30-10-24 Wednesday - Short-eared Owl

Temp 13°C to 15°C - A calm and overcast, but pleasant, day.

Short-eared Owl
Crossbills - just out of area
Goosander

Bearded Tit

Water Pipit

BRISTOL

Bedminster:

heavy passage of Redwing - going over since 6pm

Eastville Park:
1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 2+ Firecrest

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Frampton Cotterell:
1 Short-eared Owl

Aust Cliff:
c1600 Woodpigeon, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 444 Starling, 210 Redwing, 151 Fieldfare, c620 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 3 Bullfinch, 22 Linnet, 13 Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
4 Gadwall, 11 Tufted Duck, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 5 Goldcrest

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Seafront:

11 Shelduck, 1 Curlew, 2 Black-headed Gull, 14 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 

Clevedon:
Garden: 1 Herring Gull, 3 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw

Long Ashton:

Garden: 1 Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit, 3 Blackcap, 1 Redwing, 1 Goldcrest 

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
Vismig: 1 GBB Gull, 820 Starling, 7 Song Thrush, 95 Redwing, 1 Water Pipit, 928 Chaffinch, 4 Brambling, 1 Redpoll, 40 Goldfinch, 106 Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting

Present: 45 Skylark, 20 Meadow Pipit, 6 Stonechat

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:

2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

Keynsham - Broadmead:
7 Snipe, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 10+ Greenfinch, 6 Linnet

East Harptree Woods (just out of area into Somerset):

30-10-24 Crossbills, East Harptree (Wayne Tucker)

1 Stock Dove, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Chaffinch, 20+ Crossbill, 3 Siskin

30-10-24 Crossbills, East Harptree (Merv Carlyon)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

30-10-24 Goosander, CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Dam:
2 Goosander, 1 Firecrest 

Herons Green:

17 Cattle Egret

Stratford:
1 Tawny Owl, 1+ Bearded Tit - one seen, others heard 

Reported by: Rod, John Budd, Merv Carlyon, Mark Coller, Ollie Fournier, Paul Francis, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Matt Hull, Stephen Jones, John Lewis, Nick Page, Nigel Povey,Wayne and Lauren Tucker, Karen Wilkinson, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds