Tuesday, 29 November 2016

29th Nov '16 Tuesday - Brambling

Another beautiful but cold day

Great White Egret at Clevedon-Blind Yeo as well as reservoirs
Golden Plover at Priddy Hill Farm
Bewick's Swans and Lesser Redpolls at Blagdon Lake
Marsh Harrier and Brambling at Chew Valley Lake

29-11-16 Golden Plover at Priddy Farm (George Stacey)

BRISTOL
Blaise Castle Hazel Brook-Stratford Mill:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Nuthatch
Bristol Gorge:
1 Peregrine
Eastville Park:
Chaffinches, not seen for a long time
Stapleton, Holy Trinity:
1 Peregrine
Stockwood Open Spaces:
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 1 male Stonechat,
6 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet,, 4 male Bullfinch
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Water Rail

29-11-16 Fieldfare (Brian Thompson)
Checking out the Scrumpers at Stockwood Open Space
New Passage/Northwick:
28/11/16: 57 Canada Geese, 13 Shelduck, 500+ Wigeon, 10 Gadwall, 80 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 5 Tufted Duck, 4 Cormorants, 2 Water Rails, 6 Golden Plover, 30+ Grey Plover, 70 Lapwing, 40 Knot, 3000+ Dunlin, 400 Black-tailed Godwits, 100 Curlew, 50 Redshank, 2 Little Owls, 2 Ravens

Clevedon-Yeo:
2 Little Egrets, 1 Great White Egret (next to the junction with Davis Lane / Manmoor Lane, Blind Yeo)

Backwell Lake:
Usual Swans and Ducks, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail

29-11-16 Great Spotted Woodpecker at Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)
Bleadon:
Allotments:
1 Sparrowhawk, 60 Starling, 20 mixed Fieldfares and Redwing, 60 mixed finches, 2 Linnets
Garden:
1 m Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 8 Long-tailed Tits, 1 f  Reed Bunting
Levels nature reserve to weir:
1 Little Egret, 100 Lapwing, 60 Starlings feeding on flooded fields with mixed gulls and corvids,
40+ Fieldfare, 60+ Redwing in bushes
At Weir:
6 small ducks (probably Teal), 2 Curlew, 6 Redshank

Bath:
Red Admiral in garden yesterday

Newton St Loe:
4 Goosander female, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Common Gull, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Nuthatch,
1 annoying dog walker !

Paulton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, 1+ Goldcrest, 3 Long-tailed Tits, 1+ Chiffchaff, 15+ Redwings,
2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Dunnock, 5 Goldfinch, 1 Bullfinch

29-11-16 Golden Plover at Priddy Farm (George Stacey)
Priddy Hill Farm fields:
many Lapwing, 500+ Golden Plover, Starlings, Fieldfare

Blagdon Lake:
16 Bewick's Swans, 4 (3 adult ♂♂)  Goosanders, 9 Little Egrets, 11 Great White Egrets, 9 Snipe, 1 ♂ Stonechat, 2 Lesser Redpolls

Chew Valley Lake to Chew Magna - BOC Walk:
2 Teal, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 14 Lapwing, 2 Common Gull, 3 Herring Gull,
2 Collared Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit,
5 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Wren, 30 Starling, 11 Blackbird, 5 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 11 Redwing,
5 Mistle Thrush, 9 Robin, 2 Stonechat, 3 Dunnock, 12 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail,
6 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 14 Chaffinch, 6 Linnet, 7 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

29-11-16 Great White Egrets at CVL (George Stacey)
Chew Valley Lake:
20+ Wrens,  10+ Robins
Dam:
3 Little Grebe
Woodford:
2 Wrens, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Robins, 12 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch (Car park)
5 Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven (calling), 30+ Redwing & Fieldfare (orchard)
Heron's Green:
10 Little Egret, 14 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk (fly over), 1 Water Rail (pond) , 
1 Snipe (pond), 1 Kingfisher (pond), 2 Wrens, 1 Robin, 2 Stonechat (pond reeds)  


29-11-16 Water Pipit on ice (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
6 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander 2m 2f, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 3 Wrens (hide), 4 Robins, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit, 25+ Chaffinch with 2 Brambling            
Moreton /Stratford Lane:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jays, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 11 Wrens, 4 Robins,
2 Stonechat (reeds)  
Stratford:
 2 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (same as Moreton), 2 Ravens, 2 Wrens,
1 Cetti's Warbler (calling)
Herriott's Bridge:
9 Shelduck, 4 Goosander 1m 3f, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher,
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit (fly over)                                  


29-11-16 Peregrine at Bristol Gorge (Paul Milo Mislom)
Reports: BOC Walk, Simon Carder, Chris Craig, Nick Hawkridge, Bill Hewitt, Higgy,  Robin Lambert, Paul Milo Milsom, Steve Sanins, Richard Scantlebury, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, Wayne Tucker, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG