6th October '17 Friday - Merlin

Lovely weather today, warm in the sunshine

Shag
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Merlin
Golden Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit
Yellow-legged Gull,
Turtle Dove
Swallow, White Wagtail

6-10-17 Egrets at CVL (Bob Brewer)

BRISTOL

River Frome, 5th:
1 Dipper

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

6-10-17 Turtle Dove at NP (Lisegirl)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:

1 Hobby, 1 Turtle Dove, 1 Raven, 6 Stonechat
Waders from 5th: 1 Little Stint, 2 Knot, 1 Ruff,  400 Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, 20 Curlew, 1 Spotted Redshank, 180 Redshank, 20 Turnstone, 

NORTH SOMERSET

Wemberham Lane, Yatton:
3 Cetti's Warbler

Weston Airfield:
22 Wigeon, 3 Little Egret, 40+ Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail, 100 Meadow Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

M5, junction 16 (Bath):
60 flyover Golden Plover 

RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake, 5th:
1 Little Egret, 38 Lapwings, 1 Dunlin, 1 Ruff, 1 Barn Owl, 1 White Wagtail 

6-10-17 Grey Heron in Villice Bay (Bob Brewer)

Chew Valley Lake:
Totals:
1 Cattle Egret, 32 Little Egret, 25 Great White Egret, 1 j Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel ,12 Lapwing, 41 Golden Plover, 1 Dunlin, 13 Ruff, 1 Snipe, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, lots Skylark & Meadow Pipit going west

6-10-17 Goose or Sandpiper at the Dam (George Stacey)

Dam:

2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper

Hollow Brook:
3 Great White Egret, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit

6-10-17 Shag at Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Woodford:
1 Shag, 3 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 6 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 1 Wheatear

6-10-17 Godwit and Ruff at CVL (Bob Brewer)

Villice:
6 Great White Egret, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit

6-10-17 Cattle Egret at Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:

86 Wigeon, 1 Cattle Egret, 17 Little Egret, 16 Great White Egret, 22 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 1 imm/f Merlin, 2 Water Rail, 2 Lapwing, 12 Ruff, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Raven, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail

Moreton:

12 Wigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Lapwing, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 4 Goldcrest, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff

Herriotts End:

80 Shoveler, 13 Pintail (pool), 2 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 2 Ruff, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Gull, 1 j Yellow-legged Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Cetti's Warbler

6-10-17 Turtle Dove at NP (David Hughes)
The only photo off the ground!

Out of Avon:

Great Bustard still at Chewton Mendip

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner,  Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, Gary Hughes, Brian Lancastle, Rob Laughton, Lisegirl, John Martin, Jon Mortin, Trevor Riddle,  Rosemary Setter, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds