Tuesday 2 October 2018

02-10-18 Tuesday - Black-necked Grebe

Temp 14 to 18℃. Cold wind today, dull with just a smidge of Sun at times

Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Spotted Redshank
Yellow-legged Gull
Swallow and House Martin
Siskin

2-10-18 Greenshank, Villice, CVL (Rob Hargreaves)
BRISTOL

2 Tawny Owl in Eastville Park
1 Peregrine on Stapleton spire

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

2-10-18 Green Woodpecker, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
1 m Pintail, 2 Black-tailed Godwit (yacht club), 1 Green Woodpecker, 4+ Stonechat (Lag 3)
Vis mig: 4 Swallow, 1 Sparrow sp. (over, calling), 3+ Siskin

New Passage/Northwick Warth, 1st:
35 Canada Geese, 4 Shoveler, 15 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 2 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 3 Little Egret, 12 Lapwing, 40+ Ringed Plover/Dunlin, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Knot, 2 Snipe, 30 Redshank, 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 45 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Bristol Airport:
1 Little Egret over

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
1 Kestrel

Chelwood Village:
2 House Martin 

North Widcombe Farm:
30+ Pied Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

2-10-18 nine Great White Egret, Herons Green (Rob Hargreaves)
Chew Valley Reservoir:
52 Mute Swan, 1 Shelduck, 28 Shoveler (H Pool), lots Gadwall, 58 Wigeon, 9 Pintail, 68 Pochard (11 Herons Green, 57 Villice), lots Tufted Duck, 33 Little Grebe ( 16 HG, 17 V), 32 Great Crested Grebe (Lake), 2 Black-necked Grebe (Stratford)

2-10-18 Cattle Egret, Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)
Cattle Egret (HP), 7 Grey Heron, 14 Great White Egret dawn (5 H, 9 HG), 6 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 2 white Coot, 1 Water Rail (HG), 17 Lapwing (15 HP, 2 V), 14 Snipe (12 HP, 2 HG), 5 Common (2 HP, 1 HG, 2 V) and 5 Green Sandpiper (3 HP, 2 HG), 1 Spotted Redshank (HP), 1 Greenshank (V), 1 Common Gull, 7 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (1 HP), 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted and 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 40 Starling, 2 Grey and 5 Pied Wagtail, 3 Chaffinch, 14 Goldfinch

2-10-18 Wigeon at Moreton, Shoveler at Herriotts (Ian Stapp)
Eclipse period nearly over
Out of Avon

East Harptree, BOC Walk:
10 Mallard over, 4 Pheasant, 4 Buzzard, 6 LBB Gull, 3 Stock Dove, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 5 Raven with bell-like 2 tone call, 3 Coal Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Pied Wagtail, 90 Meadow Pipit in one flock, 23 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 150 Goldfinch, one flock of 50 on cones, 'bombed' by 100 more

Reports: Chris@avglochris, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Rossferatu, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, NSL-Birding