Thursday 6 October 2016

6th Oct '16 Thursday - Avocet, Pectoral Sandpiper

Redwing at Oldbury Power Station and Aust Cliff
Avocet at New Passage
Hobby twice in same are near Yatton
14 Great White Egret  and Pectoral Sandpiper at Blagdon Lake


6-10-16 Avocet (John Martin)
New Passage
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
1 Dipper, 3 Grey Wagtail

6-10-16 Dipper (Richard Scantlebury)
Didn't mean to scare this dipper away in Eastville Park
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Redwing (equal earliest with 2007)

Aust Cliff - Sewage Works:
Many Song Thrush, also Redwing , Mistle Thrush, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Goldcrest

6-10-16 Ruff (Brian Thompson)
New Passage
New Passage/Northwick:
12 Canada Geese, 12 Shelduck, 350 Wigeon, 140 Teal, 35 Shoveler, 3 Little Egret, 8 Little Grebe,
1 Water Rail, 1 Peregrine, 1 Avocet, 1 Golden Plover, 50 Grey Plover, 80 Knot, 3 Little Stint,
3 Curlew Sandpiper, 450 Dunlin, 4 Ruff, 240 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper,
60 Redshank, 1 Mistle Thrush

Nibley (between Yate and Frampton):
1 Red Kite


6-10-16 Mistle Thrush (John Martin)
New Passage, but seen in many places
Portbury coast:
2 Wheatear

Chris Craig's House:
1 Hobby

Yatton Station:
Hobby (the same?)


6-10-16 Wheatear (David Gibbs)
Sand Point
Sand Point:
2 Swallow (only report today), 4 Alba Wagtail, 4+ Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 8 Linnet

Brean Down:
1 Ring Ouzel (outside our area but)

Newton St Loe:
1 Wigeon, 7 Teal, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 5+ Mistle Thrush, 30+ Meadow Pipit (village), 50 + Linnet (7 acre)


6-10-16 Great White Egret (Ian Stapp)
13 at Blagdon Lake
Blagdon Lake:
51 Mute Swan, 17 Pintail, 1 Garganey, 9 Little Egret, 14 Great White Egret, 19 Grey Heron,
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 148 Lapwing, 2 juv Ringed Plover, 1 juv Pectoral Sandpiper,
1 Little Stint, 1 Dunlin, 2 juv Ruff, 6 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Gull, 1 Kingfisher,
2 Raven, Meadow Pipit, Siskin

6-10-16 Pectoral Sandpiper (Nigel Milbourne)
Not the BH Gull, honestly, to the right
Chew Valley Lake:
2 Mediterranean Gull (ad + 2nd-w), 85+ Common Gull, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull
Heron's Green:
16 Little Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper
Moreton:
1 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper
Stratford:
1 Great White Egret, 2 Snipe (flushed during reed cutting)
Herriotts End:
2 Little Grebe, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Black-tailed Godwit (G Sapsed)
Warning:  BOC member's car broken into today on the Somerset Levels. Be careful

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Steve Emery, Andy Gibb, David Gibbs, Peter Hazelwood, Brian John Hill, Nige Milbourne, John Martin, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, Wayne Tucker, Keith Vinicombe,  blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG