09-10-18 Tuesday - Spotted Crake

Temp 10 to 21℃. Cool wind early on. Sunny and blissfully warm later, hottest of the month

9-10-18 Pheasants trying to be waders at Villice (Terri Borash)

Scaup, Goldeneye
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Marsh Harrier
Spotted Crake
Whimbrel, Spotted Redshank
Marsh Tit
Fieldfare, Redwing
Whinchat
Redpoll

BRISTOL

Concord cycle track between Bonnington Walk and Constable Road:

Sparrowhawk, LBB Gull, 3 Feral Pigeon, 3 Woodpigeon, 4 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Blackcap, Wren, 10 Starling, 1m 1f Blackbird, 7 House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch

Eastville Park, WeBS:
70 Mallard, 5 Moorhen, 2 Grey Heron, 17 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 2 Herring Gull
+ 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, a Crest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Grey Wagtail

Stapleton Church Spire:
1 Peregrine

9-10-18 Kestrel v Crow over St Anne's (Lucipixlz)

Southmead - Badocks Wood:
vismig - 5 Skylark 1 Grey Wagtail - and in the woods - 5 Goldcrest and migrant Robin.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

9-10-18 Whinchat at Oldbury Power Station (Peter Hazelwood)

Oldbury Power Station, inc Vis Mig:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 2 Fieldfare, 41 Redwing, 1 Whinchat, 7 Stonechat, 12 Chaffinch, 11 Greenfinch, 1 Redpoll, 1 Siskin

Hawkesbury Upton, BOC Walk:
Pheasants, 5 Buzzard, 280 Common Gull (Monarch's Walk), 1 Collared Dove, 3 Great Spotted and 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 5 Jay, 1 Skylark, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Goldfinch

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 1 Whinchat, 5 Stonechat, 10 Goldfinch

Bradley Stoke & Three Brooks Nature Reserve:
1 Chiffchaff - in full song this morning
1 Little Egret

Little Egret 9th Oct 2018 Three Brooks Nature Reserve (Vic Savery)

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Bay/Point, inc Vis Mig:
11 Wigeon, 2 Pintail, 5 Teal, 1 Whimbrel, c.90 Curlew, 14 Skylark, 3 grounded Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 6 alba Wagtail, 92 Meadow Pipit, 45 Chaffinch, 11 Greenfinch, 17 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin, 6 Reed Bunting

9-10-18 Buzzard at Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)

Bleadon:
2 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Meadow Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
lots of Buzzards

Farrington Gurney, Chewton Wood:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Marsh Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper

Farrington Gurney, Hollow Marsh:
1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Bullfinch, 6 Yellowhammer,  1 Clouded Yellow

RESERVOIRS

9-10-18 Little Grebe, Herriott's (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Reservoir:
3 Egyptian Geese, 1 Shelduck, 20 Teal, 2 Scaup, 3 Goldeneye, 3 Pheasant (Villice), 20 Little Grebe, 2 Black-necked Grebe

9-10-18 Cattle Egret, North Widcombe (TtB)

4 Cattle Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Buzzard, 4 Water Rail, 1 Spotted Crake (off Stratford), 19 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover (Herriott's Pool), 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Snipe, 3 Common and 7 Green Sandpiper

9-10-18 Spotted Redshank, Greenshank and Black-tailed Godwit over the reeds from Herriott's (Ian Stapp)
Looking North to the lake from Herriott's Bridge

5 Spotted Redshank (HP), 3 Greenshank, 11 Common Gull, 7 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 7 Pied Wagtail, 12 Meadow Pipit, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

9-10-18 Grey Heron at Villice (Bob Brewer)
That fish is not too big for that Heron!

Out of Avon:
707 Brambling over Hunstanton yesterday

Reports: Derek Angell, Terri Borash, Paul Bowyer, Pete Brain, Bob Brewer, Paul Chapman, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, Bill Hewitt, Kenny Hills, Matt Hobbs, John Martin, Dean Reeves, Patrick Richards, Gill Sapsed, Vic Savery,  Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, RBA, TBOSG, TalkingtoBears