Friday, 7 October 2022

07-10-22 Friday- Hen Harrier

Sunshine in the morning but rain later in the afternoon. Mild 13-18°C, with moderate to fresh  South westerly winds.

Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Cattle Egret
Yellow-legged Gull
Osprey
Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Merlin
Yellow Wagtail

07-10-2022 Osprey, Bernard King Hide CVL  ( George Stacey )
BRISTOL


No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Avening Green:
2 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

Dundry:
1 Collared Dove, 240 Herring Gull, 18 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 15 Rook, 9 Skylark, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit

Portbury Wharf:
2 Mute Swan, 10 Gadwall, 17 Mallard, 18 Teal, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 9 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel

Weston Moor:
20 Gadwall, 6 Mallard, 4 Coot, 2 Stonechat.

Bristol Airport:
12 Golden Plover

BELOW M4 & BANES

07-10-2022 Stonechat, Marshfield ( Peter Coslett) 
Marshfield:

1 Hen Harrier- ring-tail, 1 Red Kite, 10 Skylark, 1 House Martin,1 Swallow, 5 Stonechat, 20 Meadow Pipit,30 Linnet, 8 Goldfinch

Oldland Common:
1 Red Kite

Keynsham- Manor Road Playing Fields:
3 Feral Pigeon, 3 Woodpigeon, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 12 Jackdaw, 7 Rook, 24 Carrion Crow, 5 Starling

07-10-2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,MRCW, ( Andrew Harrison)

Keynsham- Manor Road Community Woodland:
12 Feral Pigeon, 10 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 18 Jackdaw, 2 Rook, 9 Carrion Crow, 11 House Sparrow

Paulton:
16 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 1 Meadow Pipit, 80 Linnet

RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
1 Osprey- juvenile flew in from NE, 2 Peregrine - adult + juvenile

Denny Island:
1 Merlin- flew over, west.

07-10-2022 Osprey, CVL ( George Stacey) 
Bernard King Hide:
1 Osprey-juvenile, morning meal

07-10-2022 Cattle Egret,  CVL ( Merv Carlyon)

07-10-2022 Yellow-legged Gull, CVL ( Merv Carlyon) 
Heron's Green:
1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1  Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 
07-10-2022 Cattle Egret, CVL ( Raoul Chandrasakera)

07-10-2022 Marsh Harrier  GC Grebe, CVL ( Chris Rawlings)
Stratford: 
1 Barnacle x Canada Goose hybrid,  40 Wigeon, 8 Pintail, 900 Teal, 180 Pochard, 19 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Plover, 19 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, 7 Dunlin, 28 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 18 Pied Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit,  30 Linnet 

Herriott's inc Pool:
40 Mallard, 18 Lapwing, 61 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 13 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Osprey-juvenile- evening bathe, 2 Marsh Harrier- juvenile m and f, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine - caught a Snipe a.m., 3 Swallow, 1 Grey Wagtail

Outside Area:
Whooper Swan - Cheddar Reservoir
Kentish Plover - Burnham -on-sea
Grey Phalarope- Saul Warth

Reports: Peter Allen, Merv Carlyon, Raoul Chandrasakera,  Peter Coslett, Andy Davis, Tim Ford, Patrick Hancock, Andrew Harrison, John Lewis, Fen Marshall,  Andy Mears, Chris Rawlings,  George Stacey, Howard Taffs   blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG