1 Garganey, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 8 Great White Egret, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit
and 50+ Grey Heron at Blagdon Lake
Still good numbers of Great White Egret at Chew Valley Lake
Record number of Black-tailed Godwit (536) at New Passage
14-11-16 Some of the 50+ Grey Heron at Blagdon today along side Bewick Swan (Robert Hargreaves) |
Blue Tits, Chaffinch and a dozen Goldfinch scattered by Sparrowhawk (local garden). Wren and Dunnock later in the day.
Bristol, Staple Hill:
1 Sparrowhawk
14-11-16 Sparrowhawk keeping watch on 50 or so Sparrow in Staple Hill today (Beverley Easton) |
Oldbury Power Station:
13/11/16: 125 Wigeon, 9 Teal, 1 Shoveler, 4 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 2 Water Rail, 455 Lapwing,
1200 Dunlin, 127 Curlew, 27 Redshank, 800 BH Gull, 100 Common Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Chiffchaff,
4 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat
New Passage/Northwick:
21 Canada Geese, 2 Shelduck, 650 Wigeon, 6 Gadwall, 90 Teal, 20+ Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck,
2 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine (making the most of it), 60 Oystercatcher, 240 Lapwing, 140+ Knot,
2000 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 17 Snipe, 536 Black-tailed Godwit (record count - 20 was the record not so long ago),
90 Curlew, 2 Raven, 20+ Fieldfare, 1 Water Pipit
Severn Beach:
5 Heron (in a fly by), 1 Kestrel
Portishead:
6 Dunlin (on the foreshore)
Backwell Lake:
1 Water Rail, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 9 Shoveler, 1 Kingfisher
Blagdon Lake:
50+ Grey Heron, 1 Stonechat.
4 Shelduck, 10 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 1 Water Rail, 5 Lapwing,
13/11/16: 125 Wigeon, 9 Teal, 1 Shoveler, 4 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 2 Water Rail, 455 Lapwing,
1200 Dunlin, 127 Curlew, 27 Redshank, 800 BH Gull, 100 Common Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Chiffchaff,
4 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat
New Passage/Northwick:
21 Canada Geese, 2 Shelduck, 650 Wigeon, 6 Gadwall, 90 Teal, 20+ Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck,
2 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine (making the most of it), 60 Oystercatcher, 240 Lapwing, 140+ Knot,
2000 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 17 Snipe, 536 Black-tailed Godwit (record count - 20 was the record not so long ago),
90 Curlew, 2 Raven, 20+ Fieldfare, 1 Water Pipit
Severn Beach:
5 Heron (in a fly by), 1 Kestrel
Portishead:
6 Dunlin (on the foreshore)
Backwell Lake:
1 Water Rail, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 9 Shoveler, 1 Kingfisher
Blagdon Lake:
50+ Grey Heron, 1 Stonechat.
14-11-16 Bewick Swan at Blagdon today (Robert Hargreaves) |
Blagdon Lake WeBS count: 61 Mute Swan, 16 Bewick’s Swan, 328 Canada Goose, 9 Barnacle Goose, 440 Wigeon, 164 Gadwall, 1041 Teal, 485 Mallard, 6 Pintail, 1 Garganey, 243 Shoveler,
2 Red-crested Pochard, 67 Pochard, 224 Tufted Duck, 1 Scaup, 3 Goldeneye, 29 Little Grebe,
86 Great Crested Grebe, 96 Cormorant, 10 Little Egret, 8 Great White Egret, 38 Grey Heron,
156 Moorhen, 1474 Coot, 350 Lapwing, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Dunlin, 1 Peregrine, 2 Raven
Chew Valley Lake:
Herriott's End:4 Shelduck, 10 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 1 Water Rail, 5 Lapwing,
2 Little Egret, 1 Great-crested Grebe, 1 Jackdaw (ringed), 1 Kingfisher
14-11-16 Kingfisher at Herriott's end (Jessica Killey) |
Heron's Green Bay:
6 Teal, 10+ Little Egret, 10+ Great White Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Lapwing
14-11-16 Great White Egret and Little Egret at Heron's Green Bay (Jessica Killey) |
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Janey Clark, Beverley Easton, Robert Hargreaves, Jessica Killey, Andrew Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Lisa Presland, Tim Warren, blagdonlakebirds, severnsidebirds