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   blagdonlakebirdsCVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG