16-10-20 Friday - Yellow-browed Warblers

Overcast but dry with a NE wind.  Chilly - temp 13°C.

Mandarin

Golden Plover, Ruff, Spotted Redshank

Lesser Yellowlegs, Little Stint

Yellow-legged Gull

Cattle Egret 

Merlin

Yellow-browed Warblers, Firecrest

Cattle Egret living up to its name at Chew (Graham Wagner)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
10 Canada Goose (new in), 12 Mute Swan, 9 Moorhen, 6 Coot, Tawny Owl, Kingfisher and a cygnet savaged by a dog.

Stoke Park - Duchess Pond:

Mallard - inc 3 ducklings (11 on 7th), 1 Coot, 1 Kingfisher.

Redland garden:

1 Woodpigeon, 3 Feral Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Jay, 3 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 8+ House Sparrow.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
30+ Fieldfare, 5 Redwing.

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon Pill:

m. Mandarin, 3 Chiffchaff, Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 possible Black Redstart unconfirmed. 

Clevedon -Yeo:

(High tide visit, 0700-1130)

4 Egyptian Goose (Yeo), 780 Shelduck, 100 Wigeon, 130 Mallard, 70 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 9 Little Egret, 5 Cormorant, 2 Marsh Harrier (Yeo), 3 Coot, 58 Oystercatcher, 5 Lapwing, 2 Golden Plover, 18 Grey Plover, 190 Curlew, 6 Turnstone, 7 Knot, 2 Ruff (Dowlais), 350 Dunlin, 11 Common Snipe, 500 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank (Yeo), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (Yeo), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 450 Jackdaw (to SW), 2 Raven, 44 Skylark (most to NE), 1 Swallow, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 425 Starling (to NE), 100 Fieldfare (to NE), 90 Redwing (to NE), 16 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear, 26 Pied Wagtail, 160 Meadow Pipit (most to NE), 5 Rock Pipit, 3 Bullfinch, 250 Chaffinch (to NE), 5 Greenfinch, 10 Linnet, 35 Goldfinch, 10 Reed Bunting. 

Backwell Lake:

8 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 1 Water Rail, 11 Little Egret (into the roost), 1 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail. 

Sand Point/Bay:

2 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest, 3 Fieldfare, a few Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 200 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 3 Crossbill, 12 Siskin, 3 Lesser Redpoll.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Pensford:

2 Grey Heron, 12 Jackdaw, 3 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 12+ House Sparrow.

Little Stint and Dunlin at Stratford, Chew (Graham Wagner)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

A young Grey Plover looking very "Golden" (Ian Stapp)

Dam:

1 Egyptian Goose, 2 GBB Gull, 5 Pied Wagtail.

    
Woodford:
5 GBB Gull, 2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 1 Bullfinch.

Parkland:

10 LT Tit.

Goosanders are back for the winter (George Stacey)

Heron's Green:

4 redhead Goosander, 7 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 7 Little Grebe, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat, 4 Pied Wagtail.

Moreton:
12 Stock Dove, 12+ LT Tit.

Snipe at Stratford (Graham Wagner)

Stratford:

1 Water Rail, 4 Cattle Egret (with cattle), 16 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 8 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover, 2 Little Stint, 2 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs (on mud in front main reed-bed), 2 Cetti's Warbler.

Dunlin and Little Stint at Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's Bridge:

2 m. Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 34 Common Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 21 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 20+ LT Tit, 2 Cetti's  Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting.

Roe Deer (George Stacey)

Reports:  Karen Ash, Nancy Barrett, Richard Buckley, Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton, Barry Dursley, Paul Gregory, Dean Reeves, Steve Sanins, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Nigel Stickland, Howard Taffs, Graham Wagner.