Monday 17 October 2016

17th Oct '16 Monday - Little Gull, Goosander

Little Gull at Middle Hope, Sand Point
18 Great White Egret, Little StintYellow-legged Gull, at Blagdon Lake
Ferruginous Duck, Ring-necked Duck, GoosanderJack Snipe at Stratford Hide, CVL


17-10-16 Dipper (Allan Chard)
Singing in the River Frome at Eastville Park

BRISTOL
Cabot Circus:
1 Kingfisher (3.30 pm River Frome tunnel/culvert), 1 Grey Wagtail
Durham Down, Goat Gully 15-10-16:
1 Golden Oriole
Eastville Park:
1 Dipper

Littleton Warth:
20+ Grey Plover, 3 Wheatear


17-10-16 Stonechat (Lise Presland)
A family at Aust this morning
Aust:
1 Kestrel, 3 Swallow, 2 Stonechat

Clevedon Yeo:
1 Canada Goose, 30 Shelduck, 210 Wigeon, 3 Cormorant, 4 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron,
66 Oystercatcher, 18 Ringed Plover, 6 Grey Plover. 105 Lapwing, 1 Knot, 190 Dunlin, 1 Whimbrel,
190 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 280 Redshank, 16 Turnstone, 10+ Skylark, 1 Wheatear, 80 Meadow Pipit

Sand Point:
1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 25 Chaffinch, 2 Wheatear
Middle Hope:
1 imm Little Gull, 1 Wheatear, 22 Chaffinch, 6 Linnet

Uphill WeBS:
258 Shelduck, 97 Teal, 65 Wigeon, 24 Mallard, 6 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 98 Oystercatcher,
24 Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover, 50 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit,
36 Curlew, 497 Redshank, 185 BH Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 11 LBB Gull, Chaffinch (flocks passing over)

17-10-16 Starling (Ian Stapp)
At his home in Keynsham
Keynsham:
150 Starling

Compton Dando:
1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 130 Linnet (single flock), 10 Yellowhammer

Blagdon Lake WeBS:
295 Canada Goose, 9 Barnacle Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 942 Wigeon, 433 Gadwall, 2030 Teal,
560 Mallard, 53 Pintail, 690 Shoveler, 26 Pochard, 43 Tufted Duck, 22 Little Grebe, 84 Great Crested Grebe, 24 Little Egret, 18 Great White Egret, 27 Heron, 1615 Coot, 265 Lapwing,
1 juv Little Stint, 2 Dunlin, 2 juv Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Common Gull,
2 Chiffchaff

17-10-16 Meadow Pipit (Ian Stapp)
Two of many in Avon at Woodford, CVL
Chew Valley Lake:
Great White Egret, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 58 Lapwing
Woodford:
1 Buzzard,  1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Long-tailed Tit with 6 Blue Tit,  2 Great Tit, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Meadow Pipit
Villice Bay:
1 juv Scaup (moulting into a first-winter male), 1 juv Spotted Crake
Heron's Green:
1 Little Egret, 12 Little Grebe, 1 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat
Moreton:
2 Jay, 2 Raven
Stratford Hide:
1 Pintail, 1 female Ferruginous Duck, 1 drake Ring-necked Duck, 1 female Goosander (first this autumn),
1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Lapwing, 3 Jack Snipe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 13+ Goldfinch
Herriott's End:
3 drake Pintail, 15 Shoveler, 28 Lapwing, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Pallid Harrier seen at Greylake RSPB Reserve

17-10-16 Pallid Harrier (Joe Cockram)
Back of camera close view at Greylake left photographer shaking
Reports: Derek Angell, Pete Brain, Rosemary and Richard Brown, Allan Chard, Joe Cockram, Phil Delve, Brian Gibbs, David Gibbs, Robert Hargreaves, Lisegirl, Nigel Milbourne, Harvey Rose, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Keith Vinicombe blagdonlakebirdsnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirds