Wednesday, 26 October 2016

26th Oct '16 Wednesday - Bearded Tit

Headlines:
Red font almost only required for the lakes today...
Spotted Crake, Bearded Tit, Ring-necked Duck, Black-necked Grebe and Great White Egret all still present at Chew
Record counts of Scaup and Little Egret at Blagdon

26-10-16 Juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs (Allan Chard)
Just south of the area at Cheddar Reservoir
Stockwood, Bristol:
25 Linnet

Shepperdine:
1 Pintail, 500+ Starling, 1 Stonechat

Oldbury Power Station:
4 Stonechat

Oldbury Yacht Club:
1 Short-eared Owl (this evening)

Oldbury Village:
1 Kestrel

Littleton Brick Pits:
1 Woodcock

26-10-16 Stonechat (Mrs Trellis)
Male and female, at Aust Wharf
Aust Wharf:
4 Stonechat

New Passage/Northwick:
600+ Wigeon, 1 Peregrine, c325 Black-tailed Godwit

26-10-16 Female Peregrine (Brian Lancastle)
Causing mayhem as usual (the peregrine, not Brian)
Victoria Park, Bath:
12 Siskin

Marksbury:
250+ Starling

Bristol Airport:
37 Golden Plover

Blagdon Lake:
66 Mute Swan, 8 Scaup (equals previous site record), 32 Little Egret (site record), 16 Great White Egret, 14 Golden Plover, Lapwing, 1 Dunlin, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Skylark

Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
3 Egyptian Goose
East Shore:
24 Pintail, 1 (male) Ring-necked Duck, 7 Goldeneye, 1 (male) Goosander, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 92 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper
Villice:
5 Great White Egret, 1 Spotted Crake, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper
Heron's Green:
6 Little Grebe, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat
26-10-16 Jay (Ian Stapp)
Moreton, CVL
Moreton:
1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 (m+f) Bearded Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler
Moreton to Stratford Lane:
3 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing, 1 Reed Bunting
Stratford:
2 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher
Herriotts End:
1 (female) Scaup, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail, 2 Grey Wagtail

Reports: Teresa Chard, Mark Dadds, Andy Davis, John Griffiths, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Martin Hunt, Brian Lancastle, Nigel Milbourne, Robin Nash, Chris Newman, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Keith Vinicombe, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding