Wednesday 10 October 2018

10-10-18 Wednesday - Brambling

Temp 10 to 24℃. Cool wind today, beautiful day otherwise, Sunny, dry and warm later on.

Scaup
Black-necked Grebe
Great White Egret, Cattle Egret
Spotted Crake 
Marsh Harrier 
Spotted Redshank
Yellow-legged Gull
House Martin 
Firecrest
Whinchat
Brambling, Crossbill
Avocet

10-10-18 A study in autumn colours:  Long-tailed Tit, Stoke Park (Martin Tayler)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest still present

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
inc vis mig: 2 Raven, 4 Skylark, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 20 Meadow Pipit, 2 m Stonechat, 4 Pied Wagtail, 10 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 13 Linnet, 26 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE


Aust Warth:
c.70 Canada Goose, c.50 Wigeon, c.30 Teal, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 juv. Sparrowhawk, 2 Curlew, c.60 Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 4 Skylark, c.30 Starling, 3 Meadow Pipit, 15 Linnet

10-10-18 fem Scaup, New Passage (Paul Bowerman)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 f Scaup (first for 7 years), 200+ Black-tailed Godwit, 80+ Knot and a Clouded Yellow

Pilning
1 Crossbill , 4 Siskin over garden

Severn Beach:
6 Little Egret, 1 Jay
Also 1 Common Blue, 2 Small Tortoiseshell and a few Common Darter

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Whinchat, 7 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

10-10-18 Peregrine, Portbury Wharf (Chris Stone)
Portbury Wharf:
90 Coot, 1 f Peregrine

Clevedon-Yeo:
500 Shelduck, 20 Wigeon, 55 Teal, 135 Mallard, 6 Cormorant, 16 Little Egret,1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 90 Oystercatcher, 25 Lapwing,, 7 Knot, 2 Common Snipe, 325 Curlew, 290 Redshank, zero Dunlin(!), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 3 Raven, 40 Skylark, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff,1 Blackcap, 2 Redwing, 1 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, 5 Wheatear, 2 Rock Pipit, 15 Pied Wagtail, 200 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 55 Greenfinch, 50 Goldfinch, 25 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch,3 Reed Bunting

Backwell Lake:
3 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher

Sand Point/Bay:
mainly vis mig: 2 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 22 Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail, 11 'alba' Wagtail, 70 Meadow Pipit, 65 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling (first of season), 4 Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting

Axe Estuary:
213 Shelduck, 7 Oystercatcher, 1 Avocet, 53 Lapwing, 14 Curlew, 28 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Knot, 12 Redshank.

BELOW M4 & BANES
No reports

RESERVOIRS


10-10-18 Marsh Harrier, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
1 Shelduck,  1 Goldeneye (Heron's Green) 2 Scaup, 1 juv Garganey (HG), 6 Shoveler, 1 apparent f Aythya hybrid (Scaup x Tufted ?), 2 m 1 f Goldeneye, and a 1st w) 1 fem, 14 Little Grebe, 2 Black-necked Grebe (Stratford)


10-10-18 Shoveler, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Bob Brewer)
8 Grey Heron, Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 5 Cattle Egret ( N Widcombe with the cows) 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard,  1 Marsh Harrier,  3 Water Rail (Herriotts & Moreton), Spotted Crake (see below), 2 white Coot, 4 Greenshank  (3 Herriotts 1 HG/Moreton flushed by Peregrine), 4 Spotted Redshank (HG), 7 Snipe,  2 Ringed Plover (1 HG 1 Herriotts), 3 Black-tailed Godwit (HG), 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 10 Snipe, 13 Lapwing, 7 GBB Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Common Gull (HP)

10-10-18 Cattle Egret, North Widcombe Farm (Ian Stapp)
1 Stock Dove 2 Kingfisher (Moreton, Herriotts), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  1 Green Woodpecker (Moreton) 1 Peregrine (Moreton, flushed Greenshank), 1 Hobby,  8 Jay, 14 Jackdaw, 4 Raven, 50+ Carrion Crow + Jackdaw, 20+ mixed LTT, Blue, Great Tit, 2 House Martin (on wires at Blue Bowl) ,  3 Cetti's Warbler,  2 Treecreeper ,  2 Mistle Thrush, 14+ House Sparrow  Pied Wagtail,  1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 9 Goldfinch,  2 Bullfinch,  1 Reed Bunting 

More information on the Spotted Crake:
Juvenile seen this morning and late afternoon on fringe of main reed bed opposite Stratford Hide – when it shows it’s quite an obliging individual, staying out on the open mud for periods, some prolonged, but obviously distant and extremely so from Stratford Hide

10-10-18 Today's instalment:  Grey Heron vs Pike, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Bob Brewer)
Reports: Paul Bowyer, Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, Mark Coller, Rob Emery, Robert Hargreaves, John Martin, Dave Nevitt, Louis Pryce, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Steve Sanins,  Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Larry Sweetland, Martin Tayler, Gwen Thomas, Jason Williams