10-11-19 Sunday- Great Northern + Red-throated Diver

Dull start, soon brightening to welcome sunshine for rest of day. Bristol temperatures 5 - 9°C

Whooper Swan
Long-tailed Duck
Red-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver
Bittern, Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier, Red Kite
Golden Plover, Woodcock, Little Stint
Short-eared Owl 
Merlin
Marsh Tit
Black Redstart
Corn Bunting

10-11-19 Red-throated Diver, Dam. CVL (Mike Trew)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

10-11-19 Grey Heron + prey, Eastville Park, Bristol (Allan Chard)

Ashton Court:
1 Raven, 1 Treecreeper, 7 Pied Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
19 Wigeon, 1 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 + Water Rail (1 vocal on No2 and another vocal on No3 Lagoons - probably at least 4), 110 Dunlin (Shepperdine), 25 Common Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 30+ Redwing, 2 Black Redstart  (male + female also present , seen by another birder), 35 Chaffinch

10-11-19 Redwing in the hand, Almondsbury (Adam Cross)

Almondsbury:
1 Bittern ( unusually, perched on a hedge), 2 Woodcock, 1 Snipe 

Ringed were: 9 Redwing and the usual tits

New Passage/Northwick:

Canada Goose, Wigeon, Teal, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Little Egret, Buzzard, Curlew, c50 Lapwing, c20 Redshank, 6 Dunlin, 2 Snipe,1 Little Stint, 1 Merlin, 1 Kingfisher, Goldcrest, small aggregation of Starling at New Passage, Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit

10-11-19 Grey Wagtail, New Passage (Lisegirl)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Grey Heron, 3 BH Gull, 50 Starling, 5 Blackbird, 30+ Redwing, 1 f Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 m Bullfinch

Horton:

100+ Starling, 25 Fieldfare

NORTH SOMERSET

09-11-19 melanistic Snipe, Portbury Wharf (Chris Stone)

Portbury Wharf:

9th: 1 melanistic Snipe - first sighted at PW 13/12/16 followed each year up to and including yesterday

Portishead:
H & W - 3 Cormorant

Kilkenny Place -  1 Red Kite seen flying overhead and along river’s edge, being harried by corvids, finally flying off east, at 12:40

Nailsea:
Nowhere Lane/St Andrews Close junction - 1 Tawny Owl calling

  

Backwell Lake:
To roost - 2 Great White Egret, 11 Little Egret

Yatton:
3 Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 80 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kestrel, 3 Redwing

Banwell:
3 Buzzard circling together over Banwell Castle, 1 Jay south of Banwell Hill.
Winthill garden- 1 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit  (first since February), 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch,  1 f Bullfinch 

BELOW M4 & BANES

10-11-19 Starlings, Marshfield ( Harry McPhillimy)

Marshfield:
2 Buzzard, flocks of Wood Pigeon, 1 Kestrel, 2 Carrion Crow mobbing a Raven, Skylarks, big flocks of Starling,  Redwing (Marshfield churchyard trees), 2 Pied Wagtail, Yellowhammer

between Pennsylvania and Spring Farm - 3 Buzzard, 310 Golden Plover,  38 Fieldfare

10-11-19 Red-legged Partridge, Marshfield (Rob Hargreaves)

Tormarton road near Rushmead Farm - another 180 Golden Plover 

5 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 8 Buzzard, 3 Stock Dove, 800 Woodpigeon, 4 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 40 Skylark, 1000 Starling, 20 Redwing, 5 Stonechat, 30 Corn Bunting, 20 Yellowhammer

10-11-19 garden Goldfinches, Keynsham (TalkimgtoBears)

Keynsham:

1 Collared Dove, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 3 Goldfinch

9-11-19 Sparrowhawk, Queen Charlotte (Tim Marks)

Queen Charlotte:
Saturday: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel
Sunday: 1 Short-eared Owl over recycling site, 1 f Kestrel 2 successful hunts and 1 m Kestrel

10-11-19 Whooper Swan, Newton St Loe (NSLBirding)

Newton St Loe:
1 Whooper Swan,  1f Teal, 4 Grey Heron, 5 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay,  2 Coal Tit, 2 Skylark, 10 Long Tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Mistle Thrush, 20 Redwing, 4 Pied Wagtail, 15 Goldfinch

Marksbury: 
2 Buzzard, 300+ Starling

RESERVOIRS


Chew Valley Lake

10-11-19 another view of the Red-throated Diver at CVL (Mike Trew)

Dam:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver

10-11-19 Long-tailed Duck, Dam, CVL (Les Mears)

Woodford Lodge:
1 Fieldfare

Heron's Green:
6 Great White Egret

Sutton Wick hide:
6 Goldeneye

Lake:
2 Goosander

Herriott's:
4 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 14 Shoveler, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 f/ juv Marsh Harrier going N - same going S. at Sutton Wick hide 1 hour later,1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail (calling),  1 Common Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15+ Jackdaw,  2 Magpie, 3 Cetti's Warbler (calling), 20+ LTTit, 20+ Starlings 1 Robin , 3 Pied Wagtail, 3+ Chaffinch 3+ Reed Bunting

10-11-19, Kingfisher, Herriotts, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Ringing Station:

Chiffchaff ringed here 11 days ago weighed 7.9g. Today weighs 9.4g (c19% increase). Fattening up. And 2 birds from the autumn of 2015 - a male Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Treecreeper.

Reports: Pete Bryant, John Clark, Mark Coller, Pete Coslett, Chris Craig,  Adam Cross, Alan Daniells, Lee Gardiner, Rob Hargreaves,  Nick Hudson, Harry McPhillimy, Simon Isgard, Lisegirl, Timothy Marks, Andy Middleton, Jon Mortin,  Dee Pope, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, TalkingtoBears, Mike Thomas, John Thorogood, Mike Trew,  CVRS, nslbirding