22-10-25 Wednesday - Bittern

Temp 08°C to 14°C  a bright morning but cloud and some rain in the afternoon before clearing again. A very gentle westerly breeze of 3-7mph gusting to 11mph before swinging to the east after 3pm.

Whooper Swan

Mediterranean Gull

Bittern

Bearded Tit

Redpoll

Lapland Bunting

BRISTOL

Firecrest, Oldbury Court (Steve Richardson)

Oldbury Court:

2 Firecrest

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
7 Black Redstart (1 first winter male, 4f/juv, 2m)

Pilning Wetlands:
3 Pintail, 1 Bearded Tit

Severn Beach:
Common Redstart

Chipping Sodbury Common:
5 Chiffchaff, 5 Stonechat, 3 Redpoll, 3 Siskin, 2 Yellowhammer (rare here), 2 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Long Ashton - Yanley Patch:

6 Woodpigeon, 16 Black-headed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 1 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 2 Stonechat, 1 Dunnock, 2 Pied/White Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Goldfinch 

Barrow Hill:

4 Yellowhammer

Clevedon - Wains Hill:

Vismig - 140 Woodpigeon, 65 Jackdaw, 5 Rook, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 22 Chaffinch, 3 Brambling, 10 Greenfinch, 2 Redpoll, 3 Siskin

Sand Point/Bay:

30 Woodpigeon, 1 GBB Gull, 9 Skylark, 316 Starling, 4 Redwing, 4 House Sparrow, 2 alba Wagtail, 50 Meadow Pipit, 733 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 235 Greenfinch (highest Avon count for quite a few years?), 76 Linnet, 4 Redpoll, 59 Goldfinch, 9 Siskin, 1 probable Lapland Bunting & 4 Reed Bunting.

Grounded: 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Firecrest, 9 Goldcrest, 3 Song Thrush, 7 Stonechat, 15 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting

Worle:
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Redpoll (calling over)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bathhampton Water Meadows:

8 Teal, 1 Snipe, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 21 Starling, 15 Redwing, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch

Bath University Campus:

Black Redstart

Chelwood:

1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard

Marksbury:
100+ Starling

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Stonechat, Bittern Trail (George Stacey)

Bittern Trail:

4 Stonechat (2 pairs)

Peregrine, Sutton Wick (George Stacey)

Sutton Wick:

1 Peregrine

Woodford:
40 Cattle Egret (seen from Stratford)

Herons Green:

100+ Wigeon, 35+ Cattle Egret (field back of pool), 11 Grey Heron, 37 Great White Egret, 17 Little Egret,1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven,1 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Pied Wagtail, 30+ Meadow Pipit,     

Moreton:

Mute Swan (Polish cygnet and family), 56+ Shoveler, 6 Wigeon, 80+ Teal,  12 Pochard, 4 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (one named "Limpy" due to dangling leg), 1 Buzzard,  1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 20+ Pied Wagtail, 12+ Meadow Pipit, 186 Linnet 

1 Fox (in front of hide backwards and forwards 3 or 4 times), 2 Roe Deer

Stratford:
1 Mediterranean Gull, 25 Common Gull, 3 Marsh Harrier (inc 1 adult male), 3 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Stonechat, 10 Siskin

Whooper Swan, Herriott's Bridge (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's Bridge:

1 Whooper Swan, 3 Shelduck (pool), 68 Shoveler (pool), 3 Little Grebe (pool), 1 Ringed Plover, 5 Black-tailed Godwit (pool then lake), 28 Common Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull,  2 GBB Gull, 1 Bittern (calling heard), 4 Cattle Egret, 11 Grey Heron,  22 Great White Egret (pool & lake), 5 Little Egret, 4 Marsh Harrier (3 birds, including "Limpy", sat on the mud in the bay had two Foxes looking at them as a tasty meal, very entertaining activity for 15 minutes or so), 1 Kingfisher (channel), 1 Peregrine, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ Pied Wagtail (lake), 20+ Linnet,                   

Out of Area

Ring Ouzel, Ham Wall ( Robin Martin)

Ham Wall:

1 Ring Ouzel

Reported by: Pete Brain, Andy Davis, Stephen Le Flohic, Pete Hazelwood, Matt Hull, Glen Maddison,  Robin Martin, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Steve Richardson, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taff
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