Monday 15 October 2018

15 -10-18 Monday - a bit slow today

Weather:  Cool, Cloudy - but the sun did break through - for a bit.

Great White Egret
Golden Plover
Redwing

BRISTOL
nil

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
WeBS count today
39 Canada Goose, 26 Wigeon, 89 Mallard, 5 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 5 Lapwing, 3 Golden Plover - over, 1 Grey Plover - Yacht Club, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit - Yacht Club, probably the one John Martin had at Littleton on Saturday, 10 Curlew 45 + Turnstone, 160+ Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 25 Redshank, 270+ Starling, 2 Wheatear.

Wheatear 15th Oct 2018 NP-NW-PWL (Paul Bowerman)
New Passage/Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands
13 Canada Goose, 10 Shelduck, 13 Shoveler, 29 Gadwall, 180 Wigeon, 190 Teal, 1 Little Egret,
2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail, 36 Coot, 10 Lapwing, 3 Ringed Plover, 80 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 Knot, 350 Dunlin, 115 Redshank, 2 Raven.

Severn Beach:
2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Wheatear.

Chittening Warth:
42 Mallard, 1 Pintail (f), 8 Teal, 4 Cormorant flying upriver Cormorant 3 flying upriver, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff and a few Meadow Pipits moving N.E into wind.

NORTH SOMERSET

Worle:
Breakfast with the birds: 2 Ravens - tumbling, 2 Goldcrest, and a flyover Siskin.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Paulton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 8 Blackbird, 3 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit.
Sewage works: 
18 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
9 Barnacle Goose, large number of  Mute Swan, 42 Wigeon, 8 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 21 Meadow Pipit.

OUT OF AREA
Isabelline Shrike 15th Oct 2018 out of area (John Hansford),
Reports: Ken Carruthers, Patrick Hancock, John Hansford, Andy Middleton, Dean Reeves, Tony Scott,  BUPP, blagdonlakebirdsCVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG