Wednesday 23 November 2016

23rd Nov '16 Wednesday

A dry day with a north-easterly wind

Bristol:
Holy Trinty Church, Stapleton:
1 Peregrine
23-11-16 Stonechat (Allan Chard)
Stoke Park, Bristol
Stoke Park:
1 Woodcock, 1 Snipe, 10 Redwing, 1 Stonechat
Stockwood Open Space:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Magpie, 2 Jay, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare,
20+ Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 2 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

23-11-16 Common Snipe (Dan White)
1 of 9 at dusk, Oldbury Power Station
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Mute Swan, 32 Cananda Goose, 75 Wigeon, 63 Teal, 55 Mallard, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard,
32 Lapwing, 4 Dunlin, 16 Curlew, 9 Snipe, 4 Redshank, c.3,500 Starling roost at lagoon 3,
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Black Redstart (jetty), 40 Linnet, 2 Lesser Redpoll

Aust Wharf:
1 Sparrowhawk

23-11-16 Purple Sandpiper (Vic Savery)
Battery Point. Easiest to find at high tide
Battery Point, Portishead:
4 Purple Sandpiper

Kenn Moor:
40+ Swan, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzards, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel

Clevedon-Yeo:
50 Mute Swan, 200 Shelduck, 445 Wigeon, 175 Teal, 15 Pintail (Yeo Estuary), 4 Cormorant, 8 Little Egret, 4 Little Grebe (Blind Yeo), 14 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 300 Lapwing, 65 Knot (Kenn Estuary), 1000 Dunlin, 1 Ruff (Dowlais), 240 Curlew, 350 Redshank, 2 Turnstone, 34 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 275 Fieldfare, 360 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtail, 4 Rock Pipit, 5 Bullfinch, 4 Reed Bunting.

Kingswood:
possible Waxwing over - check those rowans and cotoneasters!

Lambridge, Bath:
2 Buzzard

Barrow Gurney Reservoirs:
22/11/16: 1 Gadwall, 31 Shoveler, 120 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 15 Lapwing, 20 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, c50 Redwing

Blagdon Lake:
16 Bewick's Swan, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Goosander, 11 Little Egret, 17 Great White Egret,
3 Snipe

Chew Valley Lake:
Multiple reports so possible duplication...
Dam:
2 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 10 Lapwing
Bittern Trail
Closed for the foreseeable future and the vandalised Bernard King Hide is being dismantled.

23-11-16 Kingfisher (Ian Stapp)
Not trapped under the fish pen net this time. CVL
Woodford:
6 Goosander, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Meadow Pipit, 12 Goldfinch
Heron's Green:
2 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail,
1 Green Sandpiper, 50+ Starlings
Moreton:
4 Scaup, 4 Goosander, 1 Little Egret, 4 Buzzard, 50+ Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Goldcrest,
12+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler,  mixed flock of 30+ Fieldfare and Redwing, 2 Stonechat,
1 Water Pipit, 6 Meadow Pipit, 6+ Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch
Stratford:
2 Black-necked Grebe (East shore), 3 Snipe, 300+ Starling (lane), 2 Water Pipit
Herriotts End:
2 Goosander, 1 Water Rail, 11 Lapwing
From around the lake...
45 Pintail, 5 Scaup, 18 Goosander, 7 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 120 Lapwing,
1 Dunlin, 6 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Chiffchaff, 35 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing

Reports: Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, Brian Edge, Martyn Hayes, Pete Hazelwood, Nigel Milbourne, Steve Sanins, Vic Savery, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Larry Sweetland, Mrs Trellis, Keith Vinicombe, Dan White, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding,  TBOSG