Wednesday, 16 October 2019

16-10-19 Wednesday - Arctic/Long-tailed Skua

The very nicest of autumn days

Arctic/Long-tailed Skua
Golden Plover
Yellow-browed Warbler
Ring-necked Parakeet
Cattle Egret 


16-10-2019 Arctic/Long-tailed Skua CL-Y - Dowlais (Howard Taffs)

BRISTOL

16-10-2019 Grey Heron Eastville Park (Martin Tayler)
Eastville Park:
1 Grey Heron

Stapleton:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Redwing, 6 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear,

Easter Compton - Wild Place Project:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 4 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 4  Robin, 1 Bullfinch,

NORTH SOMERSET

16-10-2019 Arctic/Long-tailed Skua in Flight CL-Y - Dowlais (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon-Yeo:
6 Grey Plover, 5 Ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit - one ringed with yellow + orange/red ring, but too far away to read, 8 Knot, Hundreds of Dunlin, 1 Arctic Skua - there is debate - could it be a Long-tailed? 2

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Golden Plover

Weston-Super-Mare - Tip 15th
1 Yellow-browed Warbler

Worle:
2 Goldcrest - trees at the bottom of the garden

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
30 Mallard, 2 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard only, 1 each of Coot and Moorhen, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 100+ Jackdaw, 20+ mixed Tit flock, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
Mute Swan

16-10-2019 Mute Swan CVL (Lucy Masters)

Villice - lane:
4 Cattle Egret 
16-10-2019 Cattle Egret CVL - Villice (NSLBirding)

Reports: Rich Andrews, Rosemary and Richard Brown, Anne Crowe, Alastair Fraser, Paul Gregory, Rob Laughton,  Lucy Masters, NSL Birding, Dean Reeves, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler, Dan White, Paul Williams