Black Redstart
Red Kite
Black-necked Grebe
Marsh Harrier
Scaup
Hawfinch
BRISTOL
Blaise Estate - BOC walk:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Tawny Owl - calling, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 8 Magpie, 28 Jackdaw, 16 Carrion Crow, 3 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 21 Long-tailed Tit - one flock of 12, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 75 Redwing - flocks of 6, 20, 50, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail
Eastville Huyton Rd:
1 Italian-looking Sparrow still present, though now in less striking winter plumage.
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| 29-10-2019 Teal Eastville Park (Martin Tayler) |
1 Teal (m), 2 Little Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Fieldfare, 47 Redwing, 1 Robin,
St George:
1 Greenfinch
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| 29-10-2019 Stonechat Stoke Park (Martin Tayler) |
1 Grey Heron, 1 Stonechat,
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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| 29-10-2019 Wheatear OPS (Matt Plenty) |
5 Little Egret, 5 Oystercatcher, 65 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 4 Ringed Plover, 192 Curlew, 6 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 200 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 87 Redshank, good number of 760+ Redwing and c 170 Fieldfare over, 1 late Wheatear, 1 Rock Pipit. 1 Hawfinch - over to the east, 35 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch,
New Passage/Northwick:
59 Shoveler, 60 Gadwall, 1 Goldeneye (f) on the river, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 100 Lapwing, 1 Greenshank
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| 29-10-2019 Collared Dove Winterbourne (Dan White) |
Collared Dove - newly fledged.
Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 2 Green Woodpecker, 150 mixed flock Redwing, Fieldfare
NORTH SOMERSET
Redcliffe Bay, Portishead:
1 m. Blackcap in the garden - the first this winter.
Clevedon-Yeo:
100 Canada Goose, 370 Shelduck, 35 Shoveler (Yeo), 150 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Great White Egret - Blind Yeo, 15 Little Egret, 15 Cormorant. 55 Oystercatcher, 135 Lapwing, 4 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 295 Curlew, 6 Black Tailed Godwit, 45 Turnstone, 25 Knot, 150 Dunlin, 7 Common Snipe, 520 Redshank. 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 37 Skylark, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 35 Long-tailed Tit, 600 Starling, 3500 Fieldfare - moving east 8 to 11am, 385 Redwing, 8 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail, 265 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 400 Chaffinch, 45 Greenfinch, 35 Goldfinch, 5 Reed Bunting.
Sand Point/Bay: 28.10.19
1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Oystercatcher, 8 Curlew, 20 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 37 Woodpigeon, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 4 Magpie, 20 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 13 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Wren, 85 Starling, 6 Redwing, 16 Robin, 2 Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit, 5 Linnet, 4 Goldfinch.
Weston-Super-Mare - St Georges:
1 Black Redstart - 11:30 but only for 2 mins
Worlebury:
16 Woodpigeon, 22 Starling, flock of c.25 Fieldfare & Redwing.
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| 29-10-2019 Goldcrest Worle ( Dean Reeves) |
3 Goldcrest, 1 Blackbird - dark billed eastern type.
Bleadon & R Axe:
2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2+ Stonechat, 20 Meadow Pipit,
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath - Prior Park:
76 Redwing - over, 1st of the winter, 6 Siskin - in the Yew,
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
9 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull - characteristics of intermedius, c25 Redwing, 1 Redpoll - heard going over.
Heron's Green - inc Pool:
3 Goosander, 6 Great White Egret, 13 Lapwing - alas no large flocks of yesteryear.
Moreton:
3 Scaup - (f & 2 imm), 1 Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit.
Stratford:
1 Goldeneye (f), 1 Black-necked Grebe (same bird)
Herriott's - inc Pool:
4 Goosander, 1 Black-necked Grebe.
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Di Bunniss, Paul Chapman, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, Nick Hawkridge, Bill Hewitt, Peter Hazelwood, Glen Maddison, Rich Mielcarek, Matt Plenty, David Poulton, Geoff Pudney, George Rabin, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Larry Sweetland, Martin Tayler, Dan White
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