Tuesday, 20 October 2020

20-10-20 Tuesday - Red Kite

Showers with some warm sun, but a brisk wind. Top temp 18°C in Bristol

Firecrest
Yellow-legged Gull
Cattle Egret
Little Stint
Lesser Yellowlegs
Red Kite
Goosander
Swallow

BRISTOL

20-10-20 Sparrowhawk Horfield (Sue Howard)
Horfield - garden:
1 Sparrowhawk - feasting on pigeon

Bishopston garden:
1 Jay, 2 Coal Tit - making off with the sunflower seeds

Blaise Estate, Woodman's Cottage:
mixed tit flock with 1 Firecrest.

20-10-20 Grey Heron EP (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:

1 Grey Heron 

Fishponds garden:
1 Blackcap (m) -1st of the autumn

20-10-20 Coal Tit Kingsdown (Keith Williams)
High Kingsdown:
1 Coal Tit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

20-10-20 Redshank NP-NW (Lisa Presland)
New Passage/Northwick:

High tide flooded the saltmarsh

NORTH SOMERSET

Puxton:
3 Mute Swan, 1 Mallard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 2 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 40+ Redwing - flock, 2 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Compton Dando - BOC walk:
Collared Dove, 1 Red Kite, Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 3 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, c16 Fieldfare, 2 or 3 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, Grey Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch - and all the usual suspects

Marksbury:
100 Starlings - on the wires

RESERVOIRS

20-10-20 Little Stint CVL in the bay Herriott's (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake

Pheasant, Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Mallard, Pintail, Teal, Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander (f), Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, Coot, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Lapwing, Black-h Gull, Common Gull, Great Black-b Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-b Gull, 10 Cattle Egret (Stratford Lane), Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Cormorant, Buzzard,  Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 1 Swallow, Long-t Tit, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Blackbird, Robin, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch.

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail - dam wall

20-10-20 small waders CVL (George Stacey)
Hollowbrook:

1 Ringed Plover, 1 Black-t Godwit, 1 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 

Woodford:
2 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Buzzard

Heron's Green:
4 Little Grebe - pool, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Yellow-l Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Raven,1 Cetti's Warbler,  2 Stonechat -back of the pool, 4 Pied Wagtail

Stratford - lane:
8 Cattle Egret - in with the cows, 20+ House Sparrow - Blue Bowl

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Water Rail, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Dunlin, 3 Little Stint, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Yellow-l Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler

20-10-20 Grey Heron Little Egret Cattle Egret & G W Egret CVL (Ian Stapp)

OUT OF AREA

Berrow Beach:
1 Kentish Plover - south of the church.

Reports: Allan Chard, Tony Cook, Nick Hawkridge, Sue Howard, Mike Landen, Jean Oliver, James Packer, Lisa Presland, Matt Rogers, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Keith Williams