Thursday, 2 October 2025

02-10-25 Thursday - Redwing

Temp 11°C to 18°C. Feeling cooler with cloud cover all day and light to gentle southerly breeze gusting to 20mph.

Jack Snipe
Ruff
Wood, Pectoral & Curlew Sandpipers
Little Stint
Glossy Ibis
Redwing
Redstart & Black Redstart
Whinchat
Redpoll

BRISTOL

Badock Wood & Henleaze Lake:
65 Wood Pigeon, 1 BH Gull, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 7 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin

Eastville Park:
2 Tufted Duck

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, 1 Black Redstart

Aust Services:
1 Curlew, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 6 Meadow Pipit, 150 Linnet, 300 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting
02-10-25 Wigeon, New Passage (Mike Owen)
New Passage/Pilning Wetland:
Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Teal, 5 Little Grebe, Oystercatcher, 7 Grey Plover, 5 Ringed plover, Lapwing, Curlew, Redshank, 7 Curlew Sandpiper, 200 Dunlin, 3 Little Stint, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, 8 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting

Chipping Sodbury Common:
157 Common Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 14 Skylark, 26 Long-tailed Tit, 17 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 6 Goldcrest, 1 Redstart (f), 4 Stonechat, 27 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 21 Greenfinch, 15 Linnet, 8 Siskin, 1 Redpoll

NORTH SOMERSET

Easton-in-Gordano garden:
2 Marsh Tit

Portbury Wharf:
1 Shoveler, 1 Gadwall, 4 Wigeon, Teal, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Jay, 1 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest

BELOW M4 & BANES
02-10-25 Wheatear, Marshfield (Pete Coslett)
Marshfield:
1 Kestrel, Skylarks, 1 Whinchat (m), 4 Stonechat, 5 Wheatear, 20 Meadow Pipit, 150 Linnet, 10+ Goldfinch, Yellowhammer

Warmley:
Redpoll
(over)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
41 Lapwing, 1 Ruff, 7 Dunlin, 4 Common Gull, 2 Glossy Ibis, 4 Great White Egret, 50 Meadow Pipit

Chew Valley Lake

Bernard King Hide:
6 Ruff

Herons Green:
80 Shoveler, 13 Gadwall, 3 Wigeon, 190 Teal, 18 Tufted Duck, 11 Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Cormorant, 17 Glossy Ibis, 4 Little Egret, 24 Great White Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 1 Osprey, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard (one white), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat (1m, 1f), 21 House Sparrow, 35+ Meadow Pipit, 10+ Pied Wagtail

Stratford:
4 Shelduck, 48 Teal, 10 Lapwing, 8 Great White Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Meadow Pipit
02-10-25 Greenshank, Herriotts Pool (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's Bridge:
4 Shelduck, 14 Shoveler, 9 Gadwall, 1 Pintail, 146 Teal, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 21 Lapwing, 1 Jack Snipe, 20 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 5 Common Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 3 Glossy Ibis, 4 Little Egret, 28 Great White Egret, 2 Cattle Egret, 9 Grey Heron, 1 Osprey, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail

Reported by Mark Coller, Judy Copeland, Pete Coslett, Andy Davis, Matt Hall, Matt Hobbs, Nick Hudson, John Lewis, Mike Moxon, Steve Newland, Mike Owen, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp Larry Sweetland