31-10-24 Thursday - White-rumped Sandpiper

Temp 7°C to 17°C - Another still, dry and sunny day. The first Avon White-rumped Sandpiper since 2001, let's hope it sticks around for people to see it. It's the 218 species seen in Avon this year, see the list here.

White-rumped Sandpiper

Possible Bonaparte's Gull
Spotted Redshank
Yellow-browed Warbler
Brent Goose
Merlin

Black Redstart

31-10-24 possible Bonaparte's Gull, Barrow (Karen Wilkinson)

BRISTOL

Hallen Marsh:

120 Stock Dove, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Reed Bunting

Kings Weston House:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Firecrest

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

31-10-24 Linnet, Severnside (David Minshall)

Aust to Littleton:

7 Barnacle Goose, Stonechat, Linnet

31-10-24 White-rumped Sandpiper, Pilning (Brian Lancastle)

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
1 White-rumped Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
4 Gadwall, 12 Tufted Duck, 2 Raven, 5 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, many Redwing, 1 Redpoll

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:

1 db Brent, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Merlin

Clevedon:
Clevdeon to Icelton cycle path: 1 Curlew, Little Egret, Kestrel, Chiffchaff, House Sparrow

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
2 Golden Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 490 Starling, 19 Song Thrush, 273 Redwing, 29 Fieldfare, 403 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 23 Siskin, 6 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley Brook- Felicity Park:
1 Little Egret

Whitchurch:

1 Black Redstart

Paulton lowlands:
2 Mute Swan, 40 Mallard, 1 Water Rail, 14 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Mistle Thrush, 8 Blackbird, 1 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 3 Siskin

31-10-24 Siskin, Paulton (Patrick Hancock)

Paulton STW:

22 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

Barrow:
12 Teal, 6 Pochard, 16 Little Grebe, BH Gull, possible Bonaparte's Gull, Common Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret

Chew Valley Lake

31-10-24 Marsh Harrier stand off at dawn, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Moreton:

Marsh Harrier

Stratford:

Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Mark Coller, Andy Gibb, Nick Hawkridge, Matt Hull, Brian Lancastle, Patrick Hancock, David Minshall, Dan Nicholas, Nigel Povey, Aravind Ramesh, Matt Rogers, Andy Stockhausen, Bri Thompson, Karen Wilkinson, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG