09-10-25 Thursday - Brent Goose

Temp 6 to 14°C. Mixed sun & cloud. Gentle southerly breeze at daybreak soon swinging to a westerly for the rest of the day.

Dark-bellied Brent Goose

Whooper Swan

Scaup & Ring-necked Duck

Black-necked Grebe

Bar-tailed Godwit

Wood & Curlew Sandpiper

Glossy Ibis

Whinchat

White Wagtail

Crossbill

BRISTOL

Henbury garden:

2 Tawny Owl calling, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Treecreeper

Lodge Causeway trading estate (Fishponds):
1 Skylark - over - south

09-10-25 Stonechat, Stoke Park (Martin Tayler)

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

40 Woodpigeon, 6 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, 6 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 20 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Wren, 4 Robin, 1 Stonechat

Eastville Park:

vismig - 1 Little Egret, 6 Skylark (first autumn record this year), 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 alba Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 9 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet and 24 Siskin (12 of which landed briefly)

present - 4 Canada Goose, 14 Mute Swan, c30 Mallard, 1 Domestic Mallard, 140+ Feral Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, 20+ Woodpigeon, 6 Moorhen, c30 Coot, c30 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Kingfisher, 8 Jay, 10+ Magpie, 30+ Jackdaw, 50+ Carrion Crow, 10+ Blue Tit, 20+ Great Tit, 30+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Firecrest, 6 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 10+ Starling, 2 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail

Mina Road Park, St Werburghs:

1 Little Egret (flew over from Eastville Park)

09-10-25 Long-tailed Tits, Whitchurch (Denise Rudeforth)

Whitchurch:

Long-tailed Tits

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Water Rail on the lake, 1 Nuthatch, 13 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 11 Blackbird

New Passage/Northwick:
Canada Goose, Shelduck, Wigeon, Teal,  Oystercatcher, 6 Ringed Plover, Curlew, Redshank, 1 GBB Gull, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, Linnet

Pilning Wetlands:
Canada Goose, Shoveler, Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, Lapwing, 2 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Skylark, 1 Stonechat

Old Sodbury:

2 Cormorant, Red Kite, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Jay, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 4 Chaffinch, Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Long Ashton, Yanley, Hanging Hill Wood & Colliters Brook:

7 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 6 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackbird, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch

Clevedon - Yeo:
Tutshill Sluice -
10 Mallard, 1 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Curlew, 400 Redshank, 6 Dunlin, 6 Cormorant, 6 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 10 Cattle Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 10 Raven, 3 Skylark, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit

Sand Point/Bay:
vismig - 23 Oystercatcher, 35 Curlew,  82 Starling, 1 Redwing, 33 Skylark, 82 Starling, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 11 alba Wagtail, 56 Meadow Pipit, 7 Rock Pipit, 378 Chaffinch, 49 Greenfinch, 7 Redpoll, 12 Siskin, 1 Yellowhammer, 21 Reed Bunting.

present - 2 Canada Goose, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 15 Jackdaw, 10 Carrion Crow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 18 Goldcrest, 3 Song Thrush, 6 Stonechat, 5 Meadow Pipit, 5 Greenfinch, 16 Goldfinch

Uphill:
1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 10 Ringed Plover, 60+ Lapwing, 30+ Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Glossy Ibis (over)

Banwell garden

1 Tawny Owl (f), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (f), 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail

BELOW M4 & BANES

09-10-25 Wheatear, Marshfield (Pete Coslett)

Marshfield:
2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 26 Skylark, 5 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 8 Meadow Pipit, 100 Linnet, 4 Yellowhammer

Hunstrete:
2 Crossbill (on the ground at fishing lake car park )

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

Ring-necked Duck & Black-necked Grebe (from Lodge), 7 Egyptian Geese, 55 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 8 Dunlin, 7 Little Egret

Chew Valley Lake

Bernard King Hide:

42+ Pintail, c80 Pochard, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine

09-10-25 Peregrine, Sutton Wick - Denny (George Stacey)

Between Sutton Wick & Denny:

1 Peregrine

Sutton Wick:

1 Scaup (f), 1 possible Tufted Duck x Scaup hybrid, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin, Knot, 5 Ruff

Villice:
1 White Wagtail

Herons Green:
Family of Mute Swan inc Polish morph cygnet, 1 Whooper Swan, 2 Little Egret, 25 Great White Egret, 8 Grey Heron, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6+ Pied Wagtail, 15+ Meadow Pipit

Moreton:

1 Knot 

09-10-25 Sparrowhawk, Stratford (Dave Hughes)

Stratford:

1 Red-legged Partridge (in Stratford Lane),  c15 Ringed Plover, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Peregrine (1 ad, 1 juv), 5 Skylark (over - west)

09-10-25 Wood Sandpiper, Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's Bridge:
4 Shelduck, 7 Little Grebe, 14 Lapwing, 6 Black tailed Godwit, c15 Snipe, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Little Egret, 26 Great White Egret (inc 1 carrying red leg ring with white AJL), 7 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail    

Reported by: Peter Bryant, Pete Cheetham, Pete Coslett, Stephen Curtis, Andy Davis, Ollie Fournier, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, Stephen Le Flohic, Rich Mielcarek, Ross Nairn, Steve Newland, Nick Page, Trevor Riddle, Denise Rudeforth, Rich Scantlebury, Nigel Sluman, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Martin Tayler, John Thorogood:
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds