Saturday 5 October 2019

05-10-19 Saturday - Short-eared Owl

Temp 10 - 17°C. Greyish day but mild as not much wind

Scaup
Cattle Egret
Snipe, Greenshank
Short-eared Owl
Hobby, Ring-necked Parakeet
Lesser Whitethroat
Fieldfare, Redwing
Redstart
Redpoll


BRISTOL

Clifton, Percival Road:
Marsh Tit on feeders

Duchess Pond:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 15 House Martin, flock of c12 Song Thrush, 3 Stonechat

5-10-19 Two Dipper at Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury)
Eastville Park:
1 f Teal (different individual), 2 Cormorant, 3 Moorhen, 20 BH Gull, 1 f Tawny Owl, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher, c40 House Martin, 2 Dipper

St Anne's:
60 Starling on power lines

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station - vismig 9,30-10.00:
100+ Swallow, 100+ House Martin, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 migrant Mistle Thrush, 1 j/f Redstart, 1 Stonechat, 100+ Meadow Pipit

Aust vismig 2hrs am:
58 Swallow, 3 Fieldfare, 37 Redwing, 268 Meadow Pipit, 197 Goldfinch, 2 Redpoll, 4 Siskin

Northwick Warth:
90 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 2 Blackcap, 2 Skylark, Meadow Pipits

NORTH SOMERSET

05-10-2019 Great White Egret PW (Chris Clarke)
Portbury Warth - north hide:
1 Great White Egret

Clevedon-Wains Hill:
1 Skylark, 150 Hirundine, 5 Redwing, 45 Meadow Pipit, 1 Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting

Channel View:
3 Stonechat

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:
1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 50 Hirundine

Bristol Airport:
4 Chiffchaff, 4 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 200+ Pied Wagtail in roost

Sand Point:
1 Short-eared Owl, lots of House Martins

Weston Super Mare, Plumley Park:
2 Kingfisher

BELOW M4 & BANES

5-10-19 Ten Mallard, large number here,  in Shire Valley (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield:
10 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 1 Lapwing, 30 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 11 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail

Folly Farm:
1 Sparrowhawk

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Starling, 30 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

5-10-19 Marsh Harrier at Villice (Rob Hargreaves)
Chew Valley Lake
100+ Shoveler, 100+ Gadwall, 60+ Wigeon, 30+ Little Grebe, 7 Grey Heron, 10 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2000+ BH Gull, small Starling flocks common

Dam:
2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Common Sandpiper

Villice:
3 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 8 Goldfinch

5-10-19 Scaup at Herons Green (Rob Hargreaves)
Herons Green:
1 f Scaup, 3 Cattle Egret, 3 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch

Stratford:
1 Black Swan, 2 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 1 Water Rail

5-10-19 Pintail, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's:
20+ Pintail, Common Gull

Chew Valley Ringing Station:
6 Cetti's Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, 9 Goldcrest

5-10-19 Common Gull, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)
Reports: Chris Bungay, Chris Clarke, Peter Coslett, Anne Crowe, Ian Dickie, David Esam, Michael Fowler, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Adrian Hockey, Simon Isgar, Trevor Riddle, Rich Scantlebury, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Chris Vines, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-birding, severnsidebirds