10-12-18 Monday - Long Tailed Duck

Temp 6 to 10℃. Sunny, then overcast mid-morning, dry, cold wind, poor light for birding

Bewick's Swan
Lesser Scaup, Long Tailed Duck

Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe
Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart
Water Pipit
Yellowhammer

10-12-18 Goosander, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Clifton, Percival Road:

1 Marsh Tit, 1 m Blackcap

Eastville Park:
4 (2f) Goosander

Greenbank Cemetery:
1 Tawny Owl calling

Redland gdn:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
178 Wigeon, 92 Mallard, 19 Teal, 1 Buzzard, 18 Moorhen, 206 Lapwing, 6 Grey Plover, 15 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 55 Turnstone, 1500 Dunlin, 12 Snipe, 12 Redshank, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Peregrine, 4 Stonechat, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Yellowhammer, 14 Reed Bunting

between Acton Turville and Tormarton:
80 Lapwing, 600 Golden Plover

NORTH SOMERSET

10-12-18 Black Redstart, Clevedon Pier (Ian Loats)

Clevedon Pier:
1 f Black Redstart, 2 Rock Pipit

Kenn Moor:
30 Mute Swan, 2 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard

10-12-18 Short-eared Owl at Uphill again (Bill Hewitt)

Uphill:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 f Kestrel, 1 Stonechat

10-12-18 Blackcap in Langford (David Goodliffe)

Langford garden:
2 Collared Dove, 3 Coal 4 Blue 4 Great Tit, 2 m+f Blackcap (new in), 1 Wren, 7 Starling, 1 m Blackbird, 1 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 5 f 3 m House Sparrow, 2 m 2 f Bullfinch, 15 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

10-12-18 Peregrines up St John's Church, Bath (BUPP)
Pair clearly to have a lot to discuss as nest box meetings
becoming increasingly frequent

Bath Twerton:
1 Jay, 4 Coal Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 3 (1f) Blackcap, 4 Blackbird, 2 Chaffinch

Marksbury:
4 Buzzard  50+ Crows/Jackdaw

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long Tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake, WeBS:

126 Canada Geese, 18 Mute Swan, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 f Shoveler, 128 Gadwall, 66 Wigeon, 311 Mallard, 2 Pintail, 1153 Teal, 269 Pochard, 640 Tufted Duck, 1 m Pochard x Ferruginous Duck, 10 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 15 Little Grebe, 52 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cattle Egret (2 West, 4 East, 3rd and 4th records here), 3 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 12 Cormorant, 4 Buzzard, 50 Moorhen, 926 Coot, 465 Lapwing, 250 BH, 130 Common, 3 GBB, 2 Herring & 4 LBB Gull, 1 Peregrine

10-12-18 Bewick's Swans, Moreton (David Hughes)

Chew Valley Lake:

64 Canada Goose, 6 Bewick's Swan (Moreton), 2 Shelduck, 4 Pintail (H), 1 Lesser Scaup, 10 Goldeneye

10-12-18 Goosander, Herriotts (George Stacey)

12 Goosander, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 9 Cattle Egret (Stratford Lane), 5 Grey Heron, 9 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard

10-12-18 Water Rail, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

3 Water Rail, 1 white Coot, 100 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover (Bernard King), 7 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Jack Snipe (S), 15 Snipe, 1 Common (Dam) and 2 Green Sandpiper, 7 G BB Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove (Bishop Sutton), 2 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (M), 1 Raven (Woodford), 4 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 150+ Starling, 4 Fieldfare 6+ Redwing (Woodford), 2 Song Thrush (W&M), 1 Mistle Thrush (M), 1 Stonechat, 4 House Sparrow (BS), 1 Grey Wagtail (HG), 3 Pied Wagtail

10-12-18 Meadow Pipit, Moreton (George Stacey)

Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit (M), 5+ Chaffinch (M), 5 Bullfinch (W), 4 Goldfinch (W), 1 Yellowhammer flying SW, 2 Reed Bunting (H)

10-12-18 Bullfinch, Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Reports: BUPP, Allan Chard, Anne Crowe, Andy Davis, Michael Davis, David Esam, David Goodliffe, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Bill Hewitt, David Hughes, Ian Loats, Mike Meechem, Andy Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Paul Williams