22nd October '17 Sunday - Sabine's Gull

Temp max 13˚C, Wind WNW 29 mph. gusts to 41 mph. Still blowy, but some good bright sunny spells

22-10-17 Sabine's Gull at Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)

Great Skua, Sabine's Gull, Guillemot
Scaup, Goldeneye, Goosander
Great White Egret
Merlin
Avocet, Bar-tailed Godwit
Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull
Swallow
Bearded Tit
Fieldfare
Water Pipit

BRISTOL

22-10-17 Dipper at Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Eastville Park:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine (Holy Trinity), 100+ BH Gull, 1 Dipper, 3 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
4 Canada Geese, 1 Barnacle Goose (year first), 2 Grey Heron, 15 Shelduck, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin (Shepperdine), 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Great Skua, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear

22-10-17 Guillemot at Severn Beach (Brian Thompson)

Severn Beach:

Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Turnstone, 1 juv Sabine's Gull, 1 Guillemot

22-10-17 Sabine's Gull at Severn Beach (Brian Thompson)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
20 Mute Swan, 12 Canada Goose, 60 Shelduck, 60 Wigeon, 1 Cormorant, 4 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 60 Oystercatcher, 5 Avocet (19th), 1 Grey Plover, 30 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 120 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 20 Turnstone, 60 Dunlin, 330 Redshank, 400 BH Gull, 1 Swallow, 2 Wheatear

Anchor Head:
6 Great Skua early

22-10-17 Redshank at Uphill (Simon Williams)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Paulton:

2 Mute Swan, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 1 Jay, 1 Treecreeper, 16 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 7 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 (feral) Barnacle Geese, 1 Little Egret

Chew Valley Lake:

2 Egyptian Geese, 1 f Scaup, 3 m Goldeneye, 2 m/f Goosander, 38 Little Egret, 25 Great White Egret, 1 f Kestrel, 1 ad m Peregrine, 7 Lapwing, 3 Ruff, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 1st w Mediterranean Gull, 2 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Fieldfare

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper

Woodford:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear, 1 Rock Pipit

Herons Green:
80+ Wigeon, 8 Little Egret, 20 Great White Egret, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Gull

Field Between Herons Green and Blue Bowl:
7 Little Egret

22-10-17 Common Gull at Stratford (Rob Hargreaves)
Both yellow and grey legged

Stratford:
100 Canada Goose, 1 m Goldeneye, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 12 Common Gull, 2 Jay, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit, 3 Water Pipit

Herriotts:
30 Canada Goose, 4 Pintail, lots Bearded Tits calling, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Litton area and the Reservoirs:
4 Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Cormorant, Grey Heron, 16 Little Grebe, Moorhen, 500-600 Woodpigeon, Kingfisher, Raven, Grey and Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch and Yellowhammer.

Out of Avon
Steart Tower, 7.30 - 10.30:
9 Brent Geese, 2 Common Scoter, 1 Great Northern Diver, 13 Leach's Petrel, 2 Gannet, 3 Pomarine Skua, 15+ Great Skua, 6 Kittiwake

Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Simon Carder, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Dave Dawe, Richard Giles & Fiona Neate, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Lisegirl, Paul Marshall,  Nigel Milbourne, Rich Scantlebury, Brian Thompson, Simon Williams, blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds,