Wednesday, 6 October 2021

06-10-21 Wednesday - Arctic Skua

Temp 11 to 17°C. Sunshine with a cool breeze, dry

Common Scoter
Golden Plover, Little Stint
Arctic Skua
Jay
Firecrest

6-10-21 Black-tailed Godwit, Herons Green (George Stacey)
BRISTOL

Stoke Park:
1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Swallow, 6 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 7(!) Stonechat, c20 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Wild Place Project:
5 Woodpigeon, 4 Herring Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 4 Magpie, 13 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 14 Blue Tit, 9 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 6 Nuthatch, 6 Blackbird, 13 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Sparrowhawk (juv), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 3 Linnet, 10 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point:
20+ Jay inc 18 flock, 44 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, 30 Starling, 6 Pied Wagtail, 75 Meadow Pipit, 8 Chaffinch, 21 Greenfinch, 40 Goldfinch, 40 Linnet, 

6-10-21 Grey Plover, Ringed Plover and Dunlin, Clevedon-Yeo (Mark Savage)
Clevedon, Wains Hill-Yeo-Blakes Pools:

6 Mute Swan, 165 Shelduck, 50 Wigeon 100 Mallard, 45 Teal, 1 m Common Scoter, 8 Coot, 6 Little Grebe, 30 Oystercatcher, 1 Golden Plover, 2 Grey Plover, 20 Ringed Plover, 130 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Turnstone, 210 Dunlin, 2 Little Stint, 1 Snipe, 100 Redshank, 500 BH Gull, 245v Herring Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 8 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 1 f Merlin, 2 Peregrine, 1 Barn Owl, 80+ Carrion Crow, 37 Skylark, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 4 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, 6 Wheatear, 14 Pied Wagtail, 215 Meadow Pipit, 6 Rock Pipit, 2 Bullfinch, 75+ Linnet, 55 Goldfinch, 4 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

6-10-21 Wheatear, Drifton Hill (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield, Drifton Hill:
 
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 20+ Skylark, 3 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 30 Meadow Pipit, Linnets

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
Arctic Skua

Chew Valley Lake

6-10-21 Dunlin with Teal, Hollowbrook (George Stacey)
Hollowbrook:
1 Dunlin with Teal

6-10-21 Shoveler, Villice (George Stacey)
Villice:

Lots Shoveler

6-10-21 Black-tailed Godwit , Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:

2 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 10 Swallow & House Martin, 8 Pied Wagtail

Stratford:
1 Ringed Plover, 1 juv Ruff, 1 Dunlin, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Skylark, 2 Swallow

6-10-21 Green Sandpiper & Snipe, Herriotts channel (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts:

200 Canada Geese, 1 Shelduck, 7 Pintail, 5 Little Grebe, 1 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 5 Jackdaw, 12+ Hirundines, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtail

Reports: Peter Bryant, Peter Coslett, John Croxton, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Matt Hull, Bob Laughton, Nigel Milbourne, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Steve Sanins, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG