4th Dec '16 Sunday - Ringing Reports

Sunny but cold today

Female Eider again, this time on WSM Marine Lake
Black Redstart at the tip of Sand Point
Lots of winter thrushes moving about

Bristol
Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper

4-12-16 Song Thrush at Stoke Park (Gill Sapsed)

Stoke Park:
1+ Snipe, 1 Jay, Song Thrush, Redwing, 4 Bullfinch
Stockwood Open Space:
1 Collard Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit,  6 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 2 Chaffinch, 8 Goldfinch, 1 Bullfinch

3-12-16 Redwing at Littleton Brick Pits (Matt Ashman)

Lots of redwing ringed over the weekend

Littleton Brick Pits Ringing Station:
3/12/16 A busy morning with a total of 100 birds processed - new(retrapped)
0(1) Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2(0) Goldcrest, 0(19) Blue Tit, 1(3) Great Tit, 12(0) Long-tailed Tit, 3(0) Chiffchaff, 1(1) Wren, 2(4) Robin, 0(2) Dunnock, 0(1) Blackbird, 39(0) Redwing, 3(0) Chaffinch, 3(1) Goldfinch, 2(0) Greenfinch

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Mute Swan, 28 Canada Goose, 500+ Wigeon, 30 Teal, 7 Shoveler, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, 2 Kestrel, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Moorhen, 15 Coot, 9 Lapwing, 300+ Dunlin, 20 Curlew, 300+ Redshank, 1 Turnstone, 1 Common Gull, 2 Skylark, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit

4-12-16 Common Gull (Dan White)

Dan has been getting to grips with gulls

Easter Compton:
40+ Fieldfare, 35 Redwing

Patchway:
1 Egyptian Goose(Aztec West), 1 Kestrel(The Mall)

Downend:
1 Sparrowhawk

Portbury Wharf:
1 Goldcrest, 100s Fieldfare & Redwing overhead

4-12-16 Dunlin at Battery Point (Vic Savery)

Portishead, Battery Point:
8 Ringed Plover, 26 Dunlin, 5 Turnstone, 2 Rock Pipit

4-12-16 Turnstone at Battery Point (Jason Williams)

No purple sandpipers today

Gordano Valley Ringing Station:
122 Redwing ringed this morning bringing the total to 321 since October 23rd

4-12-16 Reed Bunting (Paul Cousins)

Congresbury Moor:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare, 10 Song Thrush, 55 Redwing, 9 Robin, 1 Reed Bunting

Clevedon-Yeo:
18 Mute Swan, 10 Barnacle Goose still* , 92 Canada Goose, 40 Shelduck, 80 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 60+ Mallard, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 8 Little Grebe, 15 Oystercatcher, 18 Grey Plover, 60 Lapwing, 2 Jack Snipe, 1,200 Dunlin, 100 Curlew, 120 Redshank, 42 Turnstone, 2 Raven, 40+ Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 9 Skylark, 1 Stonechat

4-12-16 Barnacle Geese along the Clevedon Coast (Jason Williams)

Possibly of wild origin

*Some discussion over the provenance of these birds - genuinely wild or part of the feral flock from further up the Severn? This is the first flock of 'Barnies' seen at this coastal site for 28 years.

Sand Point:
1 Black Redstart

Weston-Super-Mare:
Marine Lake:
1 ♀ Eider - possibly yesterday's Sand Point bird
Harbour:
17 Oystercatcher
Asda:
300-500 Starling

Bleadon:
Allotments to Purn Hill:
1 Jay, 20 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 1 Stonechat

4-12-16 Stonechat in Bleadon (William Hewitt)

Garden:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Blackcap, 2 Greenfinch
Weir (behind sewage works):
6 Teal, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Redshank

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Goldcrest, 10+ flock of Blue and Great Tit, 3 Coal Tit, 15+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch

Bath, Twerton:
1 Grey Heron, 3 Collared Dove, 5 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 f Blackcap, 3 Dunnock

Bath, Oldfield Park:
1 Blackcap

Newton St Loe:
25 Teal, 1 Goosander, 1 Buzzard, 50 Starling, 20 Fieldfare, 25+ Redwing, 4 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 30 Meadow Pipit

Blagdon Lake:
12 Bewick's Swan, 16 Goosander, 23 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret

Chew Valley Lake:
Heron's Green:
4 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher

4-12-16 Little and Great White Egrets (Ian Stapp)

Still plenty around Avon, these at Herriots, CVL

Moreton:
2 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 1 Buzzard, 150+ Wood Pigeon, 1 Jay, 100+ Jackdaw & Crow, 6 Goldcrest, 16 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 15 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 12 Redwing, 7 Robin,  2 Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 15 Chaffinch

4-12-16 Ringed Robin (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts End:
9 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 1 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 1 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher

Reports: Matt Ashman, Rob Capel, Teresa Chard, Anthony Cook, Paul Cousins, Adrian Hockey, William Hewitt, Paul House, Martin Hunt, Nigel Milbourne, Michael Newstead, Rob Purveur, Lois Pryce, Lyndon Roberts, Harvey Rose, Steve Sanins, Gill Sapsed, Vic Savery, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp,  Howard Taffs, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding