Wednesday 7 October 2020

07-10-20 Wednesday - Yellow -browed Warbler

Bright sunshine, cool breeze, dry; clouded over late afternoon

Spotted Redshank, Lesser Yellowlegs
Yellow-legged Gull
Great White Egret, Cattle Egret
Marsh Harrier 
Little Owl 
Yellow-browed Warbler
Firecrest
Greenland Wheatear
Lesser Redpoll, Crossbill, Siskin 

07-10-20 Yellow-browed Warbler, Littleton Brick Pits (Mark Dadds)


07-10-20 Lesser Yellowlegs, Stratford, CVL (Paul Dunham)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
Lunchtime trip - 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl (in its box but very much awake),2-3 Kingfishers (spotted 2 together by the lake and then a lone sighting further up the stream), 1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
11 tiny Mallard ducklings (unusually late?), 2 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4+ Stonechat (perhaps as many as 7), 8 Meadow Pipit, c150 Goldfinch, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch (low number)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury - Shepperdine:
Wigeon, Curlew, Dunlin , 'very few' Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 'a lot' of Stonechat, 1 Greenland Wheatear

Littleton Warth:
Brisk Pits - 1 Yellow-browed Warbler ringed


07-10-20 Redshank, New Passage (Ian Loats)

New Passage/Northwick:
10 Shelduck, 6 Oyster Catcher, 28 Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, 300 Black Tailed Godwit on estuary + 1 on pool,  8 Turnstone, 159 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 100 + Redshank, 4 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 100 + Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Wheatear, 10 Linnet, 30 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Tickenham:
Little Owl  

07-10-20 Raven and Peregrine, Wains Hill, Clevedon (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon-Yeo:
Wains Hill - 1 juv Peregrine, 1 Raven, 2 Skylark, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Reed Bunting

Channel View Farm to Blakes Pool - 26 Wigeon, 28 Lapwing, 21 Grey Plover, 74 Ringed Plover, 85 Curlew, 21 Turnstone, 208 Dunlin, 6 Snipe, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear

Sand Point/Bay:
5+ Chiffchaff, 3+ Firecrest
Vismig: small nos Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch plus 2 Crossbill, 4 Siskin 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marksbury:
100+ Starling (on the wires)

Chew Magna:
10 Skylark over before mid-morning

RESERVOIRS


07-10-20 2 Cormorants with rings -UU red, Herriotts and SNB Green, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake

200+ House Martin perhaps more a lot higher up today over the lake

Dunlin - 20+in front of Stratford Hide and 20+ flock (Dunlin and Ring Plover?) scoped flying in front BK hide across the lake

Dam:
5 GBB Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
5 GBB Gull, 2 Raven

Heron's Green:
6 Little Grebe, 22 Great White Egret, 15 Cattle Egret (with 6 still present late afternoon), 8 Little Egret,  9 Grey Heron, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 G BB Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Common Gull, 1 Raven, 2 Pied Wagtail


07-10-20, Grey Plover, Stratford, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
1 Cormorant (leg ring Green SNB),  3 Grey Plover (looking lovely), 3+ Ringed Plover,  Lapwing (one at Herriotts so 8 in all), 1 Spotted Redshank, Lesser Yellowlegs (still there but not showing very often), 5 Ruff, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 20+ Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 14+ Great White Egret9+ Little Egret, 7 Grey Heron,  1 Marsh Harrier1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Swallow, 1 Coal Tit (on feeder), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Siskin 

NB the waders spent a lot of the time on mud to the far right of the hide in the bay out of sight, only showing when flushed out by something

07-10-20 Sparrowhawk, Stratford, CVL (Paul Dunham)


07-10-20 Black-tailed Godwit & Spotted Redshank, Stratford, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Shelduck, 1 Cormorant (leg ring Red UU), 4 Little Grebe, 1 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff, 28 Great White Egret, 16 Little Egret, 14 Grey Heron,  4 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

Out of Avon:
Berrow - 1 Kentish Plover
Cheddar Reservoir - Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe

07-10-20 Kingfisher, Stratford Hide, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Reports: Dru Brooke-|Taylor, Raoul Chandrasakera, Tony Cook, John Croxton, Mark Dadds, Andy Davis,  Paul Gregory, Lisegirl,  Ian Loats, Andy Middleton, Phil Quinn, Stuart Sammonds, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs