21st October '17 Saturday - Great Skua

Temp max 14˚C, Wind SW 33 mph. gust to S 55 mph. Bit of a blow today, some good bright sunny spells and some lovely rainbows

Long-tailed Duck
Great Northern Diver, Leach's Petrel, Great Skua, Common Tern, Guillemot
Great White Egret
Hen Harrier
Bar-tailed Godwit
Swallow
Redwing
Brambling

21-10-17 Great Skua at  Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Great Skua at 15.50

21-10-17 Great Northern Diver phonescoped at Severn Beach (Aravind Ramesh)

Severn Beach:

1 Great Northern Diver, 1 poss Grey Phalarope, 1 Leach's Petrel 12.55-13.05 and 13.55, 6 Great Skua 1 at 12.30, 5 at 13.15, 4 between 14.40 and 16.00, 1 Common Tern, 1 Guillemot, 1 Rock Pipit

21-10-17 Great Skua at  Severn Beach (Rob Clipson)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Redcliff Bay:
2 m/f wintering Blackcap but the m chased the f off and spent the rest of the day on the fat-ball feeder

Anchor Head:
3 Great Skua between 12.00 and 13.00

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 ring-tailed Hen Harrier, reported again from unknown source

Rushmead Lane area-Northfield Lane:

20 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Kestrel, 3 Stock Dove, 50 Woodpigeon, 20 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 100 Starling, 5 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 30 Meadow Pipit, 20 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 80 Goldfinch, 150 Linnet, 10 Yellowhammer

Down Road:

250 Woodpigeon, 100 Common Gull, 16 Pied Wagtail.

RESERVOIRS

21-10-17 Meadow Pipit at Chew Valley Lake (Bob Brewer)

Chew Valley Lake:

14 Little Egret, 24 Great White Egret, 8 Common Gull

Dam:
2 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper

Woodford:

1 j Long-tailed Duck, 2 Little Egret,  3 GBB Gull

21-10-17 Ruff in Herons Green Bay (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:
80+ Wigeon, 8 Little Egret, 24 Great White Egret, 8 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 8 Ruff,  2 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Gull, 4 GBB Gull

21-10-17 Common Gull (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
126 Canada Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 2 Common Gull, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Green woodpecker, 4 Jay, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Meadow Pipit, 12 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Herriotts:
38 Canada Goose, 4 Pintail, 2 Little Egret, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Common Gull, 5 GBB Gull, 2 Meadow Pipit

21-10-17 Rainbow from Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Bob Brewer, Rob Clipson, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Peter Dolton, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Graham Lawlor, Aravind Ramesh, Vic Savery, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds,