Friday 30 October 2020

30-10-20 Friday - Bearded Tit

Dull again, with intermittent rain for good measure but noticeably mild. Bristol temperatures between 14 and 16 °C

Scaup
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret 
Yellow-legged Gull
Marsh Harrier 
Bearded Tit 
Firecrest

30-10-20 m and f Bearded Tit Stratford Hide, CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Redland:
2 Collared Dove, 3 Feral Pigeon, 1 Wood Pigeon, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Magpie, 1 Jay, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Long Tailed Tit, 1 Robin, 6 Blackbird, 10+ House Sparrow

Hotwells - Suspension Bridge:
3 Mallard, 22 Feral Pigeon, 2 Stock Dove (unusual here), 5Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 8 BH Gull, 1 GBB Gull, c 25 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Magpie, 14 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 1 Great Tit, 5 +Long-tailed Tit, Robin, 1 Pied Wagtail

Eastville Park:
A Black-headed Gull with leg ring Yellow T42P - found at Eastville Park on 24/10/2020 (Jon Angell) was ringed as 1st year in 21/10/2015 in Poland.
Seen thereafter:
28/02/2016 Den Haag - Holland
20/03/2016 Zoetermeer - Holland
21/04/2016 Stellendad - Holland
20/12/2016 Eastville Park 
16/02/2017 CVL
28/08/2017 Draycote Water, Warwickshire
16/11/2019 Eastville Park

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

30-10-20 Firecrest,Northwick Warth (Aravind Ramesh)
   
New Passage/Northwick:
505+ Black-tailed Godwit, 1 f Firecrest24 Redwing, 12 Fieldfare

NORTH SOMERSET


30-10-20 male Sparrowhawk, Clevedon garden (Paul Williams)


BELOW M4 & BANES


30-10-20 Peregrine, St John's Church, Bath (BUPP)
Bath:
The Bath falcon can be seen regularly on the webcam (https://hawkandowltrust.org/web-cam-live/bath-1…), but Tiercel AA seems to have been absent in recent weeks. Now in his 14th year he may well have been 'put out to grass' by the falcon. Please report any sightings of the blue ringed AA 

RESERVOIRS


Chew Valley Lake


30-10-20 Ringed Plover, Hollow Brook, CVL (George Stacey)
               
Hollow Brook:
Teal, 1 Ringed Plover

30-10-20 Blackbird feeding on sloes, Hollow Brook, CVL (George Stacey)

Heron's Green:
10 Goosander (all redhead), 8 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull41 Cattle Egret (field opposite the road to Blagdon), 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret , 2 Grey Heron, 2 Raven,  2 Cetti's Warbler,  m +f Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail

30-10-20 Cattle Egret, CVL (Geoff Daniels)
              
Moreton:
[Bristol Water posted late afternoon that the hide has reopened after repairsThe following reports were received while the hide was still cordoned off with no access]

2 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk,1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Raven, 4 Jay, 7 Magpie, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ LTT with Blue & Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 3+ Goldcrest, 2 Stonechat (F), 50+ Meadow Pipit,  20+ Pied Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 3 Chaffinch, 40+ Goldfinch 


30-10-20 Snipe, Stratford Hide, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
13 Goldeneye 1 Scaup1 Water Rail, 7+ Snipe, 1 Lapwing , 5 GBB Gull, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret , 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2  Jay, 3 Coal Tit,  6 Bearded Tit, 15+ House Sparrow (by the Blue Bowl pub), 20+Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting 

Herriott's Bridge:
3 Shelduck, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 1 Water Rail, 3 Lapwing, 3 GBB Gull, 5 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret,7 Grey Heron,  2 Kingfisher, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail

30-10-20, Meadow Pipit, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Geoff Daniels, Aravind Ramesh, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Paul Williams, BUPP