11th Oct '16 Tuesday - Jack Snipe

Ring Ouzel at Sand Point and Portishead
Jack Snipe at Chew Valley Lake
Swallow at Badminton
17 Great White Egret at Blagdon Lake

17 Great White Egrets at Blagdon today (David Hughes)

BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
3 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Dipper, 4 Robin

11-10-16 Dipper (Martin Tayler)
Eastville Park

Stockwood open space:
1 Green & Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 (M+F) Stonechat, 5 (3M+2F) Bullfinch,

Littleton Warth:
83 Canada Goose, 110 Wigeon, 1 Little Egret, 5 Oystercatcher, 300 Dunlin, 60 Redshank,
400+ Corvid, 2 Raven, 3 Wheatear, 80 Linnet

11-10-16 Wheatear (Vic Savery)
Littleton Warth

Aust Wharf:
1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, 2 Stonechar, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit

11-10-16 Stonechat (Mrs Trellis)
Pair taken up residence at Aust

Severn Beach:
1 Buzzard

11-10-16 Red Kite (Robert Hargreaves)
Badminton airport

Badminton:
13 Canada Goose, 1 Shelduck, 3 Cormorant, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 2 Raven,
9 Long-tailed Tit, 30 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Nuthatch, 8 Redwing, 20 Meadow Pipit, 30 Linnet, 1 Yellowhammer (male)

Portishead:
45 Redshank, (shore) 1 Ring Ouzel (Battery Point), 1 Blackbird, 1 Wheatear, 1 Rock Pipit

Sand Point:
1 Swallow, 2 Ring Ouzel, 10+ Chiffchaff, 8 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear

11-10-16 Little Owl (Peter Coslett)
In the usual place at Marshfield

Marshfield:
1 Little Owl, 2 Stonechat

Blagdon Lake:
9 Barnacle Goose, 15 Little Egret, 17 Great White Egret (including Red 'AAF'[2016]), 1 Ringed Plover, 1 juv Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint, 2 juv Ruff, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit,
1 ad Yellow-legged Gull

11-10-16 Egrets (Bob Brewer)
Playing at Chew Valley Lake

Chew Valley Lake:
Appears to be a lot of Jays around today    
Dam:
2 Egyptian Goose

11-10-16 Kingfisher (Bob Brewer)
The Hovering Kingfisher at Villice Bay

Villice Bay:
2 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 13 Lapwing, 1 Ruff, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Jay, 2 Raven,

11-10-16 Common Sandpiper (Lee Gardiner)
Wonder at Villice

Nunnery:
4 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 8 Goldfinch                        
Heron's Green:
2 L Grebe (Pond), 14 L Grebe (Lake side), 1 Peregrine (dead tree Moreton), 1 Water Rail, 1 Jack Snipe,
4 Snipe (1 pond 3 Lake side), 1 Kingfisher, 1 male Stonechat (Pond), 7 House Sparrow      

11-10-16 Water Rail (Ian Stapp)
Not a Spotted Crake at Moreton

Moreton:
1 Water Rail, 3 Lapwing, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Jay (fly past hide), 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler,
5 Meadow Pipit    
Stratford:
3 Lapwing, 2 Ruff, 2 Jay (Moreton to Stratford lane)
Herriott's Bridge:
2 Great White Egret (1 Pond, other Lake side), 1 male Kestrel mobbed by 2 Crows, 6 Common Gull,
2 GBB Gull, 2 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail

10-10-16 Spotted Crake (David Hughes)
The bird that didn't show today

Chiffchaff and Dartford Warbler were reported in Avon somerset today but at unknown locations

Reports: BOC Walk, Rob Emery, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, David Hughes, Colin Hunt, John & Penny Huntley, Nigel Milbourne, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, John H Clark, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG