Miserable and overcast with drizzle on and off - 16°C
Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret
Brambling
Yellow-legged Gull
Little Stint
Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
1 Water Rail, 2 Stonechat (f&m)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Great Crested Grebe - seen in each of the last 5 years, but only one of the previous eight years, c300 Curlew, 4 Cattle Egret, 7 Stonechat
vismig - 23 Redwing 4 Song Thrush, 18 Chaffinch, 4 Siskin
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon:
Clevedon:
Pill - 275 Canada Goose
Wains Hill, vismig 3.25 hrs mostly to south west - 37 Woodpigeon, 100 Starling, 25 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail, 1245 Chaffinch, 5 Brambling, 45 Linnet, 3 Redpoll, 22 Goldfinch, 95 Siskin
plus 2 Sparrowhawk and 1 Peregrine present in the area.
Wemberham:
80 Canada Geese, 38 Mallard, 2 Curlew ( unusual east of motorway), 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard,1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 36 Skylark, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 15 Meadow Pipit, 8 Linnet, 25 Goldfinch
Weston-Super-Mare - garden:
50+ Starling - hiding in the palm tree
BELOW M4 & BANES
NO REPORTS
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
50+ Starling - hiding in the palm tree
BELOW M4 & BANES
NO REPORTS
RESERVOIRS
18-10-21 Little Stint CVL (Mike Moxon) |
Villice:
20 Shoveler, 12 Wigeon, 4 Lapwing, 3 Great Black-backed Gull - 1,1st winter,1 moulting into 3rd winter and an adult, 1 Glossy Ibis, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret,
20 Shoveler, 12 Wigeon, 4 Lapwing, 3 Great Black-backed Gull - 1,1st winter,1 moulting into 3rd winter and an adult, 1 Glossy Ibis, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret,
18-10-21 Yellow-legged Gull CVL (Ian Stapp) |
2 Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Stint, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Cattle Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail
Stratford:
1 Marsh Harrier (m)
18-10-21 Cattle Egret CVL (Ian Stapp) |
3 Shelduck, 60+ Shoveler, 50+ Pintail, 100 Teal, 40+ Pochard, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 6 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 30+ Common Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 20+ Cattle Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Jay, 12+ Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail,
Reports: Peter Hazelwood, Dave Hughes, Simon Isgar, Mike Moxon, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Steve Sanins, Mark Savage, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs
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