5th Oct 2016 Wednesday - 15 Great White Egret

A glorious sunny day but often blustery

15 Great White Egret at Blagdon today
Little Stint and Ruff at Northwick and at Blagdon

5-10-16 Pic of the day: Hobby at Northwick early this morning (Brian Lancastle)

Bristol, Bradley Stoke:
Red Kite and a Raven near Parkway

5-10-16 Red Kite over Bradley Stoke (Vic Savery)

Bristol, Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay

Shepperdine Coast:
pm: 25 Shelduck, 7 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 3 Turnstone, 2 Stonechat of note

5-10-16 1 of 2 Stonechat along the Shepperdine Coast this afternoon (Mrs. Trellis) 

Littleton Warth:
am: 20 Canada Goose, 160 Wigeon, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 45 Dunlin, 45 Redshank, 4 Swallow, 4 Wheatear, 65 Meadow Pipit, 80 Linnet

5-10-16 A funny duck at Littleton Warth today! (Mrs Trellis)

New Passage/Northwick:

Hobby at Northwick early am, other highlights, 2 Little Stint, Spotted Redshank, 4 Ruff, c35 Knot, c200 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Grey Plover

5-10-16 2 of the 4 Ruff seen at Northwick today (Martin Tayler)
There were more photographers than birds

Severn Beach:
100+ Turnstone interspersed with Ringed Plovers

Portbury Warth:
34 Canada Goose, 8 Shelduck, 90 Wigeon, 20 Gadwall, 22 Teal, 5 Shoveler, 12 L Grebe, 1 Kestrel,

3 Curlew, 1 Snipe,  2 Redshank,  150 Starling

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Clevedon-Yeo:

50 Shelduck, 60 Wigeon,  90 Teal, 60 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 7 Little Egret , 1 Grey Heron, 35 Oystercatcher, 16 Grey Plover, 13 Ringed Plover, 12 Lapwing, 30 Curlew, 26 Turnstone, 90 Dunlin, 220 Redshank, 8+ Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 16 Wheatear (at least, a good count for October mostly in one group near Yeo), 8 Rock Pipit (at least, again a good count)

Uphill:
3 Eclipse Garganey on the Axe

Bath, Newton St Loe:
7 Teal, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 18 Collared Dove (in one group at Park Farm), 1 GS Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 4 Raven, 6 Goldcrest, 6 Skylark, 14 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff,

1 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, 11 Song Thrush, 4 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail, 14 Chaffinch, 4 Linnet, 20 Goldfinch

Barrow Tanks:
2 Common Sandpipers (ad + juv)

Blagdon Lake:

1 Garganey, 15 Great White Egret at the Ubley End (one of these flew off to Chew), 3 Little Egret,
4 juv Ringed Plover, 1 juv Grey Plover (Ubley End), 165 Lapwings, 1 juv Little Stint (Lodge),
2 juv Ruff, 2 Snipe, 20 Meadow Pipits.

Chew Valley Lake:
12+ Grey Heron around the lake, 2 Great White Egret (at the back of Denny Island), 6 Lapwing

Herons' Green:

1 Green Sandpiper, 17 Little Grebe, 2 G BB Gull 

Moreton:
2 Green Sandpiper, 15 Lapwing, 4 Buzzard, 2 Ravens, 2 Jays, 1 Cetti's Warbler
Stratford:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Little Egret, 6 GBB Gull, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Jack Snipe (Derek Angell)
Herriot's Bridge:
Bittern in reeds on SE side of Herriott's Pool this evening.
Also 3 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail (dry bit under the bridge lake side), 1 Grey Wagtail

5-10-16 12+Grey Heron around Chew Valley lake today (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Derek John Angell, Sean Davies, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, Brian Lancastle, Nige Milbourne, Harvey Rose, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Gill Sapsed, Martin Tayler, Mrs. Trellis, Keith Vinicombe, blagdonlakebirds