Saturday, 5 October 2024

05-10-24 Saturday - Little Gull

Temp 11°C to 15°C - Sunny with a moderate breeze from the Southeast

Bearded Tit
Little Gull
Redwing
Fieldfare
Spoonbill
Firecrest
Lesser Yellowlegs
Glossy Ibis

BRISTOL

Eastville:
1 Rook, 2 Mistle Thrush (over to South)

Old Sneed Park (garden):
1 Grey Wagtail

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Skylark, 50 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest (Pale plantation), 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Redwing, 11 Meadow Pipit, 3 Chaffinch

Stoke Park (garden):
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Chiffchaff

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine:
1 Barnacle Goose

Curlew, Northwick Warth (Wayne Tucker)

Northwick Warth/New Passage:
75 Greylag Goose, 1+ Curlew, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, c270 Dunlin, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, c60 Knot, 1 Wheatear, 1 Stonechat

Pilning Wetlands:
15 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Stint, 1 Ruff, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 4 Jay


Meadow Pipit, Severn Beach (David Minshall)

Severn Beach:
1 Meadow Pipit

Peregrine/Buzzard, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar:

1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine

Yate(garden):
1 Sparrowhawk

NORTH SOMERSET

Ring Ouzel, near Bristol (Gill Ogden)

Surprise Garden Record
1 Ring Ouzel


Wheatear, Battery Point (Jason Williams)

Portishead:
1 Wheatear

Yatton (Wemberham-Phipps Bridge):
4 Teal, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 3 Skylark, 1 Grey Wagtail, 70 Linnet

Clevedon (garden):
4 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw

Kenn:
160 Shelduck (Kenn mouth), 35 Mallard, 10 Oystercatcher, 10 Ringed Plover, 60 Curlew, 18 Knot, 70 Dunlin, 160 Redshank, 50 Black-headed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 2+ Skylark, 2 Wheatear (sea wall), 5 Rock Pipit, + Linnet

Spoonbill, Sandpoint (Matt Hull)

Sand Point/Middle Hope:

3 Spoonbill, 350 Jackdaw, 178 Swallow, 45 House Martin, 390 Starling, 6 Song Thrush, 16 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Grey Wagtail, 32 Pied/White Wagtail (alba), 125 Meadow Pipit, 102 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 28 Greenfinch, 15 Siskin, 11 Reed Bunting

Weston-Super-Mare (beach):
40+ Ringed Plover, 8 Swallow

Out of area - Brean Down:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler (behind farmhouse)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wick:
1 Kestrel (f)

Keynsham (feeders near station):
2 Coal Tit, 4+ Blue Tit, 2+ Great Tit, 3+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock

Bath:
1 Swallow, 4 House Martin

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
3 Cattle Egret

Stratford:
4 Little Gull (adults - between Stratford and Sutton Wick 1600hrs)

Bearded Tit m/f, CVRS (Chris Craig)

Ringing Station:
5 Bearded Tit

Red Kite Herriott's (Mike Prior)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Lapwing, 1 Glossy Ibis, 8 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine

Reported by: Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Adriam Dutt, Patrick Haigh, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hull, David Minshall, Gill Ogden,  James Packer, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Mike Prior, Bob Proctor, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Steve Richardson, Denise Rudeforth, Paul Sadley, Larry Sweetland, Gary Thorburn, Paul Tompkins, Wayne Tucker, Jason Williams