Tuesday 27 October 2020

27-10-20 Tuesday - Avocet

Rain with occasional sunny spells - Bristol max temp 8°C

Avocet
Scaup
Little Owl
Little Stint, Lesser Yellowlegs
Yellow-legged Gull
Cattle Egret
Goldeneye

27-10-20 Avocet Cl-Y (Paul Williams)

BRISTOL


27-10-20 Dipper EP (Rich Scantlebury)
Eastville Park -WeBS:

12 Mute Swan, 40 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 30c Black-h Gull, 3 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron; Others -  1 Tawny Owl - in the island box, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine, 4 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 2 Dipper, 4 Grey Wagtail, 15 Goldfinch - flock

Horfield Common:
3 Raven

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond - WeBS:
7 Mallard - in 2 ducklings, 7 Moorhen; Others - 4 Magpie, 30 Jackdaw, 2 Meadow Pipit

27-10-20 Peregrine WoT  (William Earp)
Westbury-on-Trym:
1 Peregrine - the crop may contain a goodly portion of Woodpigeon!

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
10 Grey Plover (Shepperdine) Tit flock with 1 Treecreeper

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
11 Pintail, 1 Avocet, 15 Grey Plover,  3 Ringed Plover, 1 Knot, 12 Dunlin, 2 Stonechat

Backwell Lake:
12 Shoveler, 4 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 16 Little Egret - in to roost between 16:30 and 17:01

Sand Point/Bay -combined report:
4 Egyptian Goose, 500+ Shelduck, 6 Mallard, 60 Woodpigeon, 2+ Stock Dove, 1 Curlew, 1 Bar-t Godwit, c600 Gulls - mainly Black-headed, 2 Great Black-b Gull, 5 Magpie, c30 Jackdaw, c10 Rook, c50 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 12 Long-t Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, c 50 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 2 Redwing, 6 Robin, 4 Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Saltford:
1 Canada Goose, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, 2 Little Owl calling at dusk, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, c.30 Magpie. 1 Chiffchaff, 14 Redwing, 39 Pied Wagtail, 10 Chaffinch, 8 Goldfinch

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 100 Skylark, 1 Fieldfare, 3 Chaffinch, 42 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
1 Scaup (f),  4 Goldeneye (f), 2 Stock Dove, 7 Snipe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Raven - very noisy

27-10-20 Little Stint CVL (George Stacey)
Hollowbrook:

1 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 3 Little Stint

27-10-20 GWE and Grey Heron CVL (Dave Hughes)
Villice:

4 Gadwall, plenty of Shoveler, Wigeon, & Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 6 Lapwing, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs,  24 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret,

Heron's Green:
1 Yellow-l Gull - ad

27-10-20 Snipe CVL (Karen Ash)
Stratford:

4 Little Stint - flying, 11 Snipe, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Meadow Pipit, 

Reports: Karen Ash, John Budd, William Earp, Alastair Fraser, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Dave Hughes, Dean Reeves, Rich Scantlebury, George Stacey, Mike Thomas, Keith Vinicombe, Paul Williams