16th Nov '16 Wednesday - Med Gull

16-11-16 New Passage (Martin Tayler)

A big tide and 1000s of waders and ducks along Severside again this morning.

Bristol
Eastville Park:
1 Dipper
Seamills (WeBS):
36 Mallard, 3 Grey Heron, 40 Lapwing, 3 Common Snipe, 7 Common Sandpiper, 103 Redshank, 426 Black-headed Gull, 2 (adult winter) Mediterranean Gull, 2 Common Gull, 11 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull

16-11-16 Curlew (Simon Williams)

Barrel rolling at Severnside

Pilning Wetland:
2 Shelduck, 200+ Lapwing

16-11-16 Redshank and Turnstone (Martin Tayler)

Compare and contrast

Orchard Pools, Severn Beach:
6 Gadwall, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Water Rail, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 9 Redwing

16-11-16 Black-tailed Godwit (Simon Williams)

<1% of the record breaking flock

Kenn Moor:
48 Mute Swan, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Buzzard, 50 Black-headed Gull, 50 Starling, 25+ Fieldfare

16-11-16 Little Egret, Buzzard, Grey Heron, BH Gull, Sheep (Higgy)

All feasting on worms - apart from the sheep.

16-11-16 Mute Swan (Higgy)

40 congregating along the River Kenn at Monmoor

Lansdown, Bath:
250+ Common Gull, 60+ mixed Thrush

Blagdon Lake:
16 Bewick's Swan, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 10 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
2 Goldeneye
Woodford:
7 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher

16-11-16 Kingfisher (Ian Stapp)
Trapped in the floating fish pen, but later released.

Heron's Green:
7 Little Egret, 6 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail, 1 Common Snipe, 2 Stonechat
Moreton:
8 Goldeneye, 4 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 8 Lapwing, 2 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 50+ mixed flock of Fieldfare and Redwing, 10+ Blackbird

16-11-16 Great White Egret (Merv Carlyon)

Herriots End, CVL

Herriotts End:
9 Shelduck, 12 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 1 Cetti's Warbler

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Reports: Philip Appleton, Merv Carlyon, Laurie Garner, Robert Hargreaves, Higgy, Nigel Milbourne, Richard Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Mrs Trellis, Simon Williams, blagdonlakebirds