Wednesday, 9 October 2024

09-10-24 Wednesday - Black Redstart

Temp 07°C to 16°C - Cloudy with a touch of sun. A light breeze from the west until 10am then backing to north north west and increasing in strength to a gentle breeze gusting to 25 mph.

Black Redstart
Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret

BRISTOL

Arno's Vale Cemetery - daybreak visit:
1 Raven, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 Firecrest (2f&1m)

Bishopston - garden:
2 Jay - squawking at each other and at 2 indifferent Magie, 2 Chiffchaff - calling, 11 Starling - whistling

Eastville Park:
172 Black-headed Gull, 1 Swallow

New Cut & Cumberland Basin:
2 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 1 Common Sandpiper, 16 Black-headed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Grey Wagtail, 4 Goldfinch
09-10-24 Kingfisher Sea Mills (Tony Scott)
Sea Mills:
5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
8 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest, 4 Stonechat, 11 Meadow Pipit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Black Redstart

New Passage/Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands:
33 Greylag Goose, 1 Water Rail, 18 Oystercatcher, 48 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 82 Curlew, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Turnstone, 120 Knot, 1 Curlew Sandpiper - juv, c250 Dunlin, 42 Snipe, 109 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank - juv, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Coal Tit, 10 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 3 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wagtail, 28 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting 

New Passage:
1 Crossbill & 4 Siskin - over to NE
09-10-24 LT Tit Wickwar (Alan Piper)
Wickwar - garden:

1 Coal Tit, some Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap (m)

Yate - garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 2 Magpie

Clevedon - Wain's Hill - vismig:
Tiny numbers of: Swallow, House Martin,  Goldcrest, Chaffinch, Linnet, Siskin

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
7 Firecrest, 1 Wheatear, 1 Redpoll, 2 Siskin - - plus vismig: 60 Woodpigeon, 6  Swallow and a small movement of Chiffchaff 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Chew Magna - R Chew:
15 Little Egret - in flooded fields

RESERVOIRS
09-10-24 Cattle Egret BL (Patrick Hancock)
Blagdon Lake:

2 Cattle Egret

Chew Valley Lake
09-10-24 Grey Heron CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:

1 Black Swan, 2 Pintail, 6 Little Grebe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 300 BH Gull, 2 G-BB Gull, 27 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 House Sparrow, 3 Pied Wagtail, 
09-10-24 Egyptian Goose CVL (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:

2 Egyptian Goose, 6 Stock Dove, 10 Lapwing, BH Gull - ring ZKTS, 4 G-BB Gull, 400+ Cormorant - fishing off Woodford, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl - calling, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 20 mixed Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail

Stratford:
1 Redshank, 1 Glossy Ibis

Herriotts inc. Pool:
8 Wigeon, 4 G-BB Gull, 1 Glossy Ibis, 4 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 2 Kingfisher, 4 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail

Reported by: Louise Bailey, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Nick Hawkridge, John Lewis, Blake Norton, Alan Piper, Nigel Povey, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs