Scaup, Goosander
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Marsh Harrier
Spotted Crake
Golden Plover
Yellow-legged Gull
Merlin
Fieldfare, Redwing
Brambling, Redpoll, Crossbill, Siskin
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| 18-10-18 Fieldfare at Marshfield (Rob Hargreaves) |
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| 18-10-18 Grey Heron on Avon in Bristol (Lee Gardiner) |
Hanham Bird Obs:
Skylarks, Redwing, Meadow Pipit and 21 Chaffinches heading south, and a Peregrine
Oldbury Power Station:
4 juv Swan sp. downriver at 09:30 (probably Mutes)
Vismig, mainly to NE! into breeze: 50 Skylark, 35 Fieldfare (one flock, 08:30), 2 Redwing, 100+ Chaffinch, 13 Greenfinch, 3 Redpoll, 3 Siskin, 20+ Reed Bunting
Aust Cliff, vismig:
113 Skylark, 1031 Starling, 43 Fieldfare, 233 Redwing, 1320 Chaffinch, 10 Brambling, 1 local Yellowhammer
Latteridge:
1 m Sparrowhawk
Northwick Warth/New Passage:
4 juv Swans inland over Northwick tip at 11:25. Long necks. Greyish /dark necks and flanks. No throbbing flight noise as in Mute Swans
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
20 Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan, 20 Gadwall, 2 Shelduck, 50 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 2 Pochard/Aythya Hybrids, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, Coots++, 1 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 3 Snipe, 50 BH Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Jay, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 5 Linnet
Portishead, Valley Road:
1 Tawny Owl at 07:15
Congressbury Moor:
1 Great White Egret (at 1515 for 15 minutes in a rhyne)
Clevedon, Wain's Hill, 07:15-10:30:
270 Skylark, 360 Starling, 6 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing, 23 Pied Wagtail, 90 Meadow Pipit, 655 Chaffinch, 6 Brambling, 60 Goldfinch, 15 Linnet, 10 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Crossbill, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting. All birds were to NE
Others: 1 Goosander, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 3 Raven
Backwell Lake:
2 Canada Geese, 8 Mute Swan, 7 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, Mallards +, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 6 Coot, 2 Moorhen, 40 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 m Blackcap, 15 Goldfinch
Sand Point, vis mig, 07:30-09:10:
1 Mute Swan, 1 Golden Plover, 82 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 41 Skylark, 1 Fieldfare, 500 Starling, 4 alba wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit, 500 Chaffinch, 20 Greenfinch, 6 Brambling, 20 Linnet, 2 Redpoll, 35 Goldfinch, 6 Siskin, 1 Yellowhammer
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield, inc RSPB walk:
120 of 4,000 released Red-legged Partridge, 50 of 7,000 Pheasant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 7 Golden Plover (Rushmead Lane), 160 Golden Plover (circling over West Littleton, 14.00), 200 Common Gull (early in Rushmead Lane), 4 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 10+ Raven, 20+ Skylark, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 300 Starling in one flock, 90 Fieldfare (2 flocks 40 and 50), 12 Redwing, 12 Meadow Pipit, 20 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 30 Linnet, 30 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin, 12 Yellowhammer, no Corn Bunting
Chew Stoke:
10 Fieldfare
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake, WeBS:
229 Canada Goose, 9 Great White Egrets, 4 Little Egrets, 1 juv Ringed Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull
Chew Valley Reservoir:
1 f Scaup (f), 3 Black-necked Grebe, 8 Cattle Egret to roost at Nunnery, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Spotted Crake (Stratford), 32 Redpoll going East
Out of Avon:
Little Egret in Cheddar Gorge
Out of UK
Bob Brewer in Papua New Guinea - some birds still need identifying!
Reports: Derek Angell, Paul Bowyer, Bob Brewer, Tony Cook, Peter Coslett, Lee Gardiner, David Goodliffe, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Rob Laughton, Ian Loats, Robin Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Steve Sanins, Nigel Sluman, Chris Teague, Jason Williams, CVRS
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
20 Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan, 20 Gadwall, 2 Shelduck, 50 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 2 Pochard/Aythya Hybrids, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, Coots++, 1 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 3 Snipe, 50 BH Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Jay, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 5 Linnet
Portishead, Valley Road:
1 Tawny Owl at 07:15
Congressbury Moor:
1 Great White Egret (at 1515 for 15 minutes in a rhyne)
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| 18-10-18 Goosander off Wain's Hill (Ian Loats) |
270 Skylark, 360 Starling, 6 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing, 23 Pied Wagtail, 90 Meadow Pipit, 655 Chaffinch, 6 Brambling, 60 Goldfinch, 15 Linnet, 10 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Crossbill, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting. All birds were to NE
Others: 1 Goosander, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 3 Raven
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| 18-10-18 Blackcap at Backwell (Robin Martin) |
2 Canada Geese, 8 Mute Swan, 7 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, Mallards +, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 6 Coot, 2 Moorhen, 40 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 m Blackcap, 15 Goldfinch
Sand Point, vis mig, 07:30-09:10:
1 Mute Swan, 1 Golden Plover, 82 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 41 Skylark, 1 Fieldfare, 500 Starling, 4 alba wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit, 500 Chaffinch, 20 Greenfinch, 6 Brambling, 20 Linnet, 2 Redpoll, 35 Goldfinch, 6 Siskin, 1 Yellowhammer
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| 18-10-18 Kestrel, Shire Valley (Peter Coslett) |
120 of 4,000 released Red-legged Partridge, 50 of 7,000 Pheasant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 7 Golden Plover (Rushmead Lane), 160 Golden Plover (circling over West Littleton, 14.00), 200 Common Gull (early in Rushmead Lane), 4 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 10+ Raven, 20+ Skylark, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 300 Starling in one flock, 90 Fieldfare (2 flocks 40 and 50), 12 Redwing, 12 Meadow Pipit, 20 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 30 Linnet, 30 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin, 12 Yellowhammer, no Corn Bunting
Chew Stoke:
10 Fieldfare
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake, WeBS:
229 Canada Goose, 9 Great White Egrets, 4 Little Egrets, 1 juv Ringed Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull
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| 18-10-18 Grey Heron at CVL (Bob Brewer) |
1 f Scaup (f), 3 Black-necked Grebe, 8 Cattle Egret to roost at Nunnery, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Spotted Crake (Stratford), 32 Redpoll going East
Out of Avon:
Little Egret in Cheddar Gorge
Out of UK
Bob Brewer in Papua New Guinea - some birds still need identifying!
Reports: Derek Angell, Paul Bowyer, Bob Brewer, Tony Cook, Peter Coslett, Lee Gardiner, David Goodliffe, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Rob Laughton, Ian Loats, Robin Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Steve Sanins, Nigel Sluman, Chris Teague, Jason Williams, CVRS
