Saturday, 22 October 2016

22nd Oct '16 Saturday - Redpoll, 22 Great White Egret

Redpoll at Aust Cliff
Yellow-browed Warbler at Severn Beach
22 Great White Egret roosted at Chew this evening
Bearded Tit at Herriott's Bridge and Jack Snipe from Stratford Hide, CVL

22-10-16 Jack Snipe (Ian Stapp)
All the rage at Stratford hide
Oldbury Power Station - visible migration early: 
6 Skylark, c40 Redwing, 220+ Chaffinch, 8 Redpoll
Also: 30+ Blackbird, c25 Song Thrush, 9 Stonechat (site record!), 7+ Siskin, c20 Reed Bunting

Aust Cliff:
Visual migration 7.25-8.50:
16 Canada Goose, 104 Starling, 2 Fieldfare, 73 Redwing, 6 Song Thrush, 21 Pied Wagtail,
6 Meadow Pipit, 273 Chaffinch, 21 Greenfinch, 18 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin, 52 Linnet, 65 Redpoll

22-10-16 Short Eared Owl (John Martin)
Flying over New Passage early today
New Passage/Northwick:
1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Little Stint, 16 Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff, 1 Short-eared Owl,
1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Great Tit,
16 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, Starlings moving, 6 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, Chaffinches on move, 16 Siskin

Severn Beach:
21-10-16 evening:
Goldcrests, 14 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, No YBW,
22-10-16: 1 Stonechat, 4 Wigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 30 Dunlin, 71 Turnstone,
1 Yellow-browed Warbler

Portbury Wharf:
12 Shelduck, 80 Wigeon, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, Lapwing, 30+ Dunlin, 4 Curlew, 11 Snipe,
12 Redshank, 8 Collared Dove, Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 300 Starling, 2 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 3 Stonechat, 30+ Goldfinch, 30+ Linnet, 2 Siskin, Bullfinch, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting
22-10-16 House Sparrow (Paul Milo Milsom)
Just because they never get seen here
Yatton:
2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Water Rail, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit

Worle:
2 Reed Bunting

Marshfield:
Barn and Little Owls yesterday with both from Down Road in the evening

Batheaston:
3 Teal, , 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 5 Snipe, 1 Jay

Peasdown St John to Radstock, fields by A367:
21 Golden Plover (21 counted at Bristol Airport recently)

22-10-16 Great White Egret (Robert Hargreaves)
Some of the 22 of Heron's Green before flying to roost
Chew Valley Lake:
19 Great White Egret roosted at Chew last night
22 Great White Egret and 3+ thousand Gulls roosted at Chew this evening
Heron's Green:
1 Little Egret, 13 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe (pond), 12 Little Grebe (lake), 1 Buzzard,
1 Kestrel, 1 Water Rail, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Cetti's Warbler, c.500 Starling (flying West),
c.30 Pied Wagtail
Moreton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Meadow Pipit
Lane Stratford to Moreton:
2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 20+ Redwing,   2 Stonechat
Stratford:
3 Jack Snipe, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Siskin, more Birders
22-10-16 Black Headed Gull (CVRS)
With BTO ring
Chew Valley Ringing Station:
1 Teal, 1 BH Gull (BTO No. EY55286), 10 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler
Herriotts End:
2 very smart Pintail, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret (bay), 1 Water Rail (wall bridge), 1000 Gulls, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Bearded Tit, c.500 Starling (flying North-East), 1 Grey Wagtail, 25+ Pied Wagtail

22-10-16 Bearded Tit (Ian Stapp)
Not just heard at Herriott's Bridge
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