Thursday 4 November 2021

04-11-21 Thursday- Hawfinch

 Temp 5 to 10°C. Bright- lots of  sunshine with a cooling NNW breeze.

Whooper Swan
Scaup, Goosander
Golden Plover
Great White Egret
Marsh harrier, Merlin
Firecrest
Black Redstart
Brambling
Hawfinch
Redpoll, Siskin

04-11-21 Firecrest, Purdown (Allan Chard) 
BRISTOL

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Blaise Castle Estate:
1 Tawny Owl- calling, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Magpie, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 1 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail

Stoke Park/ Purdown:
1 Firecrest
04-11-21 Egyptian Goose, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
1 Egyptian Goose

Eastville:
Garden vismig: 2 Stock Dove (SW), 234 Woodpigeon (SW), 29 Starling (W), 21 Redwing (E), 2 Chaffinch (1N+1E), 9 Siskin (7N+2S)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Black-tailed Godwit, 17 Knot, 25 Dunlin, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Chiffchaff 
Vismig: 7 Stock Dove, 100 Starling, 150 Redwing, 50 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling. 

04-11-21 Brambling, Aust (Aravind Ramesh)
04-11-21 Hawfinch, Aust (Aravind Ramesh)
Aust:
Vismig 7.00 -9.40- NE unless otherwise stated: 
10500 Woodpigeon (SW), 40 Dunlin (SW), 1 Jay (SW), 29 Jackdaw, 985 Starling ( 853NE,132 SW), 179  Fieldfare, 246 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 1 House Sparrow,  4 Pied/White Wagtail, 9 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 270  Chaffinch, 26 Brambling, 3 Hawfinch, 7 Bullfinch, 5 Greenfinch, 55 Linnet, 7 Lesser Redpoll, 19 Goldfinch, 49 Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting

New Passage:
2 Greylag Goose, 100 Canada Goose, 250 Wigeon, 40 Curlew, 100 Dunlin, 120 Redshank, 1 Marsh Harrier- f., 1 Raven,  20 Long-tailed Tit - heading west across the  Severn, 1 Rock Pipit

Severn Beach:
70 Wigeon, 23 Ringed Plover, 50 Curlew, 60 Turnstone, 100 Dunlin, 1 Kestrel, 1 Redpoll

Yate, Brimsham Park Lake:
3 Goosander, 1 Cormorant, 2 Redpoll, 5 Siskin

NORTH SOMERSET

04-11-21 Whooper Swan, River Banwell (Paul Gregory)
Sand Point/Middle Hope :

2 Whooper Swan- on River Banwell, 1 Merlin, 2 Fieldfare, 4 Brambling, 1 Redpoll, 5 Siskin


04-11-21 Black Redstart, Clevedon Pier ( Merv Carlyon)
Clevedon Pier:
1 Black Redstart - f 

Clevedon-Yeo:
11 Mute Swan, 30 Shelduck, 60 Wigeon 130 Mallard, 5 Teal, 7 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 55 Lapwing, 110 Curlew, 4 Knot, 20 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 360 Redshank, 250 BH Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret 

Puxton Moor:
4 Mallard, 35 Woodpigeon, 2 Snipe, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 150 Starling, 68 Redwing, 5 Meadow Pipit, 30 Goldfinch.

WSM-Uphill and Bleadon:
5 Fieldfare, 100 Redwing 

BELOW M4 & BANES

04-11-21 Stonechat, Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

04-11-21 Golden Plover, Marshfield ( Peter Coslett )
Marshfield:

6 Stock Dove, 5 Golden Plover, 100 Common Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 1 Skylark, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird- continental type, 2 Stonechat, 30 Linnet

Bannerdown- NE of Batheaston:
80 Golden Plover 

East Harptree Woods and nearby meadow:
6 Snipe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Brambling

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1Whooper Swan, 3 Goldeneye22 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Great White Egret 

Chew Valley Lake
6 (2m) Goldeneye on the East Shore

Herons Green:
3 f (ad +2juv) Scaup, 1 m Stonechat 

Out of Area:
Barred Warbler still at Berrow Dunes

Reports: Diana Bunniss, Merv Carlyon, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Mark Coller,  Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Oscar Dewhurst,  Ollie Fournier,  David Gibbs, Paul Gregory, Matt Hull, Nigel Milbourne, Aravind Ramesh,  Gareth Roberts, Harvey Rose, Tony Scott, Dan Webb, Chris Woods  blagdonlakebirdsnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG