24-10-23 Tuesday - Mandarin Duck & Bearded Tit

Temp 8°C to 15°C -  Sunny, turning cloudy, with rain overnight. Almost no wind to start, then a light breeze from the SW.

Mandarin Duck

Possible Yellow-browed Warbler

Redpoll, Siskin

Bearded Tit

Ring Ouzel

Water Pipit

Merlin

Marsh Harrier

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BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

83 Woodpigeon, Alexandrine Parakeet (heard for 3rd time recently), 6 Alba Wagtail, 15 Chaffinch, 1 Redpoll, 4 Siskin

Clifton Down:

1 Buzzard, 3 Jay, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Goldcrest

Redland - Garden:

4 Feral Pigeon, 2 Magpie, 2 Crow, 1 Raven, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 8+ House Sparrow

24-10-23 Kingfisher, Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)

Stoke Park incl Duchess Pond:

2 Mute Swan, 23 Mallard, 84 Feral Pigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Water Rail, 12 Moorhen, 2 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 4 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1f Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Jay, 21 Magpie, 22 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Skylark over, 1f, 1m Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 24 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 5 Redwing, 6 Robin, 2f, 3m Stonechat, 12 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1m Bullfinch, 4 Linnet over, 8 Goldfinch, 1f, 1m Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Merlin, 5+ Redwing, pr Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 1 Water Pipit

Vismig: 20+ Woodpigeon, 13 Skylark, 7 Chaffinch, 3 Redpoll, 1 Siskin 

24-10-23 Greylag Goose, New Passage (Rosemary Setter)

New Passage/Northwick:
c50 Canada Geese, 55 Greylag Geese, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Teal, Tufted Duck, Oystercatcher, c5 Curlew, c4 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Turnstone, 106 Redshank, 2 Heron, 1 Little Egret

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 2 Meadow Pipit

24-10-23 Red Kite, Wickwar (Alan)

Wickwar:

1 Red Kite

24-10-23 Mandarin Duck, Yate (Mark Coller)

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
1 male Mandarin Duck, Skylarks over, Redwings over, Meadow Pipits over, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Siskin

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point/Middle Hope:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregine, 2 Chiffchaff, 1f Blackcap, pr Stonechat

Banwell - Garden:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl, 1m 1f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Kingswood:
Vismig: Raven, possible Yellow-browed Warbler, Redwing

Bath - Lansdown Racecourse:
2 flyover Cormorant, 22 Blackbird, 8 Fieldfare, 3 Ring Ouzel, 18 Stonechat

24-10-23 Treecreeper, Wick (Di Bunniss)

Wick - BOC walk:
3 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 3 Little Grebe, BH Gull, 5 Common Gull, Herring Gull, LBB Gull, 8 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 13 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 2 Long-tailed Tit, c5 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 5 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 4 Starling, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Redwing, Blackbird, 10 Fieldfare, Robin, House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, Goldfinch

24-10-23 Kingfisher, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

Chew Stoke:
1 Kingfisher

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
20+ Blackbird, c6 Fieldfare

24-10-23 Common Sandpiper, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Dam:

1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Swallow

24-10-23 Shoveler, CVL (George Stacey)

Villice:
10+ Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, Teal, 100+ Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Lapwing, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret

Herons Green:
2 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite,  1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 

2 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Pied Wagtail

Bernard King Hide:
2 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret

Moreton:

2 GBB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl (calling)

2 Jay, 4 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Mixed Tits most Long-tailed, 3 Goldcrest

Stratford:
3 Snipe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 5 Bearded Tit, Redwing, Siskin

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Shelduck, 34+ Shoveler, 18 Pintail, 1 Water Rail (calling), 150+ Common Gull (pool),
3 GBB Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 
3 Bearded Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Out of area:

Juvenile Purple Heron still at Whelford Pool, Gloucestershire 

Juvenile Squacco Heron still near Ham Wall

24-10-23 View from New Passage (Rosemary Setter)

Reported by: 

Alan, John Angell, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Nancy Barrett, Robert Bright. Di Bunniss, Mark Coller, Alan Daniells, Ollie Fournier, Martin Hayes, Peter Hazlewood, Rupert Higgins, Lucy Masters, Phil Quinn, Patrick Richards, Joe Sargent, Rosemary Setter, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, John Thorogood,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG