Sunday 7 October 2018

07-10-18 Sunday - Redwing

Temp 3 to 14℃. Lot of frost early but warmed up and some good midday sun, a grey evening

Garganey, Lesser Scaup, Scaup, Goldeneye
Black-necked Grebe
Jack Snipe, Spotted Redshank
Yellow-legged Gull
Ring-necked Parakeet
Woodlark
No Swallow or House Martin
Firecrest
Redwing

BRISTOL

Cock Road Ridge, nr Longwell Green:
First Redwing over

The Downs:
2 Raven, 3 Mistle Thrush

7-10-18 Tawny Owl in Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville park:
2 Tawny owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Firecrest

Redland Garden:
Raven heard calling, Great and Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, House Sparrow, 2 Goldfinch

Stapleton spire:
1 Peregrine

Withywood:
Pairs of geese and Ravens overhead and Wagtails in garden

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Services to Littleton STW:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet, plenty of Skylarks, 9 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 10 Goldcrest, 28 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 40 Meadow Pipits, 1 Bullfinch

Tortworth Lake:
33 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 7 Dabchick, 22 Coot, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail

Sodam Mill, nr Cromhall:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker

Northwick Warth/Aust Warth, Cake Pill:
6 Skylark, 1 Woodlark, 38 Redwing, 1 Wheatear

7-10-18 Jack Snipe on Pilning Wetland (Lisegirl)
New Passage/Pilning Wetland/Northwick Warth:
c.90 Canada Goose, 5 Mute Swan, 1 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall,  c.250 Wigeon, c.100 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard mobbed by Jackdaws, 1 Water Rail, 3 Moorhen, c.35 Coot, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, c. 250 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 3 Snipe, 210 Redshank, 1 Rook on salt-marsh with other corvids, 30 Skylark, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Stonechat, 30 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting

Chipping Sodbury Common:
9 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 2 Redwing, 5 Stonechat, 1 Yellowhammer

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell, Church Town:
2 Peregrine over and pair of Raven on tower

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham Bird Observatory:
2 Raven over
7-10-18 Meadow Pipit at Marshfield (Brian Thompson)
Marshfield:
Several Grey Heron, 1 Little Owl, Skylark, Meadow Pipits, Yellowhammer

Keynsham:
40 Starling
7-10-18 Dipper at Pensford (NSL-Birding)
Pensford:
1 Dipper

Bath:
6 Buzzard circling over town, 2 low over SouthGate

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Stock Dove, 20 Woodpigeon, 1 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 10 Chaffinch, 5 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

7-10-18 Spotted Redshank, Villice (David Hughes)
Chew Valley Reservoir:
1 j Garganey (HG), 1 Aythya Hybrid, 1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Scaup, 3 Goldeneye, 2 Black-necked Grebe (Stratford), 1 B&W Cormorant, 11 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 6 Water Rail, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Jack Snipe (HG), 13 Snipe, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common and 9 Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 3 Spotted Redshank (Villice), 4 Greenshank, 1 Yellow-legged Gull

CVRS:
6 new Blue Tits, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap

Out of Avon:
2 Brambling in Chepstow garden waiting turn on feeders

Reports: Rich Andrews, Nancy Barrett, Allan Chard, Andy Davis, Mark Coller, Neil Delaney, Richard Giles, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Matt Hobbs, Paul House, David Hughes, Rob Laughton, Lisegirl, Ian Loats, John Martin, F Neate, Lois Pryce, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Brian Thompson, CVRS, NSL-Birding, TtB