16-10-21 Saturday - Firecrest

Overcast and not as warm as it has been @ 16°C - See special notice at the foot of the page

Firecrest

Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret
Yellow-legged Gull

Bearded Tit

Red Kite

16-10-21 Buzzard Stanton Drew (Raoul Chandrasakera)

BRISTOL

Ashton - Greville Smyth Park:

1 Raven

Bishopston - garden:

2 Jay

Blaise Castle Estate:

2 Jay, 2 Magpie, 3 Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 2 Nuthatch

16-10-21 Dipper EP (Allan Chard)

Eastville Park:
1 Dipper

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

16-10-21 Cattle Egret OPS (Heather England)

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Wigeon, 7 Teal, 4 Cattle Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Stonechat, 4 Siskin - over headed east,                                                                                                                    
Aust Cliff - vismig:
33 Skylark, 445 Starling, 203 Redwing, 20 Song Thrush, 145 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 4 Bullfinch, 4 Redpoll, 78 Siskin

Aust Wharf:

1 Curlew, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Sparrowhawk mobbed by 1 Kestrel, 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting

16-10-21 Waders New Passage (Lisa Presland)

New Passage/Northwick:
Wigeon, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Knot, Dunlin, Redshank, Grey Heron, Little Egret.

Frampton Cotterell:

3 Ring-necked Parakeets

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Snipe - over, 1 Marsh Harrier, c30 Skylark, 2 Firecrest, 10 Goldcrest,  150 Redwing, 8 Song Thrush, 120 Chaffinch, 7 Brambling, 1 Redpoll, 27+ Siskin,  2/3 Yellowhammer, 15+ Reed Bunting

Kewstoke:

1 Firecrest, 30 Siskin - over, 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:

1 Peregrine, 13 Redwing - over

16-10-21 Buzzard Willsbridge (Chris Hall)

Willsbridge:

1 Buzzard

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks - extract:
5 Mute Swan,1 Shoveler, 9 Pochard, 148 Tufted Duck, 41 Little Grebe, 19 Great Crested Grebe, 24 Stock Dove - migration flock, 122 Coot, 12 Common Gull, 46 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 14 Starling, 1 Mistle Thrush, 7 Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 13 Meadow Pipit, 105 Goldfinch

16-10-2021 Glossy Ibis CVL (Lee Gardiner)

Chew Valley Lake

Villace:

1 Great White Egret

Heron's Green:
4/5 Little Grebe, 15 Lapwing, 1 Little Stint, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Black Backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 33 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 

Stratford:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine, 6 Bearded Tit, 1 Nuthatch

Herriott's inc Pool:

4 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Glossy Ibis, 38 Cattle Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Reports: Jonathan Angell, Peter Bryant, Di Bunniss, Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Jane Cumming, Barry Dursley, Chris Hall, Heather England, Lee Gardiner, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Matt Hull, Simon Isgar, John Lewis, Lisa Presland, Lois Pryce, Wayne Tucker, Dan Webb, 

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

Special notice

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