Sunday 31 December 2017

31st December '17 Sunday - Black Redstart

Temp 11℃. Cloudy, SW windy, some rain showers

Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Black-necked Grebe
Black Redstart
Hawfinch
31-12-17 Hawfinch, St Anne's Church (Helen Strong)
BRISTOL

Bishopstown Garden BS7:
1 f Green Woodpecker @10:20

Purdown Percy via WW2 anti-aircraft battery and Telecom Tower:
13 Woodpigeons, 10 Magpies, 6 Jackdaws,16 Carrion Crows, 1 Raven, 5 Blue Tits, 2 Coal Tits, 5 Long Tailed Tits, 9 Blackbirds, 2 Robins and 4 Goldfinches

31-12-17 Hawfinch at St Anne's (Rob Hargreaves)
Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:
2 Magpie, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 3+ Hawfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shortwood:
22 Skylark

Yate, cycle ride to:
1 Kestrel (Frampton End), 42 House Sparrow (Nibley), 2 Bullfinch & 23 (2+21) Yellowhammer (Mayshill)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
250 Wigeon, 33 Gadwall, 30 Teal, 80 Shoveler, 1 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 65 Lapwing, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap

Clevedon Pier:
1 Black Redstart

Blind Yeo:
4 (2m) Goosander, 2 Little Egret

Tickenham Ridge, Moor:
17 Mute Swan, 3 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 300 BH Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 35 Rook, 3 Nuthatch, flock 1000 Starling, 30 Pied Wagtail, 50 Linnet

Loxton:
5 Cormorant

BELOW M4 and BANES
31-12-17 Blackcap, Warmley (Peter Coslett)
Warmley garden:
(1f) Blackcap

Keynsham, garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 4 Jackdaw, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch
31-12-17 Mute Swan, Prior Park, (Glen Maddison)
Bath Prior Park:
2 Mute Swans returned for New Year after a few months absence

Chelwood:
3 Buzzard

Compton Martinfield at Bickfield Lane, opposite Moat Farm;
Cattle Egret, 16 Little Egret

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank, No1:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake:
3 Barnacle Geese, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Nuthatch

Chew Valley Lake
31-12-17 Goldeneye, CVL (TtB)
Dam:
25 Tufted Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Pied Wagtail


31-12-17 Great White Egret, CVL (TtB)
Herons Green:
4 Shelduck, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, 1 Great White Egret

31-12-17 Bullfinch, Moreton (David Hughes)
Moreton:
5 Scaup, The Lesser Scaup, 2 Bullfinch

Stratford:
2 m/f Scaup, The Lesser Scaup, 2 Snipe

Herriotts:
6 Shelduck, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

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

Reports: Karle Burford, Paul Chapman, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Anne Crowe, Tom Ford, Richard Giles, Anthony Goodwin, Robert Hargreaves, David Hughes, Mike Jackson, Mike Meechem, Nigel Milbourne, Jan Pridie, Lois Pryce, Patrick Richards, Helen Strong, Julian Thomas, Jason Williams, Blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-Birding, Opsbirding, Severnsidebirds, TalkingtoBears, TBOSG