30th Oct '16 Sunday - Red-crested Pochard

Black Redstart at Sharpness and Yatton, Avocet at New Passage
Yellow-browed Warbler in Weston-Super-Mare
Red-crested Pochard at Blagdon
Lesser Yellowlegs and White-fronted Goose at Cheddar
Bewick's Swan, Water Rail, and Bearded Tit at Chew Valley Lake

30-10-16 Lesser Yellowlegs (Jason Williams)
The very charming bird at Cheddar Reservoir

BRISTOL:
The Downs, Seawalls Rd:
Ring-necked Parakeet
Open Space:
1st Fieldfare
Pomfrett Gardens feeders:

We are up to 2 Blue Tit and 1 Robin woohoo
Stapleton Church spire:
1 Peregrine
Stockwood open space:

1 pale Buzzard, c50 Wood Pigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 2 Jay, 4 Goldcrest, 

15+ Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 1 Fieldfare (first of the autumn), 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 25 Goldfinch

30-10-16 Stonechat (Gill Sapsed)
Back for another season at Stoke Park

Stoke Park:
1 dozing Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard roosting, 1 Long-tailed Tit flock, 1 f  Stonechat back again
Warmly Forest Park:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 3 Moorhens, 3 Green Woodpecker, 30 Starling, 9 Fieldfare, 6 Blue Tit,
8 Great Tit, 6 Robin, 1 female Stonechat

Sharpness:
1 Black Redstart (end of Dock Rd)

30-10-16 Stonechat (Peter Coslett)
Oldbury Power Station

Oldbury Power Station:
Lagoon 2:
30 Mallard, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Oystercatcher, 9 Dunlin,
10 Blackbird, 1 Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 10 Goldfinch 5 Linnet, 3 Bullfinch
Lagoon 3/lake:
6 Teal, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 2 WaterRail, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 20 flyover Skylark,
25+ Goldfinch

30-10-16 Buzzard (Lise Presland)
New Passage

New Passage/Northwick:
Pintail, 24 Tufted Duck, Water Rail, 1 Buzzard,  2 Avocet, Ruff, 416 Black-tailed Godwit (close to recent record count!), Chiffchaff, 70 Redwing, 2 Siskin

Portbury garden:
1 Sparrowhawk

30-10-16 Sparrowhawk (Mrs Trellis)
Messing up Portbury garden

Walton Common, Saturday 29-10-16:
1 Marsh Tit, feeding with a small flock of Blue and Great Tits, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker  Unfortunately a shoot going on, hope the 2 Woodcock observed by someone else didn’t end up in their sights!

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:
1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 11 Long Tailed Tit, 5 Skylark, 30 Fieldfare,
1 Redwing, 1 Black Redstart (male), 2 Stonechat, 6 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit

Sand Point:
3 Water Rail, 12 Fieldfare, 3 Siskin, 8+ Reed Bunting

Weston-Super-Mare - Plumley Park, Worle:
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler

30-10-16 Golden Ploverl (Peter Coslett)
In field by the A420, Cold Ashton

Cold Ashton:
38 Golden Plover

30-10-16 Barn Owl (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield

Marshfield;
2 Barn Owl

30-10-16 Wigeon (Robert Hargreaves)
First pair at Newton Park in the gloom

Newton St Loe:
2 Mute Swan (+ 3 seen off by residents), 2 (pair) Wigeon, 5 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 5+ Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 7 Goldcrest, 1 Marsh Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 9 Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Marksbury:
60+ Starlings on wires

Blagdon Lake:
19 Little Egret, 16 Great White Egret, 2 ad ♂ Red-crested Pochard, 4 Scaup

30-10-16 White-fronted Goose (Dan Hill)
at Cheddar

Cheddar Reservoir:
1 White-fronted Goose, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs

Chew Valley Lake:
4 Bewick's Swan, 11 Great White Egret, lots of Water Rail, 70+ Lapwing, lots of Kingfisher,
1 Bearded Tit (calling), 8 Siskin

30-10-16 Bewick's Swan (Jason Williams)

Woodford:
2 GBB Gull, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Meadow Pipit
Heron's Green:
10 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Grebe (pond), 12 Little Grebe (lake), 2 Water Rail (pond),
1 Water Rail (lake side), 1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat, 10 Goldfinch
Moreton:
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler,  1 Green Woodpecker , 2 Jay      
Stratford:
4 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 3 Lapwing, 4 GBB Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 80+ Redwing (feeding on berries field by car park with 5 Mistle Thrush), 9 Meadow Pipit
Chew Valley Ringing Station:

10 Goldcrest ringed today. 1 female Blackcap - not too many of these so far this Autumn

Herriott's End:
4 Bewick's Swan, 3 Pintail, 2 Water Rail (in channel, 1 each side), 82 Lapwing (in the pond earlier),
1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail

30-10-16 Water Rail (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green Pond

White-tailed Eagle reported in Avon by Beaconsfield Farm, near West Harptree, ST552564

Reports: Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, David Gibbs, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Dan Hill, Lisegirl, Dave Littleton, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne,  Chris Perry, Trevor Riddle, Gill Sapsed, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Paul Taylor, Tim Taylor, Mrs Trellis, Wayne Tucker, Jason Williams, Gemma Moss blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG