31-10-22 Monday - Pallid Swifts

Cloudy morning, rain after 3 p.m., still feels mild. Max temp 17°C, moderate SE wind.

Pallid Swifts 

Jack Snipe

Swallows
Dartford Warbler
Firecrest

Water Pipit

Siskin

Pallid Swift at Aust Cliff (Mark Coller)

BRISTOL

Blaise Woods:

3 Jay, 5 Magpie, 8 Crow, 1 Raven, 1 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 2 Chaffinch.

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:

c.300 Woodpigeon, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Firecrest (Pale Plantation), 7 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 5 Linnet, 12 Siskin (over to NE)

Troopers Hill:

1 Dartford Warbler (now confirmed - and photographed)

Dartford Warbler at Troopers Hill (Curro Gonzalez)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
128 Lapwing, 7 Snipe, 1 Knot with the Redshank flock.

2 Yellowhammer (yacht club).

Aust Warth:
2, possibly 3 Pallid Swift (10:40 onwards, over the old Severn Bridge end.  First record for S.Glos.  This species has been reported all around the UK during the recent period of strong southerly winds.)

Yate:
pr. Stonechat behind Badgers Holt.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
Lake Grounds:  47 Canada Goose, 19 Mute Swan (10 adult, 9 imm.), 106 Mallard, 1 m. Tufted Duck, 6 Moorhen, 55 BH Gull, 13 Herring Gull, 30 Carrion Crow, 1 Pied Wagtail.

Clevedon - Yeo:

220 Shelduck (most at Kenn mouth), 90 Wigeon, 25 Teal, 40 Mallard, 1 f. Pintail, 13 Oystercatcher, 35 Lapwing, 35 Curlew, 20 Turnstone, c.10 Dunlin,  1 Jack Snipe (Kenn mouth), 2 Snipe, 360 Redshank, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 9 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 6+ Skylark, 10+ Pied Wagtail, few Meadow Pipit, 60+ Linnet (probably over 100).

Long-tailed Tit at MRCW Andrew Harrison)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, Manor Road Community Woodlands:

7 Feral Pigeon, 9 Woodpigeon, 4 Magpie, 18 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 14 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 5 House Sparrow.

Fieldfares at Chew (George Stacey)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

(yesterday)

6 Egyptian Goose, 210 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 18 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler heard, 12 Linnet.

Chew Valley Lake

3 Marsh Harrier (adult m., 2 f. types), 2 Peregrine, c.20 Skylark (to East)

Marsh Harrier at Chew (Tony Bridges)

Bittern Trail:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Hollow Brook:

1 Grey Wagtail.

Villice and parklands:

10+ Fieldfare, 20+  Redwing.

Yellow-legged Gull at Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:

12 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Common Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 30+ Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 50+ Meadow Pipit, 20+ Linnet.        

Scaup with Tufted Ducks from Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:

1 f. Scaup, 1 juv. Long-tailed Duck, 17 Goldeneye, 50+ Cormorant, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Tawny Owl calling, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ LT Tit, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 20-30 Linnet.

Raven at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
1 juv. Scaup, 9 Goldeneye (3 m.), 1 Stonechat, 1 Water Pipit, 100+ Linnet.

Grey Wagtail at Chew (George Stacey)

Herriott's Bridge:

3 Shelduck, 3 GBB Gull, 13 Common Gull, 30+ Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 7 Jackdaw, 5 Magpie, 20 Swallow (flyover), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 40+ Starling (flyover), 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting.

Great Spotted Woodpecker at Chew (George Stacey)

Reports: Di Bunniss, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Andrew Harrison, Linda Moysey, Harvey Rose, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, , blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG