Scaup
Black-necked Grebe
Great White Egret, Cattle Egret
Spotted Crake
Marsh Harrier
Spotted Redshank
Yellow-legged Gull
House Martin
Firecrest
Whinchat
Brambling, Crossbill
Avocet
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| 10-10-18 A study in autumn colours: Long-tailed Tit, Stoke Park (Martin Tayler) |
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest still present
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
inc vis mig: 2 Raven, 4 Skylark, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 20 Meadow Pipit, 2 m Stonechat, 4 Pied Wagtail, 10 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 13 Linnet, 26 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Aust Warth:
c.70 Canada Goose, c.50 Wigeon, c.30 Teal, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 juv. Sparrowhawk, 2 Curlew, c.60 Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 4 Skylark, c.30 Starling, 3 Meadow Pipit, 15 Linnet
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| 10-10-18 fem Scaup, New Passage (Paul Bowerman) |
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 f Scaup (first for 7 years), 200+ Black-tailed Godwit, 80+ Knot and a Clouded Yellow
Pilning
1 Crossbill , 4 Siskin over garden
Severn Beach:
6 Little Egret, 1 Jay
Also 1 Common Blue, 2 Small Tortoiseshell and a few Common Darter
Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Whinchat, 7 Stonechat
NORTH SOMERSET
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| 10-10-18 Peregrine, Portbury Wharf (Chris Stone) |
90 Coot, 1 f Peregrine
Clevedon-Yeo:
500 Shelduck, 20 Wigeon, 55 Teal, 135 Mallard, 6 Cormorant, 16 Little Egret,1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 90 Oystercatcher, 25 Lapwing,, 7 Knot, 2 Common Snipe, 325 Curlew, 290 Redshank, zero Dunlin(!), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 3 Raven, 40 Skylark, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff,1 Blackcap, 2 Redwing, 1 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, 5 Wheatear, 2 Rock Pipit, 15 Pied Wagtail, 200 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 55 Greenfinch, 50 Goldfinch, 25 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch,3 Reed Bunting
Backwell Lake:
3 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher
Axe Estuary:
213 Shelduck, 7 Oystercatcher, 1 Avocet, 53 Lapwing, 14 Curlew, 28 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Knot, 12 Redshank.
BELOW M4 & BANES
No reports
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
1 Shelduck, 1 Goldeneye (Heron's Green) 2 Scaup, 1 juv Garganey (HG), 6 Shoveler, 1 apparent f Aythya hybrid (Scaup x Tufted ?), 2 m 1 f Goldeneye, and a 1st w) 1 fem, 14 Little Grebe, 2 Black-necked Grebe (Stratford)
8 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 5 Cattle Egret ( N Widcombe with the cows), 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Water Rail (Herriotts & Moreton), 1 Spotted Crake (see below), 2 white Coot, 4 Greenshank (3 Herriotts 1 HG/Moreton flushed by Peregrine), 4 Spotted Redshank (HG), 7 Snipe, 2 Ringed Plover (1 HG 1 Herriotts), 3 Black-tailed Godwit (HG), 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 10 Snipe, 13 Lapwing, 7 GBB Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Common Gull (HP)
1 Stock Dove 2 Kingfisher (Moreton, Herriotts), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker (Moreton) 1 Peregrine (Moreton, flushed Greenshank), 1 Hobby, 8 Jay, 14 Jackdaw, 4 Raven, 50+ Carrion Crow + Jackdaw, 20+ mixed LTT, Blue, Great Tit, 2 House Martin (on wires at Blue Bowl) , 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Treecreeper , 2 Mistle Thrush, 14+ House Sparrow Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 9 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting
RESERVOIRS
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| 10-10-18 Marsh Harrier, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
1 Shelduck, 1 Goldeneye (Heron's Green) 2 Scaup, 1 juv Garganey (HG), 6 Shoveler, 1 apparent f Aythya hybrid (Scaup x Tufted ?), 2 m 1 f Goldeneye, and a 1st w) 1 fem, 14 Little Grebe, 2 Black-necked Grebe (Stratford)
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| 10-10-18 Shoveler, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Bob Brewer) |
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| 10-10-18 Cattle Egret, North Widcombe Farm (Ian Stapp) |
More information on the Spotted Crake:
Juvenile seen this morning and late afternoon on fringe of main reed bed opposite Stratford Hide – when it shows it’s quite an obliging individual, staying out on the open mud for periods, some prolonged, but obviously distant and extremely so from Stratford Hide
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| 10-10-18 Today's instalment: Grey Heron vs Pike, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Bob Brewer) |
