Heavy rain early and the temp quickly climbed to 13°C, when the sun came out in the pm.
Lesser Scaup
Goldeneye
Common Scoter
Merlin
Cattle Egret
Short-eared Owl
BRISTOL
Blaise Estate:
Blaise Estate:
2 Jay, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Nuthatch , 1 Treecreeper, 2 Robin
Eastville Park:
2 Gadwall - very unusual here
Sea Mills - R Avon:
2 Common Sandpiper, 46+ Redshank
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| 29-10-21 Gadwall EP (Martin Tayler) |
2 Gadwall - very unusual here
Sea Mills - R Avon:
2 Common Sandpiper, 46+ Redshank
Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
13 Canada Goose, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 6 Redwing
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
12 Lapwing, 15 Curlew, 11+ Long-tailed Tit with 1 Treecreeper, c30 Pied Wagtail, c10 Chaffinch, c30 Pied Wagtail and c10 Chaffinch. c80 Linnet, flock of 10 Siskin - over to NE
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| 29-10-21 Short-eared Owl Aust-NW (Matt Hall) |
4 Short-eared Owl - hunting
New Passage/Northwick:
200+ Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 300+ Wigeon, 200+ Teal, 150 Common Scoter - flushed with the fowl & wader from below the bank and flew off down river, 50+ Black-tailed Godwit, 50 + Redshank, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Kestrel (m), 1 Merlin, 10 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 70+ Linnet
Pilning Wetlands:
New Passage/Northwick:
200+ Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 300+ Wigeon, 200+ Teal, 150 Common Scoter - flushed with the fowl & wader from below the bank and flew off down river, 50+ Black-tailed Godwit, 50 + Redshank, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Kestrel (m), 1 Merlin, 10 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 70+ Linnet
Pilning Wetlands:
3 Mute Swan, 19 Shoveler, 16 Gadwall, 11 Wigeon, 47 Mallard, 20+ Teal, 5 Tufted Duck, 8 Moorhen, 23 Coot, 4 Little Grebe, 97 Lapwing, 300+ Black-tailed Godwit, 300+ Dunlin, 20+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret,
Holes Mouth - Chittening Warth:
70+ Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 60+ Black-headed Gull,
NORTH SOMERSET
No reports yet
BELOW M4 & BANES
Folly Farm:
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Hollowbrook:
2 Pintail, 4 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper,
East Shore:
70+ Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 60+ Black-headed Gull,
NORTH SOMERSET
No reports yet
BELOW M4 & BANES
Folly Farm:
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
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| 29-10-21 Snipe CVL (George Stacey) |
2 Pintail, 4 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper,
East Shore:
3 Goldeneye (2f & 1m)
Sutton Wick:
Sutton Wick:
1 Lesser Scaup - showed well mid am
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| 29-10-21 Bearded Tit CVL (Mike Prior) |
Small numbers of Shoveler, Wigeon and Pochard, good numbers of Teal and Coot, 3 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, large flock BH Gull, 1 Great White Egret
Heron's Green:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull - ad, 1 Great White Egret
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| 29-10-21 Marsh Harrier CVL (Bri Thompson) |
2 Ringed Plover, 23 Cattle Egret - fly past, 3 Marsh Harrier (2f&m) - over towards Morton, 6 Bearded Tit,
Herriott's inc Pool:
55 Pintail, 29 Cattle Egret, 4 Great White Egret
OUT OF AREA
Berrow Beach:
30 Ringed Plover, 20 Sanderling, 1000 Dunlin hiding 1 Purple Sandpiper - not seen in Avon since 2018, 2 Swallow
Reports: Rob Bright, Di Bunniss, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, William Earp, Matt Hall, Simon Isgar, Jean Oliver, Mike Prior, Phil Quinn, Aravin Ramesh, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland, Martin Tayler, Bri Thompson, Mark Waldron
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