2 rather smart adult winter drake Long-tailed Ducks new in at Blagdon Lake
A Whooper Swan at Barrow Tank No.3
A single count of 25 Great White Egrets at Chew, breaks last week's record by 1
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9-11-16 Long-tailed Duck (Ian Stapp)
New in at Blagdon Lake today
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200 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 8 Pied Wagtail, 12 Meadow Pipit
New Passage/Northwick:
24 Canada Goose, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 10+ Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Plover, 40+ Curlew, 200+ Black-tailed Godwit, 35 Knot, 400+ Dunlin, 80 Redshank, 25+ Turnstone, 1 Meadow Pipit
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9-11-16 Cormorant (John Clark)
4 at Portishead Marina
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53 Mute Swan
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9-11-16 Mute Swan (Higgy)
Bucolic scene on the River Kenn this evening
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1 Wigeon, 3 Teal, 3 Goosander, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 50+ Fieldfare, 60+ Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 40 Chaffinch
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9-11-16 Fieldfare (NSL Birding)
1 of at least 50 in the Newton St Loe area today
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200+ Starling
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9-11-16 Whooper Swan (Chris Stone)
A lone adult at Barrow Tanks, flew off at dusk
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1 Whooper Swan (tank no.3), 2 Goosander
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9-11-16 Long-tailed Duck (Ian Stapp)
Unusual to have individuals with full tails here |
62 Mute Swan, 11 Bewick's Swan, 352 Canada Geese, 2 ♂ Red-crested Pochard, 5 Scaup, 2 ♂ Long-tailed Duck, 1 Goldeneye, 9 Little Egret, 21 Dunlin, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 30 Meadow Pipit
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9-11-16 Red-crested Pochard (Nigel Milbourne)
At Blagdon Lake since at least 29th October
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Dam:
2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Goldeneye, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper
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9-11-16 Kingfisher (Ian Stapp)
Using the gate to the fishing boats as a vantage point, Woodford, CVL
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2 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Meadow Pipit
Heron's Green:
2 Pintail, 4 ♂ Goosander, 30 Little Egret, 25 Great White Egret, 8 Grey Heron, 2 Water Rail, 2 Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe, 5 Meadow Pipit
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9-11-16 Black-headed Gull (CVRS)
EY03442 ringed as a chick in 2013 at Cotswold Water Park
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6 Shelduck, 1 Water Rail, 2 Great Black-back Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail
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UK Waxwing sightings over the last week (Rare Bird Alert)
None in the area yet, but looking good for the winter
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