16-10-25 Thursday

Temp 08°C to 14°C - overcast & cool to start, bits of blue sky and warmer after lunch. A light breeze from the north east with gusts to 11 mph

Whooper Swan

Scaup

Bearded Tit 

Black Redstart - 4 at OPS

Brambling, Redpoll & Crossbill flying over

BRISTOL

Fishponds: 

vismig (to south) - 2 Skylark, 1 Swallow

Eastville Park:

1 Teal

Stoke Park:
2 Stonechat

St George:

Pair Tawny Owl hooting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

16-10-25 Black Redstart, OPS (Craig Lewis)

Oldbury Power Station:
8 Black-tailed Godwit (over), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, c40 Long-tailed Tit in a single flock, 1 Blackcap (m), Goldcrests "seemingly in every bush", 16 Song Thrushes, 6 Redwing (over), 4 Black Redstart (inc 1m), 1 Wheatear, 1 Redpoll (over), 1 Crossbill (over), 2 Siskin (over)

Littleton:

A few noisy Ravens

Pilning Wetland:

1 Shelduck, 40 Shoveler, 200 Wigeon, Mallard, 3 Pintail, 150 Teal, 1 Water Rail, 80 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 5 Snipe, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 160 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Jay, Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, 30 Linnet, Siskin, Reed Bunting

New Passage: 

120 Canada Goose, 6 Shelduck, 120 Wigeon, Mallard, 100 Teal, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Curlew, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Grey Heron, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Linnet

16-10-25 Redstart, Severn Beach (Mark Smith)

Severn Beach:
35 shelduck, 6 Gadwall, 40 Wigeon, Mallard, Teal, 1 Coot, 1 Oystercatcher, 40 Curlew, 6 Heron, 1 Kestrel (m), 1 Peregrine, Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 1 Redstart, 4 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, Linnet, Siskin, Reed Bunting

Chittening Warth:

24 Shelduck, Wigeon, Mallard, Teal, Curlew, 1 Little Egret, Skylark, Meadow Pipit

16-10-25 Red Kite, Yate (Chris Teague)

Yate garden:
2 Red Kite (over)

NORTH SOMERSET

Leigh Woods:
Marsh Tits (making multiple visits to feeders)

Portbury Wharf NR:

30 Canada Goose, 5 Mute Swan, 1 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 6 Mallard, 26 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Water Rail, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew, 10 Snipe, 3 Redshank, 100 Dunlin, 4 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting

Clevedon - Wains Hill:

vismig -  3 Redwing, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail,  3 alba Wagtail, 40 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 90 Chaffinch, 25 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet, 16 Goldfinch, 3 Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting

Kenn, Duck Lane garden:

1 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit

Watercress farm, Wraxall:

1 Little Grebe:

Towerhouse Wood, Nailsea:
2 Marsh Tit, 2 Firecrest  

Sand Point/Bay:

vismig - 8 Shelduck, 3 Curlew, 1 Peregrine, 3 Skylark, 7 Swallow, 515 Starling, 6 Song Thrush, 1 Fieldfare, 27 alba Wagtail, 57 Meadow Pipit, 215 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 19 Greenfinch, 22 Linnet, 2 Redpoll, 11 Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting

present - 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Meadow Pipit, 5 Greenfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

BELOW M4 & BANES

16-10-25 Wheatear, Marshfield (Pete Coslett)

Marshfield:
40 Common Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 100+ Corvids, 5 Sky Lark, 226 Starling, 11 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 6 Pied Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit, 26 Linnet

16-10-25 Meadow Pipit, Marshfield (Les Williams)

Manor Rd playing field, Keynsham:

30+ Jackdaw, 80+ Rook, 30+ Starling

Chelwood:

1 Red Kite

Hunstrete:
2 Coal Tit, 3 Wren, 20+Redwing, 4 Blackbird, 7 Fieldfare  

Marksbury (solar farm):
300+ Starling

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck (m), 20 Golden Plover, 15 Dunlin, 27 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (1m), 1 Peregrine

Chew Valley Lake

Reedbed at Car Park 2:
1 Marsh Harrier

Sutton Wick:
Family of Greylag x Canada Goose, 1 Whooper Swan, 1 Scaup (f), 3 Goldeneye, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff

Herons Green:

2 Little Egret, 36 Great White Egret, 8 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 2 Raven, 14+ Skylark (over),  1 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Redwing & Fieldfare (over), 10+ Pied Wagtail, 40+ Meadow Pipit

Stratford:

5 Egyptian Goose, c600 Cormorant, 3 Marsh Harrier (1m), 1 Peregrine (ad), 2 Swallow, 1 Bearded Tit (m), 20 Redwing (over), c20 Linnet, 3 Redpoll (over)

16-10-25 Kingfisher, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's Bridge:
Mute Swan family inc Polish morph cygnet, 1 Whooper Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Shelduck, 7 Little Grebe, 5 Lapwing, 1 Black tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, 2 GBB Gull, 4 Little Egret, 11 Great White Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 3 Marsh Harrier (1m, 2f), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Graham Blacker, Paul Bowerman, Pete Coslett, Chris Craig, John Croxton, Andy Davis, Bob Fleetwood, Lee Gardiner, Matt Hull, Craig Lewis, Rich Mielcarek, Blake Norton, Lee Patch, James Payne, Mark Smith, Roger Staples, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Les Williams
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