Thursday 5 October 2023

05-10-23 Thursday - Bittern

Temp 12°C to 18°C. Cloudy, with sunny intervals. Fresh SW wind.

Curlew Sandpiper
Bittern
Osprey
Firecrest
Crossbill
05-10-23 Bittern, Stratford CVL (Lee Gardiner)
BRISTOL

No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
05-10-23 Peregrines, OPS (Pete Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Mute Swan (juv), 2 Peregrine, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (latest ever record at this site)
05-10-23 Stonechat, Old Passage (Vera Carpenter)
Old Passage:
2 Stonechat

New Passage / Northwick:
55 Canada Goose, 11 Greylag Goose, 12 Shelduck, 24 Shoveler, 200+ Teal, 5 Grey Plover, 30 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Turnstone, 6 Knot, 1 Ruff, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 152 Redshank, 2 Grey Heron,  1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 2 Wheatear

Severn Beach:
8 Ringed Plover
05-10-23 Coal Tit, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar garden:
1 Coal Tit

Coalpit Heath:
2 Ring-necked Parakeet

NORTH SOMERSET

Battery Point, Portishead:
5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit

Worle:
1 Crossbill (over)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham:
Redwing (heard, over)

Paulton:
1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 40 Goldfinch

Clandown Bottom:
7 Stonechat

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Marsh Harrier (f/juv)

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 20+ Swallow, 4 Pied Wagtail
05-10-23 Pintail amongst Mallard, Gadwall & Tufted Duck, Hollowbrook CVL (George Stacey)
Hollowbrook:
Shovelers, Gadwall, Mallards, 12+ Pintail, Tufted Ducks, 8 Green Sandpiper (seen in flight)
05-10-23 Firecrest, Woodford CVL (Merv Carlyon)
Woodford:
1 Firecrest
05-10-23 leucistic Canada Goose, Herons Green CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:
200 Canada Goose (one with white head and neck), 12+ Wigeon, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 500+ Mixed Corvid, 12+ Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtail
05-10-23 Osprey and Sparrowhawk, Stratford CVL (Lee Gardiner)
Stratford:
1 Bittern, 1 Osprey, 1 Sparrowhawk (f)

Herriotts inc Pool:
70+Shoveler, 18 Pintail, 4 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 5 Jackdaw, 7 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Song Thrush. 3 Pied Wagtail 

Bishop Sutton Village:
5 Collared Dove 

Chelwood Village:
1 Red Kite

Reported by: Merv Carlyon, Vera Carpenter, Derek Clarke, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, David Howes, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, Simon Isgar, Mike Moxon, Paul Sadley, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp
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