Sunday 31 October 2021

31-10-21 Sunday - Black-Redstart

Rain then some sun mixed in with some really heavy showers  13°C

Firecrest
Black-Redstart
Lesser Scaup
Leach's Petrel
Kittiwake
31-10-21 Black Redstart Clevedon Pier (Paul Chapman)
BRISTOL

Clifton Down:
Zoo Bank - 1 Sparrowhawk alarming the Blue and Long-tailed Tit, 1 Firecrest & Redwing heard
Avon Gorge Edge - 1 Peregrine (m)

Redland Garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 1 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap - next door's report, 1 Blackbird (f), 1 Robin, 12+ House Sparrow, 
31-10-21 Cormorant Stoke Park (Partick Richards)
Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:

26 Mallard plus a white cross, 48 Feral Pigeon, 14 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove,14 Moorhen, 9 Coot, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1Jay, 9 Magpie, 70+ Jackdaw,4 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Starling, 1 Robin, 8 Sparrow.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severn Beach:
5 Pintail, 140 Turnstones, 30 Dunlin, 1 Leach's Petrel, 60 Kittiwake - flock, 

31-10-21 Sparrowhawk CS ( Jeny Hillson)
Chipping Sodbury - garden:

1 Sparrowhawk

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Pier:

1 Black Redstart

Nailsea:
West End - 1 Black-Redstart
Friendship Rd - Sparrowhawk in the garden

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley - Siston Brook
1 Dipper

Hanham - Magpie Bottom
1 Kingfisher

Marksbury Plain:
4 Stock Dove, 50 Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 100 mixed corvids (Rook / Carrion Crow), 2 Raven, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 8 Chaffinch, 1 Linnet

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Wick Green Point:
1 Lesser Scaup (m), 1 Marsh Harrier (m).

Herriott's inc Pool:
In to roost on the pool  -  29 Cattle Egret, 3 Great White Egret, & 3 Little Egret. One Egyptian Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier, 40 roosting Pied Wagtail.

Reports:  Phil Barlow, Nancy Barrett, Paul Chapman, Ben Crabb, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Patrick Hancock, Jeny Hillson,  David Hughes, Petrick Richards, Paul Sawyer, Tony Scott, Gary Thoburn, Paul Williams

Rare Sightings from 2021 missing supporting notes

If you can provide notes to support any of the sightings below please send them to Rich Mielcarek at avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk


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