Thursday 27 October 2016

27th Oct '16 Thursday - Black-tailed Godwit

Dull and cloudy, but still mild.

Grey Wagtail at Chew (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL:
Badock's Wood Southmead:
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Long-tailed Tit.
Ashton Court:
2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Song Thrush,
2 Mistle Thrush.
Eastville, a garden:
1 Linnet (a garden tick here)
Eastville Park:
Good numbers of Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Dipper (singing).

Bath, Odd Down:
30 Redwing over the Park & Ride.

Are you ready for your close-up?
(Mute Swan at Newton St Loe - Robert Hargreaves)
Newton Park Lakes:
4 Mute Swan (up from 2 adults), 5 Teal, 20 Mallard, 2 Pheasant, 2 Moorhen, 31 Black-headed Gull,
2 Goldcrest, 9 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail.

Oldbury Power Station:
6 Stonechat, 3 Skylark, 1 Siskin, 1 Redpoll.

Chittening Warth:
20 Shelduck, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Skylark, 2 Rock Pipit, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chiffchaff. 

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
600 Wigeon/Teal, 2 Avocet, record flock of 425 Black-tailed Godwit

Sand Point:
3 Fieldfare, small numbers of Chaffinch moving, 2 Siskin, 4 Redpoll, Yellowhammer,


Cormorant with a mouthful at Backwell Lake (Richard Bedwell)
Backwell Lake:
2 Wigeon, 3 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Blagdon Lake:
4 Bewick's Swan (at Rugmoor Point), 1 m. Red-crested Pochard, 20 Great White Egret,
20 Little Egret, 40 Grey Heron, 8 Scaup, 1 Common Sandpiper, 8+ Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff.

Common and Green Sandpipers at Chew
(Bob Brewer)
Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Goosander asleep, 1 Cetti's Warbler.
Woodford:
1 Buzzard, 1 Mistle Thrush
Villice:
4 Little Grebe, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 9 Lapwing, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Fieldfare, 40+ Redwing, 2 Bullfinch.
Nunnery:
2 Chiffchaff, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 15 Goldfinch.
Herons Green:
12 Little Grebe, 6 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Stonechat.
Moreton/Stratford and the lane between:
1 Shelduck, 1 f. Scaup, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, Skylarks flying over, 6 Meadow Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Cetti's Warbler,3 Chiffchaff, 1 f. Bearded Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Jay, 4 Ravens, 6 Goldfinch.
Herriotts Bridge:
2 Pintail, 1 Water Rail, ad Mediterranean Gull, ad Yellow-legged Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Mrs Trellis was at Ashton Court today, as was this Jay
Reports: Derek Angell, Paul Bowerman, Alastair Fraser, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Robin Lambert, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Mrs Trellis, blagdonbirds