Garganey
Spoonbill, Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier, Red Kite
Spotted Crake
Golden Plover, Spotted Redshank
Yellow-legged Gull
Bearded Tit
Yellow-browed Warbler
Water Pipit, Rock Pipit
Brambling, Siskin
BRISTOL
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| 19-10-18 Kingfisher, Eastville Park Lake ( Allan Chard) |
Eastville Park:
Vis mig over Eastville garden and park this am: 1 m Wigeon (unusual sighting for Bristol), 120 Woodpigeon, 150 Jackdaw , 2 Skylark, 5 Fieldfare, 33 Redwing, 5 Pied Wagtail, 1 Linnet, 4 Chaffinch
Fishponds:
2 Kestrel
Easton:
80+ Jackdaw over the house heading south
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
88 Wigeon, 1 flyover Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret , 5 Grey Heron, 95 Dunlin, 14 Lapwing, 7 Curlew, 45 Turnstone, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1Wheatear, 1 Stonechat
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| 19-10-18 Nuthatch, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter) |
Almondsbury:
Garden: 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Goldfinch
New Passage/Northwick:
Few migrants at New Passage this morning between 7am & 9 am, highlights ca 70 Jackdaw to SW, ca 35 Redwing, 2 Brambling, but less than 50 Chaffinch.
Pilning wetland:
1 juv Pochard (scarce here - 1st sentry box pool), Little Egret, 47 Gadwall, 48 Lapwing, 120 Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Rock Pipit
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
17th October: 1 Willow Warbler caught and ringed in garden near Battery Point
Clevedon-Yeo:
Wain's Hill: 2 Red Kite, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler (very elusive in trees and bushes by the small boatyard), Skylark (heard)
Bristol Airport:
26 Golden Plover in the Airport flock
18th October: 1 Barn Owl
Kenn Moor:
12 Skylark
Yatton:
220 Jackdaw, heading SW
Uphill:
3 Lapwing, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
230 Golden Plover in a field off the A420 at Cold Ashton, also 20 Sky Lark there.
Keynsham ST6567:
New Passage/Northwick:
Few migrants at New Passage this morning between 7am & 9 am, highlights ca 70 Jackdaw to SW, ca 35 Redwing, 2 Brambling, but less than 50 Chaffinch.
Pilning wetland:
1 juv Pochard (scarce here - 1st sentry box pool), Little Egret, 47 Gadwall, 48 Lapwing, 120 Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Rock Pipit
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
17th October: 1 Willow Warbler caught and ringed in garden near Battery Point
Clevedon-Yeo:
Wain's Hill: 2 Red Kite, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler (very elusive in trees and bushes by the small boatyard), Skylark (heard)
Bristol Airport:
26 Golden Plover in the Airport flock
18th October: 1 Barn Owl
Kenn Moor:
12 Skylark
Yatton:
220 Jackdaw, heading SW
Uphill:
3 Lapwing, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
230 Golden Plover in a field off the A420 at Cold Ashton, also 20 Sky Lark there.
150 Common Gull off Tormarton Road, Marshfield following plough
Keynsham ST6567:
20 Starling
RESERVOIRS:
Chew Valley Lake
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose, 10 Pintail, 1 Garganey (HG), Aytthya hybrid – 1 drake, 4 f Goldeneye, 44 Little Grebe (inc 32 at Herons Green, double the normal total for that spot), 3 Black-necked Grebe (Stratford), 8 Cattle Egret, 18 Great White Egret, 9 Little Egret, 1 imm Spoonbill (north end of Denny Island late afternoon), min 2 Marsh Harrier (1 f at HG which flew towards Blagdon + 2 possibly different birds between Stratford and Moreton*), 1 Spotted Crake (seen in Stratford bay; it or another heard at Hollow Brook; ), 3 Water Rail, 12 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank, 2 Redshank, 3 Spotted Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 20 Snipe, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull (HG), I Peregrine, 3 Raven, 9 Jay, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Tree Creeper, 1 pair Bearded Tit (Herriotts), 12 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit (Moreton), 1 Rock Pipit (Moreton), 1 Siskin
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| 19-10-18 f Pintail, Herriotts Pool, CVL (George Stacey) |
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose, 10 Pintail, 1 Garganey (HG), Aytthya hybrid – 1 drake, 4 f Goldeneye, 44 Little Grebe (inc 32 at Herons Green, double the normal total for that spot), 3 Black-necked Grebe (Stratford), 8 Cattle Egret, 18 Great White Egret, 9 Little Egret, 1 imm Spoonbill (north end of Denny Island late afternoon), min 2 Marsh Harrier (1 f at HG which flew towards Blagdon + 2 possibly different birds between Stratford and Moreton*), 1 Spotted Crake (seen in Stratford bay; it or another heard at Hollow Brook; ), 3 Water Rail, 12 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank, 2 Redshank, 3 Spotted Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 20 Snipe, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull (HG), I Peregrine, 3 Raven, 9 Jay, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Tree Creeper, 1 pair Bearded Tit (Herriotts), 12 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit (Moreton), 1 Rock Pipit (Moreton), 1 Siskin
*Marsh Harrier – 2 juvs :1 is the bird from the 9th that’s very heavily marked; the other is a new juv this autumn that has decent face/crown markings but not as bright as most and has a dark spot in the central crown
Out of UK
Bob Brewer in Papua New Guinea - some birds still need identifying!
Reports: Vera Carpenter, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Michael Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, David Howes, Simon Isgar, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, Andy Middleton, Steve Pilkington, Mark Ponsford, Trevor Riddle, Steve Sanins, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, TalkingtoBears, Jason Williams
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| 19-10-18 Egyptian Goose by dam, CVL (Rob Hargreaves) |
Bob Brewer in Papua New Guinea - some birds still need identifying!
Reports: Vera Carpenter, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Michael Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, David Howes, Simon Isgar, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, Andy Middleton, Steve Pilkington, Mark Ponsford, Trevor Riddle, Steve Sanins, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, TalkingtoBears, Jason Williams
