25-10-21 Monday - Lesser Scaup, Glossy Ibis

Blue skies but some very heavy showers. Bristol max 15°C

Lesser Scaup 

Glossy Ibis

Marsh Harrier

Goshawk (probable)

Merlin

Penduline Tit, Bearded Tit

Brambling, Redpoll, Crossbill, Siskin

25-10-21 Glossy Ibis, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Mike Trew)

25-10-21 Marsh Harrier, Stratford, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

BRISTOL

Blaise Estate/Coombe Dingle:

8 Crossbill over early a.m., heading SW

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Gadwall, 10 Teal, 5 Wigeon, 3 Little Grebe, 11 |Lapwing, 18 Curlew, 100+ Turnstone, 4 Redshank,  probable Goshawk (flew across Lagoon 1 in afternoon, hassled by a Carrion Crow), 1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Redwing, Fieldfare (heard only), 1 Stonechat

Northwick Warth: 

97 Canada Goose, 300+ Wigeon, 150+ Oystercatcher, 19 Ringed Plover, 150+ Curlew, 50 + Redshank,  300+ Black-tailed Godwit, 200+ Dunlin,  2 Grey Heron, 1 Merlin, 1 Kestrel, 6 Skylark,  4 Pied Wagtail, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 100+ Linnet

Pilning Wetlands: 

2 Mute Swan, 23 Teal, 9 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 22 Mallard, 7 Wigeon, 18 Coot, 6 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, 80+ Lapwing, 200+ Redshank, 1 Turnstone, 450+ Dunlin,  65 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant [ wader and duck numbers here additional to those recorded from Northwick Warth above] 

New Passage: 

23 Collared Dove, 3 Goldcrest

The Pipes / New Pill: 

4 Shelduck, 31 Mallard, 8 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 1 Little Egret, 6 Black-headed Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 4 Herring Gull

Holes Mouth: 

2 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 34 Teal, 8 Mallard, 39 Turnstone, 100+ Oystercatcher, 6 Curlew, 250+ Redshank,  50+ Dunlin,  50+ Black-headed Gull

25-10-21 Pintail, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Mike Trew)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
constant passage of Chaffinch early a.m.

Clevedon - Yeo:

Chaffinch: Visual migration to SW  throughout the morning, with the majority over Wain’s Hill between 0715-0915.

Siskin: Unusually large movement to SW, all seen over Wain’s Hill between 0715-0915.

 

Combined reports - 150 Shelduck, 260 Wigeon, 70 Mallard, 2 Pintail, 115 Teal, 6 Coot, 7 Oystercatcher, 140 Lapwing, 4 Ringed Plover,  220 Curlew, 21  Turnstone, 7 Dunlin, 8 Common Snipe, 560 Redshank, 300 Black Headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, 60 Herring Gull, 8 Cormorant, 12 Little Egret, 1 Grey heron  1 Marsh Harrier (Yeo), 1 Buzzard, 1 f  Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 3 Penduline Tit (in restricted area with no general access), 44 Skylark, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1275 Starling, 635 Redwing, 8 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 7 Pied Wagtail, 90 Meadow Pipit, 3775 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 60 Greenfinch, 35 Linnet, 25 Goldfinch, 5 Redpoll, 128 Siskin, 7 Reed Bunting

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Merlin, 120 Skylark, 1500 Starling, a few Pied Wagtail, 30 Meadow Pipit, 800 Chaffinch, 4 Brambling, 2 Redpoll, 40 Siskin (No Wood Pigeon or thrush movement this morning)

Weston-Super-Mare:
1 fem-type Marsh Harrier flew over, heading north

Banwell:
1 Pheasant, 1 Sparrowhawk (for the sixth consecutive day) checking out the feeder station, 2  Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay plus Red Fox (probably looking for Pheasant) 

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

25-10-21 Lesser Scaup, Herriotts Bridge, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake

25-10-21 Cattle Egret, Heron's Green, CVL (Mike Trew)

25-10-21 GBB Gull assaulting a Tufted Duck, Heron's Green, CVL (Ian Stapp)
[see below for outcome]

Heron's Green:

2 Little Grebe, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 GBB Gull (one grabbed a Tufted Duck, killed it, then fed on it), 5 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret,  14 Cattle Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 30+ Starling, 50+ Redwing with small number of Fieldfare, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail    

25-10-21 Ringed Plover, Stratford, CVL (George Stacey)

Stratford:
1 Water Rail, 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing , 1 male Marsh Harrier, 3 Swallow, 2 Bearded Tit (though possibly more)

Herriott's inc Pool:

85+ Wigeon,  50+ Pintail, 400+ Pochard, 1 Lesser Scaup (lake in with the Coot & ducks), 1 f  Scaup, 2 Water Rail, 2 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Glossy Ibis, 3 GBB Gull, 27 Common Gull, 1 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher,     1 Jay, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 100+ Starling (small groups going south), 7 Redwing, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail 

25-10-21 Lapwing, Stratford, CVL (George Stacey)

Reports:  Raoul Chandrasakera, Jane Cumming, William Earp, Paul Gregory, Paul Marshall, Andy Middleton, Rob Purveur, Phil Quinn, Trevor Riddle, Steve Sanins, Mark Savage, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Mike Trew, Wayne Tucker, John Thorogood, opsbirding,