21-10-19 Monday - notable migration day - Firecrest, Ring Ouzel, Twite + arrival of winter thrushes

Brisk wind first thing with overcast skies creating excellent vismig conditions. Bristol temp 9 - 13 °C.

Bittern
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier, Red Kite
Greenshank
Merlin, Hobby
Firecrest
Ring Ouzel
Brambling, Twite, Redpoll, Crossbill, Siskin

21-10-19 Vismig in action (Matt Hobbs)

BRISTOL

New Cut ( by Bedminster Bridge):
2 Common Sandpiper

Eastville Park:
50 Fieldfare, 37 Redwing

21-10-19 Magpies lining up to mob something, Stoke Park, Bristol (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

Stoke Park:
1m 1f Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 3 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 12 Woodpigeon, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 12 Magpie, 23 Jackdaw, 19 Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Wren, 140+ Starling, 4m 3f Blackbird, 10 Fieldfare, 200+ Redwing, 3 Robin, 1m 1f Stonechat, 3 Dunnock, 80+ Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 1 Linnet,  3 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch 26 Siskin

21-10-19 Stonechat, Stoke Park, Bristol (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Jay, 3400 Redwing (highest recorded count at this site), 280 Fieldfare, 250 Chaffinch, 1 Redpoll. 4 Siskin  All to East/NE (into wind)

21-10-19 Fieldfare passing Aust (Matt Hobbs)

Aust:
Vismig 8.40- 11.00 am - 1 Merlin, 2 Peregrine, 1637 Starling 1 Ring Ouzel, 4510 Redwing, 432 Fieldfare, 2673 Chaffinch

21-10-2019 Cattle Egret NP-NW-PWL (Lisa Presland)

Pilning Wetland:
1 Cattle Egret, 2 Little Egret

Northwick Warth:
Greenshank still present on estuary. Twite  heard calling over 1st Sentry Box

Severn Beach:
2 Grey Plover, 35 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 40 Turnstone

Also moving overhead - Meadow Pipit, Fieldfare, Redwing, Finches, Reed Bunting

Chittening Warth:
25 Shelduck, 30 0ystercatcher, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe

Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Buzzard, Snipe, 2 Chiffchaff,  2 Fieldfare,  25+ Redwing, 3 Stonechat

Hanham:

Many  Redwing over in morning, 2 Siskin

Kingswood:

1 Cormorant northeast at 10:30

Gee Moor-  1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 60 Redwing

Milbury Heath:

12 Redwing

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
4 Redwing - in the garden first thing this morning

Clevedon-Yeo
Wains Hill - 217 Starling, 390 Redwing, 17 Fieldfare, 260 Chaffinch, 3 Siskin

Channel View - 220 Shelduck, 7 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 22 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 40 Curlew, 1 Merlin ( male), 1 Peregrine, 20 Skylark, 3 Stonechat

Kenn:
Duck Lane - 70 Goldfinch 

Bristol Airport:
1 Hobby 

Sand Point:
1 Kestrel, 4 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 7 Goldcrest,  many Redwing ( one flock 90+), many Fieldfare (one flock 120+),100 Chaffinch, 2 Crossbill, Brambling, 10 Siskin  

Sand Bay:

1 m Stonechat (opposite the bus terminus)

Weston-super-Mare:
9 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing flying north

Banwell, Winthill:
12 Fieldfare

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:
Upper Weston - 48 Fieldfare to  NW at 14:05 followed by 112 also going NW at 14:27

Between The Swan at Kingsdown and Browns Folly at Bathford -  8 Skylark, 30 Redwing, 18 Fieldfare, decent numbers Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer

Saltford:

2 Red Kite over Saltford heading for Newton St Loe

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:
7 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 juv Marsh Harrier

Villice:
1 Cattle Egret (later in Heron’s Green)

Heron's Green - inc Pool:
Common Sandpiper

Moreton:
1 pr Stonechat

Herriott's - inc Pool:
1 Bittern

Avon Bird Report 2018

Photo Alex Carlisle

Contains 208 text pages and 30+ photos, and includes three articles apart from the usual systematic list and other items.

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