Tuesday, 22 October 2024

22-10-24 Tuesday - Yellow-browed Warblers

Temp 10°C to 18°C - A largely nice day with a light to moderate SSW/SW wind.

Yellow-browed Warbler influx continues (but not on my patch)
Golden Plover, Swallow
Firecrests, Brambling
Siskin, Redpoll
Large Chaffinch movement
Massive Woodpigeon movement (where do they all end up?)

BRISTOL

Badock's Wood:
c35 Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 7 Goldcrest

Arnos Vale:
2 Firecrest, 1 Bullfinch

Eastville Park:
1 Swallow, 2 Firecrest

Parry's Lane:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 6+ Goldcrest

Aust Cliff/Sewage Works:
7 Barnacle Geese, 2-3,000 Woodpigeon (going east), 4 Lapwing, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 5 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 47 Redwing, 6 Mistle Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 20+ Meadow Pipit, c500 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 1 Siskin, 2 Redpoll, 1 Bullfinch, 20+Goldfinch, 4 Linnet
22-10-24 Blackcap, Wickwar (Alan Piper)
nr Wickwar Quarry:
150+ Woodpigeon, 20+ Jackdaw, 1m Blackcap, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 1m Stonechat, Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead boating lake:
41 Canada Goose, 19 Mute Swan, 81 Mallard, 5 f./imm. Tufted Duck, 6 Moorhen, 53 BH Gull, 23 H Gull.

Clevedon:
Wain's Hill vismig: 1400 Wood Pigeon, 2 Skylark, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3270 Chaffinch
Present: 1 Great White Egret, 2 Peregrine, 3 Jay, 1 Grey Wagtail
Garden: 4 Feral Pigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 5 Magpie

While stuck in traffic on M5:
Several thousand Woodpigeon over

Walton Common:
Huge numbers of Woodpigeon over, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit

Yatton- Phipps Bridge:
2240 Woodpigeon, 1 Cormorant, 5 Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 5 Skylark, 1 Grey Wagtail, 110 Linnet

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
Vismig:  1 Red Kite, 1 Merlin, 835 Starling, 5 Mistle Thrush, 56 Meadow Pipit, 3 Brambling, 1 Bullfinch, 100 Greenfinch, 5 Redpoll, 4355 Chaffinch, 85 Siskin, 7 Reed Bunting
Present: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler- near car park still, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest, 6 Goldcrest

BELOW M4 & BANES

West Littleton:
1 Golden Plover, 2 Red Kite

Kingswood:
over: c400 Woodpigeon, 2 Cormorant, c50 Jackdaw

Radstock Cycle Path:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Bullfinch

Compton Dando:
1 Barn Owl

RESERVOIRS
22-10-24 Buzzard, Litton (Dave Woodman)
Litton:
1 Buzzard

Chew Valley Lake

Stratford:
2 Goldeneye, 500 Wood Pigeon, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, Bearded Tit heard, 1m Stonechat

Reported by: Jack, Phil, Serena, John Barnett, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Ollie Fournier, Andy Gibb, Ian Hayes, Martyn Hayes, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Dave Horlick, Matt Hull, Tom Oshea, Nick Page, Alan Piper, Nigel Povey, Aravind Ramesh, Trevor Riddle, Steve Sanins, Andy Stockhausen, Doug Woodman,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRSopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG