Friday 22 October 2021

22-10-21 Friday - Goosander

 Dry and bright but the wind was cold, knocking a couple of °C from the ambient 14°C

Glossy Ibis
Goosander
Scaup
Bearded Tit
Cattle Egret

BRISTOL

Blaise Estate:
3 Buzzard, 6 Jay, 5 Magpie, 7 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 3 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Robin, 3 Grey Wagtail

Kingsdown:
2 Chaffinch (f&m) - regularly this last week
22-10-21 Little Grebe Stoke Park (Martin Tayler)
Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:

2 Little Grebe, 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Chipping Sodbury - Ridge Wood:
9 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 5 Magpie, 13 Jackdaw, 3 Rook, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch

Coalpit Heath - garden:
1 Chaffinch - must think it's winter
22-10-21 Peregrine Westerleigh (Peter Coslett)
Westerleigh:

1 Peregrine

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Lyde Green Lake:
1 Sparrowhawk (f), 1400 Starling - murmuration cloud

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper, 
22-10-21 Jay Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)
Comptond Dando -Elm Farm, bird survey:

5 Stock Dove, 500+ Woodpigeon - all heading South through the morning in quite large flocks, 2 Black-headed Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 7 Jay, 3 Magpie, 30 Jackdaw, 25+ Crow, 2 Raven, 8 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 7+ Skylark 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Wren, 20+ Starling, 5 Blackbird, 20+ Redwing, 6 Robin, 2 Stonechat (f&m), 2 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 120+ Linnet, 50+ Goldfinch, 7 Yellowhammer, 1 Brown Hare

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Scaup (f) T3, Goldcrest and Treecreeper around the car park.

Blagdon Lake:
72+ Lapwing, 38 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 ad. Dunlin, 1 (1W) Mediterranean Gull, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine.

Chew Valley Lake
30 Cattle Egret - roost
Vismig south/south west - 2,900 Woodpigeon in an hr, 10 Redwing 

Hollowbrook:
6 Long-tailed Tit
22-10-2021 Glossy Ibis CVL (George Stacey)
Villice:

Shoveler, Wigeon, 1 Glossy Ibis - feeding continuously, 

Heron's Green:
1 Goosander (f) in flight towards Blagdon, 1100 Coot - in the bay, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Cattle Egret
22-10-2021 Bearded Tit CVL (Tony Bridges)
Stratford:

6 Bearded Tit

Herriott's inc Pool:
55 Pintail, 1 Peregrine - over

Reports: Tony Bridges, Di Bunniss, Derek Clarke, Peter Coslett, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Tony Goodwin, Simon Isgar, Mike Jackson, Brian Mulgrew, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Keith Williams