22nd Nov '16 Tuesday - Post floods

The rain and drizzle subsiding, waters still high, 46 mm recorded yesterday at Bishop Sutton

The birds mostly washed out

Bittern and Jack Snipe at Chew

22-11-16 Dipper (Allan Chard)
In the Eastville Park gloom

BRISTOL
Blaise Castle, Hazel Brook Stratford Mill section:
5 Jay, 10+ Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Grey Wagtail,
Eastville Park:
70 Mallard, Cormorants, 2 Grey Heron, c.300 BH Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper

22-11-16 Grey Heron (Richard Scantlebury)
Even the perch are wet in Eastville Park lake

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
No Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher, Redwing

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Kestrel, Song Thrush, good numbers Redwing & Fieldfare, 1 Flashy adult male Black Redstart, Stonechat

22-11-16 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Allan Chard)
Coming to the kitchen window

New Passage/Northwick:
21/11/16: 20 Shoveler,  usual flocks of Redshank and Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe

Wick:
2 Mute Swan, 8 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, Common Gulls, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
5  Magpie, 2 Goldcrest, Blue Great & Coal Tit, 1 m Blackcap, 25 Starling, 40 Redwing,
10 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, Chaffinch, 1 f Greenfinch, Goldfinch, 2+ Bullfinch

Blagdon Lake:
53 Mute Swans, 16 Bewick's Swans, 2 Little Egrets, 3 Great White Egrets, 2 ad ♂ Red-crested Pochards, no fewer than 200 Pied Wagtails going to roost

22-11-16 Heron's Green pond (Ian Stapp)
Still raining but can't stay in any more

Chew Valley Lake:
33 Pintail, 12 Great White Egret
Dam:
3 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher  
Woodford:
4 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 2 Little Egret (Villice bay), 30+ Fieldfare & Redwing (orchard), 2 Mistle Thrush
Heron's Green:
2 Goosander, 1 Buzzard (the white one), 1 Water Rail (pond), 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper
Moreton:
6 Pintail, 6 Scaup, 2 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Sandpiper, GBB Gull
1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, Cetti's Warbler, 6 Linnets
Stratford to Moreton lane:
Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing
East Shore:
1 Little Egret, 7 Great White Egret
Stratford:
20+ Pintail, Goldeneye, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Water Rail, Grey Wagtail      
Herriotts End:
2 Goosander, 1 Bittern, 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher

22-11-16 Green Sandpiper at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Reports: BOC Walk, Allan Chard, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Martin Hunt, David Poulton, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Mark Watson, blagdonlakebirds, severnsidebirds,