Sunny intervals with grey cloudy and heavy showers. Max temp 14°C, wind from the south west.
Dartford Warbler
Arctic Skua
Brent Goose
Brent Goose
Common Scoter
Storm Petrel
Leach's Petrel
Grey Phalarope
Grey Phalarope
Hawfinch
BRISTOL
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
6 Siskin - over to SW
6 Siskin - over to SW
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Teal (m), c2700 Woodpigeon - over to SW
St George, Troopers Hill
1 Teal (m), c2700 Woodpigeon - over to SW
St George, Troopers Hill
1 Dartford Warbler
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 mystery bird flying along the Severn - consensus was a Long-tailed Duck.
Aust Services/Warth:
40,000 Woodpigeon crossed towards Chepstow - early, 2 flocks of 500 Woodpigeon came back later, 1 Arctic Skua, Hawfinch
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 mystery bird flying along the Severn - consensus was a Long-tailed Duck.
Aust Services/Warth:
40,000 Woodpigeon crossed towards Chepstow - early, 2 flocks of 500 Woodpigeon came back later, 1 Arctic Skua, Hawfinch
Severn Beach:
1 Brent Goose, 1 Common Scoter, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 50 Kittiwake, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Storm Petrel, 1 Leach's Petrel, 1 Fulmar
Thornbury:
100's of Woodpigeon over to South
Coalpit Heath:
c500of Woodpigeon over to South
Bradley Stoke
1000's of Woodpigeon - on the move south
Cribbs Causeway - The Mall
2 Green Woodpecker - on the main road grass banks
NORTH SOMERSET
Weston-Super-Mare - garden:
11 Collared Dove, Magpie, Jackdaw, 60+ Starling, Robin, House Sparrow
Bleadon Levels LNR:
25 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Wigeon, 11 Mallard, 10 Teal, 2 Pheasant, 5 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 7 Moorhen, c300 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 17 Redshank, c250 Black-headed Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 unidentified Falco sp. Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Skylark over, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Wren, c250 Starling, 2 Blackbird, Robin, 2 Stonechat, 7 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chaffinch (maybe more flying over), 1 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| 01-11-22 Kingfisher Keynsham (Andrew Harrison) |
64 Mallard, 40 Feral Pigeon, 4 Moorhen, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blackbird, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch
Ubley - Woods:
1 Red Kite
Marksbury:
200+ Starling - on the wires
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine
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| 01-11-22 Goldeneye CVL (George Stacey) |
1 Goldeneye (f) and on a sad note 3 dead Mute Swan reported to DEFRA
Bittern Trail:
2 Bullfinch
Bittern Trail:
2 Bullfinch
Hollowbrook:
1 Grey Wagtail - bto ring
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| 01-11-22 Common Gulls CVL (Ian Stapp) |
11 Little Grebe, 5 Common Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail, 40+ Meadow Pipit, 10+ Linnet,
Moreton:
3 Goldeneye, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 20+ Linnet
Stratford:
47 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 13 Ruff, 6 Ringed Plover and Dunlin, 1 Grey Phalarope, 7 Great White Egret, 1 Stonechat
Herriott's inc Pool:
3 Shelduck, 12 Pintail, 26 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 3 GBB Gull, 6 Common Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 12+ Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Alan Daniells, Ed Drewitt, Oscar Dewhurst, Ollie Fournier, Matt Hall, Simon Harding, Andrew Harrison, Pete Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Rich Mielcarek, Dean Reeves, Vic Savery, Matt Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson,
Avon Bird Report 2021
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