Friday 8 December 2017

8th December '17 Friday - Winter

Temp 0 - 4˚C. Wind max 16 mph. Bright day with a cold wind, one shower of sleet with sunshine

8-12-17 Starling in the Snow (Rod Holbrook)

Bewick's Swan
Long-tailed Duck
Little Stint, Purple Sandpiper
Short-eared Owl
Ring-necked Parakeet
Firecrest
Bearded Tit
Water Pipit
Siskin



BRISTOL

Brackenwood Garden Centre, 6th:
Firecrest in the Centre

8-12-17 Kingfisher in Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Kingswood, 15:20:
Ring-necked Parakeet

Totterdown:
2 male and 1 female Blackcap

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth, 4:35:
1 Kestrel, 1 Short-eared Owl

8-12-17 Wigeon at New Passage (Lisegirl)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
Wigeon, Lapwing, Starling, Meadow Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET
8-12-17 Purple Sandpiper on Battery Point (Chris Robinson)
Portsihead. Battery Point, 13.40:
Purple Sandpiper

Woodspring Bay, R Yeo - R Banwell, WeBS:
3 Mute Swan, 102 Shelduck, 72 Wigeon, 5 Teal, 60 Mallard, 6 Pintail, 10 Shoveler, 30 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 57 Curlew, 350 Redshank, 25 BH Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 17 Herring Gull

8-12-17 Reed Bunting (Higgy)
Back yesterday for the winter, with hopefully a few more soon
Cleeve:
Garden:3 Coal tit, 2 m & 1 f Blackcap, 2 (m + f) Reed Bunting
Stowey Rd: 3 Little Egret, 500-1000 Starling

8-12-17 Grey Wagtail in Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)
Bleadon:
3 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Redshank, 2 Kingfisher, flock 50 Fieldfare/Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES
8-12-17 Robin in Keynsham (TtB)
Keynsham garden:
2 Herring Gull, 6 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 3 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 15 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 0 House Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch

Keynsham lake:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Moorhen, 2 Blackbird, 4 Robin

Bath, Midford:
4 Buzzard, 50+ large gulls (LBB), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Coal Tit, c.30 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Redwing, 5 Mistle Thrush, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 5 Siskin, 6 Goldfinch, 3 Bullfinch,  and a Red Admiral

Bath, Oldfield:
2 Collared Dove, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 3 Blackbird, 10 Redwing, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 5 House Sparrow, 1 f Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

8-12-17 Snowy Weston Garden this morning (Sean Whyte)
Bath, Weston:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 f Blackcap, 15 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 House Sparrow, 4 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch

Chew Stoke, River Chew:
30 Redwing

Marksbury:
200+ Crows & Jackdaws (Maize field)

RESERVOIRS

8-12-17 Long-tailed Duck with Tufted Duck at Woodford (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
Totals:
34 Goosander, 10 Great White Egret, 80 Lapwing

8-12-17 Long-tailed Duck by the sailing club (George Stacey)
Dam:
2 Bewick's Swan, 56 Canada Geese, 1 Long-tailed Duck (by sailing club, can be seen from Woodford too), 4 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 20 Redwing

8-12-17 Jay out on a stroll at Woodford (Brian Thompson)
Woodford:
6 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Jay, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 30 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Dunnock, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch

8-12-17 Black-tailed Godwit in Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:
43 Canada Geese, 20 Goosander, 4 Little Egret, 6 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Water Rail, 1 Water Rail, 62 Lapwing, 1 Little Stint, 2 Snipe, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 GBB Gull

Moreton:
4 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, Bearded Tit heard, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing, 4 Goldfinch

Stratford:
40 Meadow Pipit, 4 Water Pipit

Herriotts:
6 Shelduck, 22 Pintail, 4 Goosander, 1 Great White Egret, 20 Lapwing, 1 Grey Wagtail

8-12-17 Goosander at CVL (Wildwood Photography)
Reports: Allan Chard, Tony Cook, Lee Gardiner, Simon Harris, William Hewitt, Higgy, Rod Holbrook, Lisegirl, Giles Morris, John Mortin, Chris Robinson, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, Sean Whyte, talkingtobears, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds