Wednesday 13 October 2021

13-10-21 Wednesday - Redwing galore

 Temp 10 to 17°C. Light cloud then increasingly sunny. Light westerly breeze.

Common Scoter
Jack Snipe
Cattle Egret
Bearded Tit
Crossbill
Siskin

13-10-21 Black-tailed Godwit, Herriotts CVL (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Bedminster Down:
2 Stock Dove, 7 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk (m mobbed by small birds), 1 Buzzard,1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker (f), 2 Jay, 6 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 14 Rook, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 7 Skylark, 4 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 50 Redwing (48 over heading SW, +2 feeding on Hawthorn,  +several other parties heard moving over), 3 Blackbird, 12 Robin, 1 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch

Blaise:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Jay, 3 Magpie, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiff chaff, 5 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail

Stoke Park:
1 Jack Snipe, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Skylark, 1 Stonechat, 10 Meadow Pipit, 10 Chaffinch
 
Eastville:
2399 Redwing, northish over Eastville corner of BS5 (3 observers trying not to duplicate). Patch record.

13-10-21 Dipper, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
1 Dipper


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Cattle Egret (2ad, 1juv), 3 Little Egret

Littleton: 
43 Redwing (ringed)

Pilning Wetland:
100s of Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin & Redshank, 
A few Lapwing, Knot & Snipe, 
1 Sparrowhawk (f)


NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead boating lake:
31 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 65+ Mallard, 8 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant (no Tufted Ducks back yet).

Sand Point:
400 Redwing, 2 Swallow, 200 Chaffinch, 20 Siskin

Worlebury/Worle:
29 Jay (Flock of 23 + ones and twos, heading east), 50+ Redwing, 5 (migrant) Blackbird, 2 Meadow Pipit

Rickford - garden:
1 Kingfisher - alighted on the washing line

BELOW M4 & BANES

No records received

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
6 Great White Egret around the lake

13-10-21 Ringed Plover & Cattle Egret, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:
1 Water Rail, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 20 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 2 Buzzard, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
1 Crossbill

13-10-21 Common Scoter, Stratford (Simon Isgar)
Stratford:
Common Scoter (1m 2f), 4 Bearded Tit (2m)


13-10-21 Snipe, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts:
2 Shelduck, 60+ Shoveler, 50+ Pintail, 80+ Teal, 1 Water Rail, 5 Little Grebe, 13 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 38+ Common Gull, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Di Bunnis, Allan Chard, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Michael Davis, Ollie Fournier, Paul Gregory, Paul House, Matt Hull, Simon Isgar, John Lewis, Phil Quinn, Julie Smallbone, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland,