20th Oct '16 Thursday - Brambling

Brambling at Severnside and Sand Point
Little Grebe (has returned!), at Newton St Loe with a Water Rail and Marsh Tit
Mandarin Duck, Ring Necked Duck, Red-legged Partridge and Great White Egret at CVL
Jack Snipe at Clevedon-Yeo
Golden Plover at Bristol Airport

9-10-16 Ruff (Matt Scott)
No Ruffs reported from Severnside today yet

BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
Dipper

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Black-tailed Godwit, c.80 Bar-tailed Godwit (high over), 290 Curlew

Severnside migration 07:50 - 09:00:
82 Woodpigeon, 3 Jackdaw, 172 Starling, 167 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 731 Redwing, 2 Brambling, 61 Linnet, 3 Redpoll - 1223 individuals, 9 species in 1:10 hours

Mule Lane, Damery nr motorway bridge:

1 Hoopoe at 3:10pm on the verge, flew towards A38

Bristol Airport:
21 Golden Plover

Clevedon-Pill:
Shelduck, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Peregrine, Moorhen, Kingfisher, Long-tailed Tit

Clevedon-Yeo:
9 Mute Swan, 60 Shelduck, 40 Wigeon, 25 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 60 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 20+ Liittle Egret, 2 Buzzard, 25 Oystercatcher, 22 Grey Plover, 70 Lapwing, 8 Ringed Plover, 110 Curlew, 45 Turnstone, 240 Dunlin, 240 Redshank, 1 Jack Snipe, 150+ Black-headed Gull, 4 Rock Pipit

Sand Point:
4+ Chiffchaff, 14+ Fieldfare, c.6 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Brambling, 1 Redpoll

20-10-16 Redwing (Wayne Tucker)
Lots of flocks by Top End Lake

Newton St Loe:
1 Teal, 1 Heron, 1 Little Grebe (has returned!), 1 Water Rail, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Marsh Tit, 6 Skylark, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 60+ Redwing, 2 Stonechat m/f, 4 Grey Wagtail, 3 Yellowhammer

Barrow Gurney Tanks:
7 Shoveler, 1 Scaup (female, Tank 2), 10 Little Grebe, 1 Stonechat

Blagdon Lake:
7 Scaup, 30 Little Egret, 16 Great White Egret,  1 Dunlin, 1 juv Little Stint, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 juv GBB Gull (Yellow 'D:DK'), 1 Stonechat

20-10-16 Stonechat (Ian Stapp)
Couple by Stratford hide

Chew Valley Lake:
Villice:
3 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret
Heron's Green:
1 Great White Egret, 2 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat

20-10-16 Red-legged Partridge (Ian Stapp)
Unexpected in front of Moreton Hide

Moreton:
270+ Canada Goose (fly past hide going West), 1 Red-legged Partridge (in front of the hide), 3 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret (Ringed bird AAF), 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine, 4 Jay, 10 Meadow Pipit (in front hide)
Stratford:

1 drake Mandarin Duck (Alec?), 1 drake Ring Necked Duck (partial eclipse), 2 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 

2 Stonechat

Herriotts End:
1 Great White Egret, 52 Lapwing, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail

11-10-16 Common Sandpiper (Bob Brewer)
From Villice Bay but been reported elsewhere at CVL today

Reports: Alec?, Zara Bowers, James Butcher, Anne Crowe, David Gibbs, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Adrian Hockey, Mike King, David Poulton. Harvey Rose, John S, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Wayne Tucker, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds,