Saturday 10 October 2020

10-10-20 Saturday - Yellow-browed Warbler

Nice - but clouded over and went cold. Max temp 16°c

Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Ruff, Spotted Redshank
Yellow-legged Gull
Tawny Owl
Yellow-browed Warbler Firecrest
Crossbill
Cattle Egret
Marsh Harrier
Redwing
Golden Plover

NEW COVID 19 Restrictions at BL and CVL from Mon 12th 

BRISTOL

10-10-20 Dipper EP ( Rich Scantlebury)
Eastville Park:

12 Mute Swan, 30 Mallard, 5 Moorhen, 6 Coot, c30 Black-h Gull, 4 Cormorant - inc 1 juv, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Jay, 4 Magpie, 1 Nuthatch, c30 Starling, 1 Dipper, 4 Grey Wagtail

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

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
vismig: 2 Mistle Thrush - 3rd grounded, 24 Chaffinch, 3 Redpoll, 1 Siskin.

New Passage/Northwick:
Canada Goose, 1 Bar-headed Goose, 16 Ringed Plover, 5 Curlew, 80 Turnstone, 10 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 4 Common Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 5 Swallow, 2 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Pintail, 1 Pochard - juv, 1 Water Rail, 42 Lapwing, 373 Black-t Godwit, 2 Knot, 2 Ruff (f&m), 1 Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Wren

Tortworth: 9th
7 Common Crane - seen drifting east.

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon Wain's Hill:
1 Buzzard
vismig: low number of the common migrants, off set by 10 Crossbill going over.

10-10-20 Blackbird Gordano Valley (Lyndon Roberts)
Gordano Valley - ringing:
1 Blackbird (f) - - very Continental looking, maybe the fabled 'Stockamsel' form!
Interested?  see link STOCKAMSEL

Bristol Airport:
12 Golden Plover - - 1st 4 returned in the last week of September, 1 Wheatear and 5 yesterday.

10-10-20 Yellow-browed Warbler Sand Point (Karen Ash)
Sand Point/Bay:

1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest, 6 Goldcrest, 6 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Meadow Pipit, 
vismig: 1 Mistle Thrush, small nos of Meadow Pipit and Chaffinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marksbury:
80 Starling - on the wires

10-10-20 Nuthatch Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)
Chew Stoke - garden:

1 Nuthatch, 10 Goldfinch

Chew Magna:
20 Skylark - over mid morning

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
51 Great White Egret - site count, 

Dam:
2 Great Black-B Gull, 20 + House Martin, 3 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
5 Great Black-B Gull, 2 Raven, 2 Bullfinch

Heron's Green:
6 Little Grebe - pool, 4 Cattle Egret - field at the back, 5 Grey Heron, 46 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Buzzard, 2 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Yellow-l Gull, 6 House Martin, 4 Pied Wagtail

10-10-20 Dunlin, Little Stint Grey Plover CVL
 (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Stratford:

3 Goldeneye - juv(m), hiding in with the Coot, 3 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 13 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk

10-10-20 Pintail CVL Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's inc Pool:

Mute Swan - Yellow ring BJB, 46 Pintail - pool, 1 Water Rail,  2 Little Grebe, 1 Lapwing, 14 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 Common Gull, 5 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Redwing, 5 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

10-10-20 Grey Wagtail CVL  Herriott's (Ian Stapp)

OUT OF AREA

Stockhill:
4 Crossbill

Reports: Karen Ash, Peter Bryant, Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Andy Davis, Ian Dickie, Paul Gregory, Adrian Hockey, Dave Hughes,  Fen Marshall, Lucy Marsters, Dean Reeves, Lyndon Roberts, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Tony Scott, Howard Taffs,