31st October '17 Tuesday - Ring Ouzel

Temp max 13˚C. Wind SW max 13 mph. Grey day but relatively mild

Goosander
Great White Egret
Fieldfare
Tree Sparrow
Redpoll, Hawfinch

BRISTOL

31-10-17 Cormorant with Lockjaw (Rich Scantlebury)

Eastville Park:
2 Mute Swan, 3 Canada Geese, 4 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Nuthatch,  2 Grey Wagtail, 1 j Pied Wagtail

31-10-17 Peregrines at Finzel's Reach (Jason Williams)

Stockwood Open Space:
2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 8 Blackbird, pair Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 12 Goldfinch,  3 Linnet, 5 loud Bullfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Orchard at Oldbury Power Station:
2 Ring Ouzel, 3 Stonechat

Aust Wharf:
4 Siskin

New Passage/Northwick Warth, 30th:
5 Shelduck, 1 Mandarin Duck (2nd SS record), 1 Pintail, 2 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 30 Ringed Plover, 2 Grey Plover, 19 Lapwing, 12 Knot, 80 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 90 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Curlew, 1 Spotted Redshank, 30 Turnstone, 1 Brambling, 1 Fox

Almondsbury:
10 Fieldfare/Redwing

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
Return of the garden Blackcaps Yesterday 2 males + 1 female still around feeding in the garden. Today with 2 Coal Tit, 20+ resident House sparrow, 12 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch

Dundry:
1 Tree Sparrow west with Chaffinches, 1 Hawfinch

Kenn:
Duck Lane: Little Owl calling 5.30 am
Kenn Pier: Little Grebe
Kenn Moor: 18 Fieldfare flyover Mid-day
Nailsea Wall: 3 Little Egret

31-10-17 Sparrowhawk in Bleadon (Bill Hewitt

Bleadon:
Village: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Long Tailed Tit
Levels: 2 Buzzard, 3 Redwing, 3 Stonechat

BELOW M4 & BANES

31-10-17 melanistic Pheasant in Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
28 Red-legged Partridge, 15 Pheasant, 5 Buzzard, Wood Pigeon flocks totalling c.2000, 1 Kestrel, 80 Rooks, 4 Goldcrest, 9 Skylark, c. 25 LT Tits, Starling flocks totalling c.500, 5 solitary Fieldfare, 15 Redwing, 6 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, c.70 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, c.40 mixed flock Linnets and Corn Buntings with a few Yellowhammer, 1 Yellowhammer elsewhere

Cold Ashton:
110 Common Gull

Keynsham, ST6567:
2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 20 Starling

31-10-17 Great Spotted Woodpecker in Saltford (Vera Carpenter)

Saltford:
1 Pheasant, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Moorhen, 1 Buzzard, 2 Stock Dove, 300 Woodpigeon, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Magpie, 1 Jay, 19 Long-tailed Tit party, 18 Blackbird, 36 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 38 Pied Wagtail, 18 Meadow Pipit, 8 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 200 Goldfinch, 5 Bullfinch

Bath, Lansdown Burial Ground:

52 Fieldfare, 60 Redwing, 12 Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush, 16 Blackbird, 6 Bullfinch

Bath, Solsbury Hill:
plenty Skylark, 8 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, flock of Chaffinch

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
60 Teal, 1 Pintail, 45 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper

31-10-17 Goosander at Herons Green (George Stacey)

Chew Valley Lake:
30+ Little Egret, 32 Great White Egret again, 150 Common Gull

31-10-17 Common Sandpiper by the Dam (George Stacey)

Dam:
274 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper

Bittern Trail:
10 Pintail, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Meadow Pipit

Woodford:
12 Little Egret, 10 Great White Egret, 2 Jay, 12 Long-tailed Tit,

31-10-17 Black-tailed & face Godwit Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:

60 Wigeon, 1 m Pintail, 5 1m Goosander, 16 Little Egret, 24 Great White Egret, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Water Rail, 12 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 50 Common Gull, 3 GBB Gull, few Skylark over, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 8 Goldfinch

Moreton:
2 Little Egret, 1 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Jay, 20 Meadow Pipit

31-10-17 Water Rail at Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts:
138 Canada Geese, 3 Barnacle Geese, 14 Pintail, 4 Little Egret, 12 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail, 16 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, lots Common Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail

(photo Alex Carlisle)

The 2016 Avon Bird Report is now available. It has 216 pages including 16 in colour

BOC and BNS members will get a copy in November, but if you are not a member of either group they are available to buy from Harvey Rose at Arncliffe, Coast Road, Walton Bay, Clevedon, BS21 7FW. They cost £9.50 including postage, and cheques should be made out to "AOG"



Reports: Derek Angell, Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, John Croxton, Peter  Evans, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, William Hewitt, Glen Maddison, Dave Nevitt, Jean Oliver, Lois Pryce, Rich Scantlebury, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, talkingtobears, Roger White, Jason Williams,  blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds