Saturday 20 October 2018

20-10-18 Saturday - Water Pipits

A lovely day, fine and sunny after a cool early morning.  Light wind.

Spoonbill, Cattle Egrets, Great White Egrets
Goshawk
Spotted Crake
Jack Snipe, Spotted Redshank, Woodcock
Water Pipits 
Firecrest 

Spoonbill at Blagdon (Rob Hargreaves)
BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
4 Cormorant, 1 Firecrest (near Wickham Bridge).

Brandon Hill:
(yesterday)  Woodcock.

Hallen:
(yesterday)  Goshawk.

St Anne's:
Small flock of Redwing.


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Merlin, m. Blackcap, 30+ Fieldfare, 30+ Meadow Pipit, Chiffchaff.

New Passage/Northwick:
(Fog) 3 Little Egret, 1 Jack Snipe, 36 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Fieldfare, 5 Rock Pipit.

Severn Beach:
2 Water Pipit, Stonechat.


NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay.

Clevedon-Yeo:
382 Shelduck, 77 Mallard, 4 Teal, 24 Wigeon, Grey Heron, Little Egret, 24 Oystercatcher, 60+ Dunlin, 37 Curlew,  100+ Redshank, 190 BH Gull.

Sand Point/Bay:
Migration watch, 7:40-9:45am:
880 Woodpigeon, 9 Skylark, 410 Starling, 109 Fieldfare, 57 Redwing, 10 alba wagtail, 14 Meadow Pipit, 172 Chaffinch, 31 Brambling, 13 Siskin, 5 Redpoll 5 Reed Bunting.

Worlebury golf course:
1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Jay, 2 Skylark, 1 Blackcap, 9 Goldcrest, 10 Robin, 11 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Meadow Pipit, 14 Chaffinch, 10 Goldfinch, 4 Siskin

Banwell:
Peregrine, Kestrel, 20 Redwing.


BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Zillions of Pheasant and Red-legged Partridge, 1 Grey Heron, 7  Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 7 Raven, usual Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Tree Creeper, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Goldfinch

Saltford:
(Avon Farm):
1 Sparrowhawk, 9 Buzzard, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail.

Bath:
2 Tawny Owls calling and answering.

Chew Magna:
1 Tawny Owl; 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven.

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 120 Woodpigeon, 15 Skylark, 25 Starling, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch, 10 Yellowhammer.

Two of the commonly seen heron species at Chew,,,  (Bob Brewer)
RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:
Spoonbill  (Top End).


Cattle Egret at Chew (Lee Gardiner)
Chew Valley Lake
1 Shelduck, c.40 Pintail and 55 Little Grebe (Herons Green and Villice).
8 Cattle Egret (Widcombe Farm and CVL), 8+ Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret.
3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 white Coot. 
juv. Spotted Crake
30 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshank.
1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 35 Pied Wagtail (Villice).

Great White Egret at Chew (Bob Brewer)

Reports: Paul Bowyer, Pete Brain, Karle Burford, Peter Coslett, Jane Cumming, Barry Dursley, Lee Gardiner, John Griffiths, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Michael Moxon, Dee Pope, Justin Quinnell, Dean Reeves, Larry Sweetland, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG