Sightings 12/3/16

12/3/16 Sunrise over Planet Chew (Brian Thompson)

12/3/16 'redhead' Smew (Dan White) 

The Chipping Sodbury bird found by Darren Pearce, present for most of the day on the small pool on the Common.

Smew is a very scarce winter duck into Avon (mainly CVL) and this one is our first of the winter.

Eastville Park (Bristol):

12/3/16 Firecrest (Gill Sapsed)
still showing very well in the park

Cumberland Basin (Bristol):

12/3/16 Great Crested Grebe (Margaret Gorely)
by the Mardyke ferry, unusual location for this species

Margaret saw the bird whilst on her way to the pub for her mid-day tipple.

Avon Gorge (Bristol):

12/3/16 Peregrine (Dan White)

Chipping Sodbury:

12/3/16 'redhead' Smew (Darren Pearce), finder
a really nice local patch find by a local patch birder... justice!

Oldbury Power Station:

2 Water Rail, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Skylark, 2 Grey Wagtail.

Aust Warth:
2 Stonechat.

New Passage-Northwick:
Shore & wetland: 9 Mute Swan, 10 Canada Goose, 89 Shelduck, 200 Wigeon, 3 Gadwall, 150 Teal, 30 Shoveler, 10 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Egret, 90 Oystercatcher, 300 Dunlin, 8 Curlew, 60 Redshank, 40 Turnstone, 2 Siskin.
We asked Simon to send us a Dunlin pic...this is what we got back....

12/3/16 Turnstones (Simon Williams)

Severn Beach:
18 Shelduck, 40 Wigeon, 4 Teal,  16 Oystercatcher, 2 Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 1 Rock Pipit, 4 Siskin.

Portbury Wharf:

1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat, 3 Reed Bunting.

12/3/16 Stonechat (Paul Milsom)

Newton St Loe:

23 Teal, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Barn Owl again, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Yellowhammer.

Keynsham:
Memorial Park: 3 Buzzard, 1 Goldcrest, 15 Blackbird, 4 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail of note.
Manor Rd Woodland: 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Song Thrush, 60+ Redwing, 60+ Chaffinch, 16 Siskin of note.

Burnett:
Elm Farm: 5 Buzzard, 250 Woodpigeon, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Coal Tit, 11 Skylark, 4 Song Thrush, 100 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 100+ Chaffinch, 10+ Brambling, 100+ Linnet, 45 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunting, 3 Brown Hare.
Good finch numbers due to corn feeding by the local sympathetic farmer.

12/3/16 Finch flocks (Ian Stapp)

Midford:

2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch.

Monkton Combe:
2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Blagdon Lake:
27 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 45 Canada Goose, 8 Wigeon, 21 Pochard, 6 Goldeneye, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Little Grebe, 11 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail (Top End hide), 16 Snipe, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting.
The lake was jam-packed with anglers today.

Litton Res:
1 Mute Swan, 1 Canada Goose, 8 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Raven, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Long-tailed Tit.

Planet Chew:
1 flyover Curlew, 1 Kittiwake this morning (Sean Davies). Both unusual species for here.
Other stuff, 3 Scaup, 1 Peregrine (washing in a puddle at the parkland!), 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch (Hollow Brook), 2 Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit.

12/3/16 Cetti's Warbler (Brian Thompson)
BK hide this morning, not an easy bird to photograph 

Reports: Sean Davies, Margaret Gorely, Robert Hargreaves, Paul Milsom, Nick Page, Darren Pearce, Gill Sapsed, Rich Scantlebury, Kevin Smith, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Mrs Trellis, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, Dan White, Simon Williams, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.