Saturday 10 December 2016

10th Dec '16 Saturday - 1st Great White

Rainy day, esp in the north of Avon

Jack Snipe at Littleton Warth
Eider at Weston-Super-Mare may be sickening
Great White Egret First sighting recorded at Barrow Tanks
Bewick's Swans on 2 reservoirs
Black-necked Grebes at Chew Valley

10-12-16 Goldfinch (Rod Holbrook)
The weather didn't improve at Severn Beach
BRISTOL
No reports today

Oldbury Power Station:
9/12/16: 1 male Black Redstart again, at NE corner of towers this afternoon.
Shepperdine 9/12/16: 1 Peregrine, 90 Lapwing, 1 Snipe

Pilning Wetland 9/12/16:
400 Wigeon, 140 Teal, 16 Shoveler, 300 Lapwing, 70 Knot, 500 Dunlin, 500 Black-tailed Godwits, 140 Curlew, 70 Redshank, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kestrel

New Passage:
1 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher

Severn Beach 9/12/16:
1 male Stonechat


10-12-16 Robin (Rod Holbrook)
Hardy bird at Severn Beach
Littleton Warth:
Low tide count: 530 Wigeon, 92 Teal, 4 Little Egret, 1350 Dunlin, 3 Jack Snipe, 25 Snipe,
60 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Water Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit

Backwell Lake p.m:
2 Gadwall, 20 Shoveller, 2 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher,

Weston-Super-Mare:
Marine Lake: 1 juv Eider

Bath, Twerton garden a.m:
3 Coal Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 f Blackcap

Paulton garden a.m:
2 Blackcap (m&f) 

Barrow Tanks No.2:
1 Great White Egret (Site 1st - Sean Davies)

Blagdon Lake:
8 adult Bewick's Swans, 1 adult Shelduck, 2 adult pair Goosanders, 24 Little Egrets, 10 Great White Egrets, 1 Peregrine, 1 Dunlin

9-12-16 Water Pipit (George Stacey)
One of the Water Pipits from CVL yesterday
Chew Valley Lake:
5 Bewick's Swans (3 imm), 20 Goosander, 7 Scaup (1st winters - 4m 3f), 3 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egrets, 2 Black-necked Grebes, 45 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Chiffchaff

Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Sean Davies, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Craig Ingham, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne, KP, Chris Stone, Timothy Warren, Dan White, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds