19-10-26 Monday - Jack Snipe

Temp 07°C to 14°C - light rain until 11am, then sunny intervals for the rest of the day. A gentle breeze from east north east veering to east south east by mid morning and for the remains of the day with gusts to 19mph

Jack Snipe

Mandarin

Redwing

Merlin

REDWING INFLUX - a theory/explanation:

Theses number of Redwing occur about once in 10 years - where the winds turn to the NE in time for  all the wintering birds arriving in northern and eastern England to get pushed off course further south. This forces them to reorientate themselves and leads to massive counts on the Severn Estuary all heading NE.

BRISTOL

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:

15 Feral Pigeon, 34 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Herring Gull, 8 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Starling, 219 Redwing flying in flocks of up to 60, north and east 9.00-10.00, 2 Blackbird, 10 Robin, 18 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch

Clay Hill - Coombe Brook Valley NR:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Rook (over), 2 Jay, 8 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 100 Redwing - on the deck, 1 Grey Wagtail

Old Market - St Matthias Park:

Blue Tit party with 3 Coal Tit

    

Stoke Park:

1 Mandarin Duck (m), 7 Common Gull, 20 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 7 Skylark, 1700 Redwing, 69 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit, 16 Chaffinch, 2 Linnet, 1 Redpoll

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 juv Mute Swan, 8 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 15 Mallard, 2 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, 4 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 3 Oystercatcher, 7 Lapwing, 4 Curlew, 3 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 3 Coal Tit, 30 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 45 Linnet

Aust Services - Vismig:

1 Goosander, 3 Pintail, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, 9 Jay, 12912 Redwing, 656 Fieldfare, 12 Reed Bunting, 9 Brambling, 1099 Chaffinch, 16 Redpoll, 38 Siskin

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
1 Mandarin (m), 1 Teal

NORTH SOMERSET

19-11-26 Robin Pill (Jade Norris)

Pill:
1 Robin - sings every day

Clevedon - Wain's Hill, vismig:
10 Skylark, 50 Starling, 470 Fieldfare, 8000 Redwing, mainly between 9:00 and 9:45 - awsome, 15 Pied Wagtail, 27 Meadow Pipit, 325 Chaffinch, 4 Redpoll, 45 Siskin - - - - on site 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Peregrine, 1 Raven.

Bristol Airport:

18 Golden Plover 

Yatton:

Wemberham Lane:  3 Moorhen, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 40 Rook, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 100 Starling, 150 Redwing, 3 Stonechat, 20 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit, 16 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting

Kenn Moor:  1 Jack Snipe, 1 Kestrel 

Sand Point - vismig:
1 Merlin, 41 Skylark, 252 Starling, 1628 Redwing, 215 Fieldfare, 243 Chaffinch, 12 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

19-10-26 Common Sandpiper CVL (George Stacey)

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper

Bittern Trail:

19-10-26 Marsh Harrier CVL (George Stacey)

Bernard King Hide:
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Meadow Pipit

Reported by: John Budd, Mark Coller, Matt Hall, Adrian Hockey, Matt Hull, Jade Norris, Emily Lomas, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle, Steve Samins, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland, Les Williams

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