A misty start followed by a gloriously sunny day.
Yellow-Browed Warbler at Severn Beach, 2nd site record
A record single count of 19 Great White Egret. Blagdon Lake this morning, then again at CVL this evening
The male, partial eclipse Ring-Necked Duck, Spotted Crake and 4 showy Jack Snipe at CVL
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21-10-16 Jack Snipe (Ian Stapp)
1 of 4 bobbing around in front of Stratford Hide
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Montpelier:
1 Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff
Riverside Park:
1 Kingfisher
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21-10-16 Water Rail (Lisa Presland)
Welcome back to Chestle Pill outflow
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New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 Water Rail, 11 Ringed Plover, 2 Goldcrest, 12 Long-Tailed Tit, Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Siskin
Severn Beach:
Yellow-Browed Warbler (found by Tony Scott, willows by the 'pipes')
Down Road, Marshfield:
1 Barn Owl, 1 Little Owl
North Widcombe:
1 Kestrel
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21-10-16 Kestrel (Bob Brewer)
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9 Shoveler, 1 Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper
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21-10-16 Great White Egret (Robert Hargreaves)
Most of the record 19 GWEs at Blagdon today
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9 Barnacle Goose, 5 Scaup, 27 Little Egret, 19 Great White Egret (site record), 1 Peregrine,
c300 Lapwing, 1 juv Little Stint, 1 Dunlin, 1 Black-Tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Bearded Tit (Top End), 1 Stonechat
Chew Valley Lake:
Woodford:
139 Cormorant (fishing party)
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21-10-16 Water Rail, Spotted Crake & Green Sandpiper (Robert Hargreaves)
Green Sandpiper ignores Water Rail on warpath at Villice
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2 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret 1 Water Rail, 1 Spotted Crake, 25 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper
Heron's Green:
14 Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat
Moreton:
1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Black-Backed Gull, 2 Jay, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting
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21-10-16 a Covert of Coot (M Davis)
Stratford, CVL
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1 (F) Scaup, 1 (M) Ring-Necked Duck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret 1 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 27 Lapwing, 4 Jack Snipe, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 12 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting
6 Pintail, 15 Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 6 Great Black-Backed Gull, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Des Bowring, Bob Brewer, Peter Coslett, Andy Davis, Michael Davis, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Lisa Presland, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Zoe Trinder-Widdess, blagdonlakebirds
