Turtle Dove (some concerns about its health but seen feeding OK today, wind direction and strength not helpful to migration)
BRISTOL
Finzels Reach:
2 Peregrine
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
46 Dunlin (on seawall), 1 Ringed Plover, 32Redshank, c35Turnstone, 24 Lapwing, 10 Wigeon
2 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Stonechat (around yacht club) 1 Swallow
Aust Warth:
1 Stonechat
Aust Warth:
1 Stonechat
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| Stonechat 4th Oct 2017 Aust TBOSG |
Turtle Dove, 2 Wheatear, Meadow Pipit (many), Pied Wagtail (many), Starling (several flocks)
1 Skylark,
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| Turtle Dove (Alan Chard) Very tolerant of people |
Red Kite (over Kingsgate park), 2 Chiffchaff, 7 Gadwall
NORTH SOMERSET:
Portishead:
Kilkenny Place: 7 long tailed tits (on feeders)
Skua (off Battery Point, long way off)
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge:
1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Kingfisher
Bath:
Corston Fields : Kestrel
Newton St Loe:
35 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Kestrel, 3 Buzzard, 10 Skylark, 100+ Linnet, 1 Mistle Thrush
1 Stonechat
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| Kestrel (NSL-Birding) |
3 Mistle Thrush
Chew Valley Lake:
100-200 Cormorants (mid-lake opposite café. Others arriving and leaving continuously)
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, 1 G-W Egret
Woodford:
3 G -W Egret (Stratford bay), 2 Little Egret, 4 G BB Gull
Heron's Green:
15 G-W Egret, 6 L Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Buzzard,
2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat, 11 Little Grebe, 68 Wigeon, 3 G BB Gull, 1 Common Gull
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| Egrets and Grey Herons (Ian Stapp) At Heron's Green, where else? |
1 Peregrine, 2 Tawny Owl, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 88 Wigeon, 15 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper
3 Chiffchaff, 7 Chaffinch, 1 G S Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Cetti's
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| Peregrine at Moreton (Ian Stapp) |
Herriotts:
3 G-W Egret, 2 L Egret, 1 Cetti's, 3 G BB Gull, Grey Wagtail
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| Grey Wagtail (Bill Hewitt) |
Hollow Brook:
13 Ruff, 12 Black-tailed Godwit
Villice:
2 Ruff, 12 BT Godwits (probably moved over from Hollow Brook), 2 Meadow Pipit,
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail
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| Black-tailed Godwit and Ruff (George Stacey) |
Back of Denny:
13 Ruff, 2 G -W Egret, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 Pochard
Reports: John Griffiths, Andrew Middleton, Mark Coller, Ian Stapp, Alan Chard, Alastair Fraser, Richard Mielcarek, Robert Hargreaves, Teresa Chard, David Howes, Bill Hewitt, George Stacey, Dee Pope, Angus Hamill blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds
