Saturday, 26 October 2019

26-10-19 Saturday - Lesser Scaup still present

 'It rained and it rained and it rained.'
(Winnie-the-Pooh Chap 9)

Scaup, Lesser Scaup
Cattle Egret

Kittiwake

BRISTOL

Redland:
2 Feral Pigeon, 1 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 1 Great Tit, 10 House Sparrow

Eastville Park:
4 Mute Swan, 51 Mallard, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Cormorant, 4 Moorhen, 10 Black-headed Gull, 1 f Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
21 Mallard, 3 Coot, c 60 Jackdaw


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
The Greylag Geese 'Z4Y' and 'Z4P' (at #OPSbirding on Tues and Thurs) were ringed during their flightless moult at Llanwern steelworks, Newport, Gwent in June this year. Z4P as a this year's juvenile, bred there, and Z4Y an adult

Severn Beach:
Seawatch this evening until dark - 24 Shelduck, 1 Gannet, 51 Oystercatcher, 57 Curlew,  27 Turnstone, 300+ Dunlin, 1 juv Kittiwake, 2 Common Gull 

NORTH SOMERSET

26-10-19 Sparrowhawk in a Clevedon street (Geoff Dring)
[Cropped portion of mobile phone photo]
BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:
1 Scaup, 1 Lesser Scaup still present  ( no further details)

26-10-19 Cattle Egret, Heron's Green, CVL (Rob Emery)
Heron's Green Bay:
4 Cattle Egret still in fields to the north of HGB

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Geoff Dring, Rob Emery, Dean Reeves, Rich Scantlebury, Birdguides, opsbirding