Tuesday, 6 October 2020

06-10-20 Tuesday - Little Stint

Temp 12 to 16°C. Wind turned West, about 35mph. Heavy showers, bright Sunshine, beautiful rainbows

Grey Plover, Ruff, 
Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Redshank
Manx Shearwater
Red Kite
Merlin
Siskin

6-10-20 Wheatear, NP (Brian Lancastle)

BRISTOL

Hotwells:
Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-t Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest (not common here), all in one mixed flock

6-10-20 Stonechat, Stoke Park (Allan Chard)
Stoke Park:
1 Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine:
1 GBB Gull, 1 dead Manx Shearwater

6-10-20 Black-tailed Godwit, NP (Brian Lancastle)
New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
17 Ringed Plover, 300 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 3 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Kestrel

6-10-20 Merlin, NP (Terry Winter)
Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 3 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wagtail, 100's Starlings, Mipits, Linnet & Goldfinch

6-10-20 Grey Wagtail, NP (Lisegirl)
Latteridge:
Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

Battery Point:
1 Wheatear (2 yesterday)

Tickenham, BOC Walk:
3 Mute Swan; c.350 Gulls on flooded fields - BH, Herring & LBB incl. 30 juveniles; 1 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, c.60 Rook, 5 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, c.30 Swallow, c.30 House Martin,  2 flocks Long-tailed Tit (c.8 & 12), 1 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Pensford:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

6-10-20 Cattle Egret, CVL (NSL Birding)
Chew Valley Lake
44+ Great White Egret, 19+ Little Egret, 200 to 300 House Martins perhaps more

Dam:
1 Common Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 10 Pied Wagtail (Dam wall)

Woodford:
5 GBB Gull, 3 Swallow, 200+ House Martin, 2 Raven, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Bullfinch 

Herons Green:
6 Little Grebe, 1 Common Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Cattle Egret (field back pool with cows), 4 Grey Heron, 22 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting 

6-10-20 Stonechat, Stratford (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:
4 Grey Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 12 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 2 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Common Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 14+ Great White Egret, 9 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 15+Pied Wagtail, 12+ Siskin

6-10-20 Spotted Redshank, Stratford (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Shelduck, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Lapwing, 4 Grey Plover, 1 juv Spotted Redshank, 4 Jackdaw

Reports: Dru Brooke-Tayler, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Peter Hazelwood, David Howes, Brian Lancastle, Lisegirl, Lois Pryce, Roger Staples, Ian Stapp, Lauren Tucker, Chris Teague, Terry Winter, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG