Saturday 30 December 2017

30th December '17 Saturday - Little Egret

Temp 12℃. Cloudy, Windy, Light Rain Showers

Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Black-necked Grebe
Merlin
Kittiwake, Yellow-legged Gull
Water Pipit
Hawfinch
Brambling

BRISTOL
30-12-17 Peregrine, Finzels Reach (Dan White)
Finzel's Reach:
2 Peregrine
30-12-17 Little Egret, Henleaze (David Langford)
Henleaze (2 reports):
1 Little Egret (Please report any Marbled Teal, Little Egrets or Avocets in Bristol to Bristol Zoo, as they have lost some)


30-12-17 Hawfinch, St Annes (Lee Gardiner)
Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:
Hawfinch


30-12-17 Gulls, Gasometer, Constable Road (Patrick Richards)
Concorde Way cycle track:
16 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 3 Herring Gulls, 15 Woodpigeon, 4 Collard Dove, 5 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 1 Great Tit, 30+ Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Dunnock, 20+ House Sparrow, 3 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Grey Heron, 50 Common Gull, 50 BH Gull, 5 Fieldfare, 100 Redwing, 10 Pied Wagtail, 1 Brambling at dawn

Littleton RS for Dec:
188 processed but only 40 new birds
Blackbird 7, 9: Blue Tit 2, 54: Bullfinch 1, 0: Chiffchaff 3, 0: Coal Tit 0, 2: Dunnock 0, 7: Goldcrest 0, 4: Goldfinch 2, 0: Great Spotted Woodpecker 0, 5: Great Tit 4, 17: Greenfinch 2, 5: Jay 1, 0: Lesser Redpoll 4, 0: Long-tailed Tit 0, 31: Redwing 10, 0: Reed Bunting 1, 0: Robin 1, 12: Song Thrush 1, 0: Wren 1, 2

30-12-17 Merlin, Northwick Warth (Dan White)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
44 Shelduck, 15 Gadwall, 340 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 16 Tufted Duck, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 81 Stock Dove, 1 Rook, 2 Raven, 3 Goldcrest, 1 f Blackcap (Severn Beach), 60 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit, 16 Linnet
30-12-17 Stock Dove, NW (John Martin)
Severn Beach, 29th:
150 Turnstone, 100 Dunlin, 32 Kittiwake

NORTH SOMERSET
30-12-17 Goosander, Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)
Bleadon:
2 Goosander, 1 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Goldcrest, 13 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Bullfinch

BELOW M4 and BANES

30-12-17 Little Egret, Shire Valley (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield, Shire Valley:
1 Little Egret
30-12-17 Blue Tit, Keynsham (TtB)
Keynsham, garden:
1 Herring Gull, 4 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Rook, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 8 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 2 Chaffinch, 7 Goldfinch


30-12-17 Rook, NSL (NSL Birding)
Newton St Loe:
39 Teal, 1 Goosander, 1 Cormorant, 10 Grey Heron (8 on R. Avon), 1 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 7 Skylark, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 80 flock Fieldfare, Redwing and Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 100 Linnet, 3 Hawfinch, 3 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS
30-12-17 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tanks (Brian Thompson)
Barrow Tanks, No1:
Long-tailed Duck (SD)

Blagdon Lake, 29th:
1 Hybrid - adult ♂ Pochard x Ferruginous Duck, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Yellow-legged Gull

Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
4 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper

30-12-17 Lapwing, Villice (Bob Brewer
Villice:
50 Lapwing

Moreton:
2m 2f Wigeon, 15 Teal, 2 Pintail, 2 m/f Shoveler, 156 (8f) Pochard, 1 m Scaup, 1 Lesser Scaup, 1 f Goldeneye, 2m 2f Goosander

Stratford:
1 f Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Mistle Thrush

Out of Avon, still:
Great Northern Diver at Sharpness
Penduline Tit at Plock Court

Reports: Rich Andrews, Bob Brewer, Peter Coslett, Geoff Daniels, Sean Davies, Lee Gardiner, Peter Hazelwood, William Hewitt, Rod Holbrook, Paul House, David Langford, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Bob Pepper, Patrick Richards, Brian Thompson, Dan White, Blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-Birding, Opsbirding, Severnsidebirds, TalkingtoBears, TBOSG