Saturday, 11 October 2025

11/10/25 Saturday - Fieldfare, Black Redstart

Temp 9°C to 15°C - Grey skies all day but hardly any wind.

Whooper Swan
Little Grebe count
Ring-necked Parakeet
Firecrest
Fieldfare
Black Redstart


BRISTOL

Eastville Park - vismig:
8 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Skylark (e), 21 Swallow (e), 3 Redwing (w), 4 Alba Wagtail (se), 5 Meadow Pipit (se), 2 Chaffinch (n), 19 Siskin (se)

Hartcliffe:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
11-10-25 Black Redstart OPS (Lisa Presland)
Oldbury Power Station:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Black Redstart, 5 Stonechat

Wickwar, West End:
1 Kingfisher

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Water Rail, 30 Ringed Plover, 150 Dunlin, 50 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 6 Skylark, 5 Stonechat, 4 Grey Wagtail, 14 Meadow Pipit, 16 Chaffinch, 6 Redpoll, 30 Siskin, 6 Reed Bunting

Portishead, Battery Point:
1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail, 12 Chaffinch

Clevedon-Yeo:
Wains Hill - vismig: 13 alba Wagtail, 13 Meadow Pipit, 72 Chaffinches, 4 Redpoll, 3 Siskin -  mostly going NE
Kingston Pill: 2 Bar-tailed Godwit

Sand Point, Middle Hope - vismig:
2 Skylark, 152 Starling, 2 Grey Wagtail, 60 alba Wagtail, 111 Mipit, 310 Chaffinch, 14 Greenfinch, 2 Redpoll, 14 Siskin, 1 Yellowhammer, 11 Reed Bunting. 
Grounded: 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 10 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Long Ashton, Yanley - patch:
6 Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay – calling, 2 Magpies, 8 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow,  2 Blue Tit, 10 Skylark, 2 Long-tailed Tit – calling, 1 Blackcap – calling, 1 Wren – calling, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 6 Goldfinch, 5 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES


Siston Hill & Shortwood:
Skylark, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit
11-10-25 Kingfisher, Frenchay (Pip Cornford)
Frenchay - Campus:
1 Kingfisher
11-10-25 Treecreeper, Keynsham Park (Ian Stapp)
Keynsham Park:
Ducks and Pigeons, 3 Moorhen, 5 Magpie, Jackdaws and Crows, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 20 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail

Bath, Rush Hill, Winter Bird Survey highlights:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 3 Skylark, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 4 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin, 26 species

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
6 Mute Swan, 18 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 75 Mallard, 2 Pintail, 137 Teal, 3 Pochard, 77 Tufted Duck, 168 Coot, 2 Common Sandpiper, 55 Little Grebe, 33 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 10 Grey Heron

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
Whooper Swan
11-10-25 Kingfisher CVL (Lee Patch)
Herriotts:
1 Kingfisher - ringed

Reports: Pip Cornford,  Ben Crabb, Sean Davies, Paul Davidson, Ollie Fournier, Lee Gardiner, Anthony Goodwin, Rob Hargreaves, Matt Hull, Stephen Le Flohic, Lee Patch, Lise Presland, Paul Sadley, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Reuben Veal, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG