05-11-18 Monday - Merlin

Mild and cloudy with brighter spells early afternoon.

Merlin at New Passage

BRISTOL

Stoke Park: 
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Stonechat, 6 Redwing, 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Goldcrest, (Bird numbers down in general)

Eastville Park: 
2 Bullfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
5 Grey Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 900 Common Gull, 1100 Black-headed Gull, 700 Jackdaw, 35 Pied Wagtail, 30 Starling, 11 Fieldfare

New Passage/Northwick:
114 Canada Goose, 520 Wigeon, 1 Little Egret, 2 Water Rail, 80 Oystercatcher, 215 Lapwing, 15 Ringed Plover, 90 Curlew, 180 Dunlin, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Merlin (m &f), 1 Water Pipit.

Blue Tit 06-11-2018 Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)

Pilning:
(Probable) Great White Egret (seen from a garden)

Almondsbury:
1 Buzzard, 60 Starling, 15 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush

Warmley:
10 Common Gull

NORTH SOMERSET

Kestrel 05-11-20018 Kenn Moor (Higgy) 

Kenn Moor:
3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel (f & m), 50 Starling, 200 + Fieldfare, 4 Stonechat.

Bristol Airport:
c45 Golden Plover

Bleadon:
1 Kestrel,  1 Buzzard,  1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  1 Grey Heron,  1 Grey Wagtail
2 Little Egret.

Weston-super-Mare, M5 Junc 21:
1 Woodcock - seen under street lights

5-11-18 Little Egret at Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - still haunting the garden.

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:2 Bewick Swan (Winky and Winkler), 2 Goldeneye, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail - squealing, 405 Lapwing and a Stonechat (f).

Chew Valley Lake

(Dam)
6 Female Goldeneye

5-11-18 Female Goldeneye (George Stacey)

(Bittern Trail)
Treecreeper

(Herriotts/Wick Green)
Water Rail, 1100 Starling (roosting)

5-11-18 Water Rail (George Stacey)

Reports: Vera Carpenter, Chris Hall, Patrick Hancock, Bill Hewitt, Higgy, Adrian Hockey, Rod Holbrook, Nick Hudson, Ian Loats, John Martin, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland, Pete Hazelwood, blagdonlakebirds, severnsidebirds,