Saturday 12 October 2024

12-10-24 Saturday - White-tailed Eagle

Temp 05°C to 15°C - Cloud that gave way to sun after lunch. Light air from the south swinging to west by mid morning and freshening to give gusts of 30 mph.

Brambling
Fieldfare 
White-tailed Eagle

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Rook - over

Stoke Park - inc vismig:
8 Ring-necked Parakeet, 105 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 5 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 350+ Redwing - over, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 alba Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit (8 around the park), 3 Chaffinch

Westbury-on-Trym:
1 White-tailed Eagle - over West Broadway this morning

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Services / STW:
1 ad Barnacle Goose, 74 Wigeon, 11 Teal, 22 Stock Dove, 1 Golden Plover, 32 Black-tailed Godwit - north east, 2 Common Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Rook, 2 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 15 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 20+Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Mistle Thrush, 85 Redwing - north east, 4 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 40+Meadow Pipit, 24 Chaffinch
12-10-24 Knot NP (Brian Lancastle)
Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands:

1 juv Garganey, Water Rail, 21 Oystercatcher, 2 Avocet, 46 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 91 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Turnstone, 60 Knot, 100 Dunlin, 150 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank - juv, 3 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine, Jay, 3 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, Goldcrest, 3 Stonechat, Wheatear, Siskin

Henfield - Bitterwell Lake:
1 Grey Heron,1 Barn Owl - over, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Raven, several Fieldfare going west, 2 Yellow Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Gordano:

Clevedon - Highdale garden:
1 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie

Clevedon - Wain's Hill - vismig:
woodpigeon hunted by 2 Peregrine, 1 Nuthatch, 8 Song Thrush, 45 Redwing, 80 Chaffinch, 

Bristol Airport - vismig:
large groups of Woodpigeon, Swallow, Finch sp

Sand Point - vismig:
1 Goose sp, 1 Peregrine, 100 Jackdaw, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 41 Redwing, 13 alba Wagtail, 85 Meadow Pipit, 498 Chaffinch, 45 Greenfinch, 6 Siskin, 21 Reed Bunting 
on the ground: 1 Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Firecrest, 2 Stonechat, 1 Brambling

BELOW M4 & BANES

Siston and Pomphrey Hill:
lots of Redwing - over in the dark of the early morning 
12-10-24 Golden Plover MF (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield:
6 Golden Plover

Hanham:
c20 Redwing - over

Pensford, Chelwood Roundabout:
1 Red Kite
12-10-24 R-l Partridge Paulton (Patrick Hancock)
Paulton:

2 Pheasant, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 15 Woodpigeon, 1 Red Kite, 2 Rook, 1 Raven, 3 Blackbird, 1 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
87 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 7 Northern Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 48 Mallard, 8 Teal, 12 Pochard,
42 Tufted Duck, 35 Little Grebe, 34 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Woodpigeon, 104 Coot, 11 Black-headed Gull, 45 Herring Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 59 Great Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 8 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Robin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
21 Cattle Egret 
12-10-24 Snipe CVL (Bri Thompson)
Stratford:

2 Goldeneye, 3 Snipe, 1 Glossy Ibis, 3 Marsh Harrier (inc ad m), 1 Stonechat (m)

Out of Area
12-10-24 Purple Heron Bru Est (James Packer)
Somerset - Huntspill & R Brue Est:
1 Purple Heron

Reported by: Peter Coslett, Andy Davis, Anthony Goodwin, Patrick Hancock, Julian Head, Adrian Hockey, Matt Hull, Brian Lancastle, John Lewis, Frankie Macrow. Andy Mears, Brian Mulgrew, Nigel Povey, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Rod Taylor, Gary Thoburn, Bri Thompson