10th Oct '16 Monday - Snow Bunting, Hoopoe

Beautiful sunny day and everyone is out birding - hence the late post

Snow Bunting flew over Severn Beach
Hoopoe at Tortworth
1 Yellow-browed Warbler at Worlebury Woods
19 Great White Egret between Blagdon and Chew Valley Lake
Little Stint at Blagdon
Ruff still at New Passage


Bristol, Eastville Park:
1 Nuthatch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker

10-10-16 Down the hatch (Richard Scantlebury)
 Blackbird in Eastville Park

WeBS for Eastville Park:
38 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Cormorant, 2 Canada Goose, 69 BH gulls, 5 LB gull,
3 Herring Gull

Oldbury Power Station:
10 Teal, 16 Wigeon, 5 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 86 Lapwing, 10 Curlew, 27 Redshank, 1 Kestrel,
4 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear,

Aust Cliffs:
1 Peregrine, 12 Mistle Thrush

Aust Wharf:
2 Kestrel, 6 Stonechat

New Passage:
550 Wigeon, 13 Pintail

Severn Beach:
1 Snow Bunting flew north east over the pipes at Severn Beach. Not seen to land. (Matt Hobbs)
23 Ringed Plover, 3 Knot, 2 Dunlin, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Stonechat

10-10-16 Stonechat (Martin Tayler)
reported all along the Severn Estuary - this one at New Passage

New Passage/Northwick:
200+ Widgeon, 1 Pintail, 1 Ruff, 1 Snipe (Jeff Hosier), 1 Blackcap, 6 Stonechat, 4 Wheatear, 12 Meadow Pipits, 1 Siskin, 6 Goldfinch

Very few migrants 7am to 8.30am: c25 Redwing, 1 Redpoll, c20 Chaffinch, 2 Song Thrush, 8 Skylark to SW, also juv. Peregrine

10-10-16 Snipe at New Passage (Martin Tayler)

Tortworth:
1 Hoopoe

10-10-16 Hoopoe at Tortworth today (Fen Marshall)

Marshfield, Orchid Lane:
1 Golden Plover, 1 Corn Bunting

10-10-16 Corn Bunting (Lee Gardiner)
at Orchid Lane, Marshfield 

Congresbury Moor:
1 Little Egret, 2 Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 3 Snipe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff,

25 Redwing, 20 Meadow Pipit, 60 Goldfinch.

Worlebury Woods:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler

Chelwood:
3 Buzzard

Barrow Gurney reservoirs:
5 Wigeon, 32 Teal, 1 Pintail, c.6 Shoveler, 1 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper,
1 Common Tern

10-10-16 juv Common Tern (Gill Sapsed)
at Barrow Tanks

Blagdon Lake:
9 Barnacle Goose, 16 Little Egret, 9 Great White Egret, 30 Grey Heron, 152 Lapwing, 1 Little Stint, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 4 Snipe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 17 Meadow Pipit

10-10-16 Spotted Crake (Robert Hargreaves)
Still showing in the afternoon at Villice

Chew Valley Lake:

1 male Kestrel (only the third Kestrel I've seen at Chew this year), 3 Snipe, 1 Skylark. (Keith Vinicombe)

Dam:
3 Egyptian Goose, 2 GBB Gull

Villice Bay:
1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 juv Spotted Crake (showing well), 15 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher
Nunnery:
1 Buzzard, 1 Snipe, 1 Jay, 2 Rock Pipit, 15 Goldfinch
Herons' Green:
12 Little Grebe (bay), 3 Little Grebe (pond),  2 Great White Egret (bay), 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat, 6 House Sparrow

Moreton:
2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 19 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Mistle Thrush

Stratford:
1 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret (in front hide) 5 Great White Egret (in front reeds far shore),

2 Water Rail, 33 Lapwing, 7 Black-tailed Godwit (flushed off a few times by Great White Egret), 8 GBB Gull (feeding on a Pike Lake), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler

10-10-16 Great White Egret at Stratford (Bob Brewer)

Herriot's End:
10 Pintail, 14 Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret (1 pond 2 lake), 12 Lapwing, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher (hovering at times lake), 1 Cetti's Warbler

19 G-W Egret between Chew & Blagdon today

1 Otter 1.15-1.30 pm Herriot's Bridge lake 

Reports: Bob Brewer, Peter Coslett, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, Matt Hobbs, David Hughes, Jeff Hosier, Brian Lancastle, Fen Marshall, John Martin, Andy Middleton, Richard Mielcarek, Nigel Milbourne, George Rabin, Trevor Riddle, Chris Stone, Larry Sweetman, Martin Tayler, Mrs Trellis, Keith Vinicombe, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding