10-10-25 Friday - Ring-necked Duck

Temp 11°C to 19°C - overcast all day, with weak attempts by the sun.  A light breeze veering from north north west to reach west by evening. Gusts were negligible at 7mph

 AVON BIRD REPORT

Copies of the 2024 edition of the Avon Bird Report are now available. BNS/BOC members should be receiving their copies by post, but please note that it may take several (or more) days to arrive. If you are not a member and would like a copy from me, they are, as last year, at £10 plus £3 postage and packing. If you e-mail me at the address below, with your postal address, I can send you details of how to pay. The Report has 232 pages with even more colour than last year.
Harvey Rose (bktlgodwit@gmail.com)

Whooper Swan

Ring-necked Duck

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

8 Redwing, 12 Meadow Pipit and 7 Siskin 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Gadwall, 3 Teal, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, forty (40) Robin

Severn Beach:
2 Wheatear (f)

NORTH SOMERSET

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

3 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff - heard, 

~2 Goldcrest - heard, 1 Wren, 1 Robin, ~2 Dunnock - heard, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit

Clevedon - Wains Hill - vismig:
4 Pied Wagtail, 12 Chaffinch, 2 Redpoll

10-10-25 Golden Plover Bristol Airport (Rob Hawkridge)

Bristol Airport

9 Golden Plover

Nailsea:

1 Sparrowhawk

Weston-super-Mare - garden:

Blue, Great and Long-tailed Tit flock with 2 Chiffchaff, plus 1 Blackcap (f), 2 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley - Jarretts:

3 Red Kite, 1Barn Owl, 1 Kestrel

10-10-25 Kingfish & Kestrel Dyrham (Caron TT)

Dyrham - garden:

1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel 

Twerton - winter bird survey:

3 Jay, 19 Magpie, 1 Raven, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 54 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 11 Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

Chelwood:

1 Red Kite

Burnett:

1 Kestrel

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Lesser Scaup (f) - putative, 43 Lapwing, 9 Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 8 Dunlin

Chew Valley Lake

10-10-25 Cormorant CVL (Karen Wilkinson)

Herons Green:
1 Whooper Swan - ad, 5 GBB Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 26 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 30+ Pied Wagtail, 20+ Meadow Pipit

Moreton:
Mute Swan - inc family with Polish cygnet, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper,7 Grey Heron, 22 Great White Egret 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 12+ Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit

Stratford:
18 Ringed Plover, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine, 10 Redwing - north, 

10-10-25 Wood Sandpiper CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's Bridge:

4 Shelduck, 1 Water Rail, 6 little Grebe, 14 Lapwing, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 22+ Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 74 Common Gull, 4 G BB Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 18 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret,  1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine - tree stump roost, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Starling - starting to gather, 2 Grey Wagtail, 100+ Pied Wagtail - flock

Reported by: Andy Davis, Stephen Le Flohic, Ollie Fournier, Chris Hall, Robert Hargreaves, Rob Hawkridge, Yvonne Heward, Craig Lewis, Lucy Masters, Rich Mielcarek, Andy Middleton, Dean Reeves, Darren Robson, Harvey Rose, Mary Southwood, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Rod Taylor, Caron Thornton-Trippit, Karen Wilkinson

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