Wednesday 17 October 2018

17-10-18 Wednesday - Snow Bunting

Temp 13 to 16℃. Dull grey day with a bit of rain

Common Scoter, Goldeneye, Goosander
Spotted Crake
Jack Snipe
Swallow, House Martin
Yellow-browed Warbler
Fieldfare
Water Pipit
Brambling, Redpoll, Siskin
Snow Bunting
17-10-18 Wren at Bernard King, CVL (George Stacey)
BRISTOL

Blaise Woods:
2 Marsh Tits with mixed tit flock, between Goram's Chair and Henbury Golf course, 1 Tree Creeper, 1 Grey Wagtail on Hazel Brook

Purdown, Duchess Lake:
15 Skylark, 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Linnet, 100 Goldfinch, Duchess Pond: 1 m + 1 f Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Northwick Warth/New Passage:
80 Canada Geese (+usual hybrid in tow), 37 Turnstone, 100+ Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 1 Common Gull, 4 GBBG on river, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail,

NORTH SOMERSET

Goblin Combe, Avon:
2 Raven, 2 Marsh Tit

Congressbury Moor:
80 Skylark migrating West (Skylarks heard migrating across Avon)

Clevedon, Wain's Hill:
More finches on the move today over Wain's hill including my first Brambling of the autumn

Sand Point, vis mig:
33 Skylark, 18 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler,  780 Starling, 10 Meadow Pipit, 1,920 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 1 Redpoll, 13 Siskin, 9 Reed Bunting, 1 Snow Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

17-10-18 Starlings in Keynsham Garden (TtB)

Bath:
Skylark and Siskin over

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, WeBS:
91 Canada Geese, 7 Barnacle Geese, 90 Mute Swan, 68 Shoveler, 36 Gadwall, 77 Wigeon, 411 Mallard, 19 Pintail, 1120 Teal, 30 Pochard, 805 Tufted Duck, 24 Little Grebe, 73 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Cormorant, 10 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 45 Moorhen, 549 Coot, 86 Lapwing, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine, Skylarks, Mistle Thrush, Siskin

17-10-18 Pintail at Herriott's (Bob Brewer)
Chew Valley Reservoir:
2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Shelduck, 1 Garganey (f), 20 Pintail, 2 m Aytha Hybrid, 2 f Scaup (f), 1 m Common Scoter, 5 Goldeneye, 1 m Goosander (Denny), 3 Black-necked Grebe, 0 Cattle Egret, 7 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret

1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Water Rail, 1 Spotted Crake (Stratford - southern end of main reed bed ), 6 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Jack Snipe (Hollowbrook), 11 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Yellow-legged Gull

1 Kestrel, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit (HB, Lakeside)

17-10-18 Shoveler on Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)
Out of Avon:
Dowitcher at Huntspill

Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowyer, Bob Brewer, Lucy Delve, Jane Earp, Robert Hargreaves, Katie Horrocks, Andy Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Nevitt, Aravind Ramesh, Steve Sanins, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, TalkingtoBears