Sunday 27 October 2019

27-10-19 Sunday - Black Redstart

Oh joy, a clear sunny day at last, and dry - but much colder.

Scaup, Goosander
Cattle Egret
Short-eared Owl
Bearded Tits
Black Redstart

Bearded Tits ringed at CVRS (Chris Craig)



BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
3 Mute Swan, 39 Mallard, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Moorhen, c.20 BH Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, c.30 Starling

27-10- Grey Heron, Eastville Park (Punk Wildlife)
Cumberland Basin:
1 Moorhen (on tidal mud of the Avon), 6+ Pied Wagtail
1 Peregrine (perched on the parapet of A Bond), 71+ Feral Pigeons ignoring it

Castle Park/Finzels Reach:
3 Cormorant, 2 Moorhen, 3 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 1 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Milberry Heath (Thornbury):
pr GS Woodpecker, Jay,  Coal Tits, 1 m. Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, Wrens, pr. Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, Blackbirds, Song Thrush, Robins

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Mute Swan, Water Rail heard, 1 Green Sandpiper. 1 Snipe, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Stonechat

27-10-19 Redwing, Almondsbury (Adam Cross)
Almondsbury:
10 Redwing ringed

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
2 Little Grebe, 6 Shelduck, 85 Wigeon, 6 Teal. 15 Shoveler, 11 Gadwall, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Snipe, 3 Stock Dove, 6 Skylark, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Cetti' s Warbler, 1 Bullfinch

Portishead:
Sparrowhawk (hunting along the shoreline at Redcliffe Bay)

Backwell Lake:
4 Gadwall.  8 Little Egret (flew in together at 17:10 onto the island roost trees but flew off to the south 3 minutes later. A new roost somewhere?)

male Black Redstart in Bleadon village (Bill Hewitt)
Bleadon:
male Black Redstart in the village

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
A Short-eared Owl on Rushmead Lane

Down Road area:
8 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 8 Skylark, 8 Blackbird, 5 Fieldfare, 5+ Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 10 Chaffinch, a few Linnet, 10 Yellowhammer

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 26 Skylark, 30 Starling, 3 Stonechat, 2 Linnet, 8 Yellowhammer

Cattle Egret at Chew (Raoul Chandrasakera)

RESERVOIRS

27-10-19 Pintail Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)
Blagdon Lake:
Great White Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Chew Valley Lake
2 Shelduck, 27 Pintail, plenty of Pochard and Tufted Duck, 1 f. Scaup, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Cattle Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 8 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 3 Cetti’s Warbler

CVRS:
Bearded Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest ringed this morning

Moreton:
6 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail (calling), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Heron's Green:
67 Wigeon, 2 Goosander + 1 Goosander flyover, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Wagtail

Stratford:
5 Snipe, 4 Bearded Tit

Herriott's:
1 Kingfisher, 4 Bearded Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 50+ Starling, 1 Reed Bunting

27-10-19 Common Gull Herriott's pool jpg
Reports:  'Alex', John Barnett, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Raoul Chandrasakera, Pete Coslett, Chris Craig, Adam Cross, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Isgar, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Michael Thomas, Gary Thorburn, Jason Williams, CVRSopsbirding,