Tuesday 22 October 2019

22-10-19 Tuesday - Bearded Tit

Sunny

Yellow-browed Warbler 
Brambling
Firecrest
Bearded Tit
Cattle Egret
Red Kite

BRISTOL
22-10-2019 Dipper Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury)
Eastville Park:
3 Mute Swan, 51 Mallard, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Cormorant, 8 Moorhen, C100 Black-headed Gull, 1 Tawny Owl (f), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Dipper

22-10-2019 Little Grebe Stoke Park (Martin Tayler)
Stoke Park Estate - inc Duchess Pond:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Coot, 2 Raven, 100+ Magpie - it was noticeable that there were a lot more magpie than usual! 1 Wren

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
c30 Canada Goose, 9 Greylag Goose, 1 Jay, 2 Blue Tit 2 Great Tit, 90 Redwing, a few Chaffinch all went north west. Plus 50 Woodpigeon, 7 Skylark, 3 Siskin - over

New Passage - towards Prince of Wales Bridge
2 Stonechat (f&m)

Pilning wetland:
1 Cattle Egret - back this evening

22-10-2019 Sanderling Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)
Severn Beach:
1 Sanderling
22-10-2019 Sparrowhawk Severn Beach Garden (Rod Holbrook)
Severn Beach Garden:
1 Sparrowhawk - and whatever it's eaten

Emerson's Green:
1 Snipe - patch tick, 1 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf - LNR - Sheepway bridge:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler 

Clevedon-Yeo:
1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Brambling, 2 Redpoll, 24 Siskin

Tickenham -BOC walk:
2 Mute Swan, 2 Little Egret, 4 Buzzard, 40 Lapwing, 120 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 16 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 6 Jay, 9 Magpie, 20 Jackdaw, 9 Rook, 14 Carrion Crow, 4 Raven, 1 Coal Tit 1 Marsh Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 7 Robin, 2 Stonechat, 12 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch (m), 1 Goldfinch

22-10-2019 Kingfisher Congresbury Yeo (Mark Savage)
Congresbury Yeo, Strawberry Line
3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher  - - all fishing in the river

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Firecrest, 20 Goldcrest, 400 Fieldfare, 250 Redwing, 50 Meadow Pipit, 50 Chaffinch, 3 Brambling, 1 Redpoll 1 Siskin

Worle:
40+ Redwing west over the garden - may have been feeding on my berries

Bristol Airport:
8 Swallow - south-east

BELOW M4 & BANES

22-10-2019 Stonechat Lansdown (Robert Hargreaves)
Bath - Lansdown:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 12 Skylark, 25 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 2 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch

Pensford:
1 Dipper

Compton Dando:
1 Raven - over calling

Marksbury:
100 Starling

Stanton Wick:
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
3 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier - juv, different bird from yesterday, 4 Skylark - over, 1 Siskin - heard

Villice:
4 Cattle Egret, c10 Redwing

22-10-19 Black-tailed Godwit H Green wall (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green - inc Pool:
50 Mute Swan, 80 Wigeon, 5 Little Grebe, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 7 Great White, 1 Little Egret, 32 Cormorant, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Raven, 3 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail,

Stratford:
2 Scaup - new, juv/1st wint, 1 Great White Egret - dropped in, 1 Water Rail, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit - flew past early afternoon

Herriott's - inc Pool:
3 Shelduck, 30+ Pintail, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 23 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting,

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.

Copies from the Editor: Harvey Rose, Arncliffe, Coast Road, Walton Bay, Clevedon, BS21 7FW

Cost for non-BNS or BOC member: £10 plus £1.50 postage.

The 2019 edition is already being planned. If anyone feels that they could contribute towards its production in any way, please contact Harvey Rose (h.e.rose@bris.ac.uk)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Anne Crowe, Andy Davis, Tim Ford, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Pete Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Rod Holbrook, Jan Priddy, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Mark Savage, Richard Scantlebury, Rosemary Setter, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs,  Martin Tayler, Dan Watson, 
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