2nd October '17 Monday - Bonxie

Strong wind today and not too warm, just a tad of misty rain here and there

Common Scoter, Bonxie
Cattle Egret
Red Kite
Yellow-legged Gull
Golden Plover, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank
House Martin

2-10-17 Wigeon at New Passage  (Martin Tayler)
And in large numbers all over

BRISTOL

see Hanham Woods below

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

4 Greylag Geese, 250 Canada Geese, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Stonechat

2-10-17 Meadow Pipits at New Passage  (Martin Tayler)
in large numbers

New Passage/Northwick Warth:

Greylag, 9 Knot, 4 Little Stint, 5 Curlew Sandpiper, 11 Ruff,  475 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 4 Wheatear

Horton:
1 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point:
1 Little Egret, 1 ad m Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Redshank calling, 1 Great Skua, 2 Chiffchaff , 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 14 Meadow Pipits, 99 Goldfinch (counted off photo)

Sand Bay:
100 Shelduck, 1 juvenile Sparrowhawk, 40 Oystercatcher, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 3 Curlew, 1 ad. + 1j. GBB Gull, 6 Meadow Pipits

Weston-Super-Mare, Anchor Head:
1 Wigeon, 3 Common Scoter, 2 Great Skua (Bonxie)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham Woods:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit

Paulton:
3 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 175 Jackdaw, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Mistle Thrush, 8 Chaffinch, 35 Goldfinch, 19 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:
73 Mute Swans (record 80 in 1958), Wigeon numbers rising, 7 Pintails, 74 Pochards, 28 Lapwings

Chew Valley Lake:

2-10-17 Great White Egret at CVL (Nigel Preater)
With a Perch

Totals:
200 Wigeon, 2 Cattle Egret, 20 Little Egret, 13 Great White Egret, 13 Black-tailed Godwit

Dam:

2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail

2-10-17 Common Sandpiper near the Dam (George Stacey)

Hollowbrook:
2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,1 Song Thrush

Woodford:
2 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 8 GBB Gull, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Kingfisher

2-10-17 Black-tailed Godwit in Herons Green Bay  (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:

118 Wigeon, 2 Cattle Egret, 10 Little Egret, 11 Great White Egret, 18 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Stonechat

Moreton:

40 Wigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
30 Wigeon, 3 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Leucistic Coot, 1 Golden Plover, 3 GBB Gull

Herriotts End:
2 Pintail, 2 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 5 Little Grebe, 1 Peregrine, 2 GBB Gull, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 26 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Starling bathing at New Passage today (Martin Tayler)

Reports: Derek Angell, Lars Burnus, Teresa Chard, Chris Craig, David Gibbs, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Brian Lancastle, Nigel Milbourne, Vic Polley, Nigel Preatear, Nigel Sluman, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds