Wednesday, 16 October 2024

16-10-24 Wednesday - Goldeneye

Temp 16°C to 18°C. Outbreaks of rain for most of the day with a brief dry period mid-morning. A force 2 SSE wind.

Goldeneye
Glossy Ibis
Yellow-browed Warbler
Brambling

16-10-24 Glossy Ibis, Moreton-CVL (Bri Thompson)
BRISTOL

Arnos Vale Cemetary:
1 Red Kite, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Carrion Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 15 Blue Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest, 10 Redwing, 3 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

Stoke Park vismig:
86 Redwing - single flock

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Services:
Vismig:
c.500 Starling, 170 Redwing, c.100 Meadow Pipit, c.300 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 7 Siskin
Grounded:
1 Coal Tit, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2+ Redwing, c.15 Blackbird (probable continental race), 2 Fieldfare, 2 Greenfinch
16-10-24 Sparrowhawk, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar:
1 Sparrowhawk

Downend:
20-30 Redwing over

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf NR:
5 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Hobby

Clevedon - Highdale Road:
1 Magpie - pouring down!

Clevedon - Wain's Hill vismig:
3 Song Thrush, 66 Chaffinch

Backwell Lake:
8 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
Vismig:
70 Woodpigeon, 40 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 28 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Cormorant, 1 Jay, 60 Jackdaw, 9 Rook, 102 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 85 Skylark, 1520 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 8 Redwing, 17 alba Wagtail, 31 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 746 Chaffinch, 5 Brambling, 4 Greenfinch, 30 Linnet, 12 Goldfinch, 11 Siskin, 6 Reed Bunting
Present:
1 Kestrel, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 11 Meadow Pipit, 12 Greenfinch

Weston-Super-Mare - Grove Park:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
1 m Scaup, 1 Common Sandpiper, 48/49 Cattle Egret

Moreton:
1 Goldeneye, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Glossy Ibis, 1 juv Marsh Harrier, 1 Stonechat
16-10-24 Tawny Owl, Stratford (Bri Thompson)
Stratford:
8 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Tawny Owl

Reported by: Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Julian Eastoe, Matt Hull, John Lewis, Mike Moxon, Nigel Povey, Paul Sadley, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Gwen Thomas, Bri Thompson.