Sunday 17 December 2017

17th Dec '17 Sunday - Spotted Redshank

Temp 3 rising to 11˚C. Wind max 14 mph. Cloudy, drizzle from 11 a.m. till dusk

17-12-17 Long-tailed Tit in Bristol garden (Lee Gardiner)



Carolina Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Great White Egret
Black-necked Grebe
Spotted Redshank
Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart
Penduline Tit


BRISTOL

Bradley Stoke:
100 Fieldfare

Little Stoke garden:
My first Goldcrest here

Patchway, Scotts Park:
42 Fieldfare
17-12-17 Carolina Wood Duck, Eastville(Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
1 Carolina Wood Duck

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldfield Power Station, 15th:
1 Chiffchaff, 1st-w Black Redstart by the jetty at dusk, 1 Redpoll

Northwick Warth, 15th:
21 Shelduck, 135 Teal, 450 Lapwing, 400 Dunlin, 5 Stock Dove, 1 flyover Redpoll, 2 Water Pipit


17-12-17 Robin in New Passage (Rod Holbrook)
New Passage:
Robin, 3 m Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake, 12.00:
4 Gadwall, 25 Shoveler, 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Goosander, 24 Little Egret (to roost by 4 30pm), 1 Little Grebe (unusual here), 1 Raven

Clevedon-Yeo:
6 Mute Swan, 44 Canada Goose, Shelduck, Wigeon, 40 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 3 Little Egret, 31 Grey Plover, 500 Lapwing, 50 Curlew, 1050 Dunlin, 2 Spotted Redshank, 100 Redshank, 10 Snipe, 1 Short-eared Owl (Kenn mouth), 1 Raven, 10 Skylark, Meadow Pipits

Balmoral Way, Weston-Super-Mare:
1 ad m Black Redstart on roofs

17-12-17 Finches, Finches, Finches, Langford (David Goodliffe)
Langford:
Blue, Great, Coal and Long-tailed Tit, 2 m/f Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 15 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Bullfinch

Kenn Moor:
49 M Swans, 2 Buzzard, 1000 Starling, 200 Fieldfare, 800 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 4 Reed Bunting (Stowey Rd)

Yatton, Westerham Lane:
4 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 150 Redwing (easily the biggest flock here) 

17-12-17 Sparrowhawk, Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)
Bleadon:
5 Goosander, 3 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Blackbird (bit leucistic), 4 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 and BANES

17-12-17 Starling in Keynsham (TtB)
Keynsham garden:
2 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw,, 1 Rook, 1 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Wren, 6 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 9 Goldfinch
17-12-17 Mandarin Duck in Keynsham (Gill Sapsed)

Bath, Pennyquick:
2 Collared Dove, 1 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 7 Chaffinch, 20 Goldfinch, 1 Bullfinch
17-12-17 Blackcap, Bath (Brian Martin)
Bath, Bloomfield Rd:
2 m/f Blackcap

Newton Park:
3 Mute Swan, 30 Teal, 29 Mallard, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 7 Moorhen, 50+ BH Gull, 2 Common Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Great White Egret, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Redshank
Chew Valley Lake, 15th:

Dam:
5 Bewick's Swan
Woodford:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 10 Goosander, 1 Black-necked Grebe
Villice Bay:
14 Black-tailed Godwit
Herons Green:
1 Scaup, 1 Little Stint, 3 Great White Egret
Moreton:
1 Marsh Harrier
Herriotts pond:
8 Shelduck
17-12-17 Penduline Tit at Plock Court  (Mark Coller)
Out of Avon
Penduline Tit still in Gloucester at Plock Court

Obituary
Tim Cleeves 1951 - 2017

Many of you will know that Tim Cleeves died suddenly yesterday. Tim was born in Hanham, was a founder member of the BOC, and remained a member until 1980 when his work with the RSPB was based mainly in the north of England. Mark Avery (another former BOC member) has written about Tim in his blog:

https://markavery.info/blog/

The BOC offers its deepest sympathy and condolences to Tim’s family at this difficult time. An obituary to Tim will follow in January’s Bird News

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