,  Robert Hargreaves, John Martin, Adam Rawson, Dean Reeves, Nigel Sluman, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler

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