Sunday 11 October 2020

11-10-20 Sunday - Lesser Yellowlegs & Hawfinch

Nice, some scary black clouds that thankfully passed over undrained. Max temp 17.5 °C

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

Hawfinch
Firecrest
Lesser Yellowlegs
Yellow-browed Warbler
Little Stint, Grey Plover, Garganey, Spotted Redshank
Brambling
Marsh Harrier
Merlin, Redwing

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
1 Reed Bunting

Downend - garden:
1 Buzzard, being harassed by Carrion Crow

Eastville Park:
12 Mute Swan, Woodpigeon, 3 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 35 Black-h Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Kingfisher, 4 Jay, 1 Nuthatch, c30 Starling, 1 Dipper, House Sparrow

Hotwells to Leigh Woods and return:
2 Mallard, 30+ Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 1 Redshank, 17 Black-headed Gull, 8 Herring Gull,
2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 4 Jay, 1+ Magpie, 6+ Jackdaw, 7 Rook,
4 Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, 2+ Robin

11-10-20 Hawfinch Kingswood (Southglosbirds)
Kingswood - garden:
1 Hawfinch - over

Redland - garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (f), 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Magpie, 1 Jay, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Blackbird

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

11-10-20 Waders Shepperdine (Heather England)
Shepperdine:

Wigeon, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, Turnstone, Dunlin, 3 Cormorant,

Chittening Warth:
20 Canada Goose - over to the south west, 2 Little Egret - shore, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff - singing, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Stonechat, Redpoll & Siskin - north east, 

Pilning Wetlands:
350 Black-t Godwit, 1 Knot - hiding among the godwit

11-10-20 Black-h Gull Yate (Mark Coller)
Yate - Kingsgate Park:

Black-h Gull - colour ringed in Norway, was in Yate last year, Dec time.

NORTH SOMERSET

Failand: 
5 Buzzard - 1 being mobbed by Ravens, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, flock 30 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 5 juv./female Greenfinch - group

Wraxall:
9 Woodpigeon, 1 Lesser Black-b Gull, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Magpie, 25 Jackdaw, 22 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 13 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Wren, 6 Robin, 2 Stonechat, 1 Dunnock, 7 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, 10 Yellowhammer

Clevedon -Wains Hill, church:
Yellow-browed Warbler - calling, 2 Brambling over

Backwell Lake - 10th:
2 Little Egret - 5pm. "I'll check the roost once the clocks go back!"

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Firecrest
vismig: Skylark, 1 Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 3 Siskin,

Weston-Super-Mare - Milton:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Merlin - "sitting with back to me on a stone wall, looking back towards me", 10 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 6 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Heron's Green:
3 Black-t Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull - 1st wint, coming to bread, 

11-10-20 Sparrowhawk CVL (Dave Hughes)
Stratford:

2 Garganey - juv, 3 Lapwing, 4 Grey Plover - juv, 1 Ringed Plover - juv, 9 Dunlin, 3 Little Stint - juv 3 Snipe, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier - juv, 22 Skylark, 8 Siskin

11-10-20 Firecrest CVL (CVRS)
Ringing Station:
1 Firecrest

Herriott's inc Pool:
3 Lapwing, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs - juv, 1 Snipe

Reports: Alan Ashman, Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowyer, [bristol-wildlife], Dru Brooke-Tayler, Peter Bryant, Mark Coller, Barry Dursley, Heather England, Alastair, Fraser, Paul Gregory, Martyn Hayes, Rupert Higgins, Nick Hudson, Dave Hughes, Paul Marshall, Lois Pryce, Ann Rossiter, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Howard Taffs