11th Dec '16 Sunday - Short-eared Owl

A beautiful sunny and still day

Black Redstart, Great White Egret, Jack Snipe and Short-eared Owl at Clevedon
Eider being indecisive at Weston- Super-Mare
Corn Buntings at Marshfield
Bewick's Swans and Great White Egret on the reservoirs

11-12-16 Kingfisher at Duchess (Richard Scantlebury)

BRISTOL

Henleaze garden:
10 Fieldfare, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Kingfisher
Warmley Forest Park:

1 Kingfisher, 10 Long-tailed Tits, 40+ Redwing

11-12-16 Grey Wagtail at New Passage (Lise Presland)

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Grey Wagtail

Pilning main road:
1 Kestrel

Severn Beach, Orchard Pools p.m:

2 Gadwall, 1 Water Rail, 1 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Fieldfare

7 House Sparrows at the shops again

Westerleigh church:

1 Raven mobbed by Jackdaws

Clevedon, St Andrews Church:
1 f Black Redstart (on roof)

Clevedon, Blind Yeo:
1 Great White Egret

Clevedon-Yeo:
14 Mute Swan, 65 Canada Goose, c.50 Shelduck, 3 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard,
220 Lapwing, c.60 Curlew, 220 Dunlin(flock feeding nr Kenn mouth), 3 Jack Snipe (all near Kenn), 6 Snipe (with Jack's), 3 Short-eared Owl (Kenn mouth), 2 Raven, 20+ Skylark,
Blake's Pools: 10+ Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 4+ Reed Bunting

Sand Bay:
600+ Shelduck, 30 Oystercatcher, 20 Grey Plover, 400 Dunlin, 20 Curlew,

11-12-16 Eider (Lee Gardiner)
Flew off to sea and crash landed, but came back for more

Weston-Super-Mare, Marine Lake:
1 juv Eider (moving between lake and sea)

11-12-16 Eider (Lee Gardiner)
Coming back for more mistreatment by the gulls

A46, Pennsylvania, Tollgate Tea Rooms:
Large flock of Golden Plover and Lapwing in fields opposite

Marshfield:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 200+ Wood Pigeons, Corvids everywhere, 100+ Skylarks, 100+ Starlings, 150+ Fieldfares, 100+ Redwing, 20 Pied Wagtails, 50+ Meadow Pipits, 50 Chaffinch, 40 Goldfinch, 300+ Linnets, 12 Corn Buntings

Newton St Loe:
20 Teal, 3m 2f Goosander (top lake), 2 Buzzard, 8 Moorhen! 2 Nuthatch, 1 Fieldfare, 50+ Redwing

Compton Dando:
1 Red Admiral butterfly

Blagdon Lake:
8 Bewick's Swans, 1 Shelduck, 4 m Pintail, 3 Goldeneye, 7 Goosander, 20+ Little Egret, 7+ Great White Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 50+ Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 100+ Common Gull, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 30+ Redwing, 1 Stonechat

1 Peacock butterfly

11-12-16 Cormorant  (Ian Stapp)
Ringed SLP white on green at Moreton

Chew Valley Lake:
East Shore:
5 Bewick's Swans
Heron's Green:
3 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard (the white one), 2 Stonechat

11-12-16 Green Sandpiper at Moreton  (David Hughes)

Moreton:

3 Scaup (2f 1m), 5 Goldeneye, 6 Goosander, Cormorant (Green ring, white lettering SLP1), 6 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted  Woodpecker, 4 Jay,  2 Ravens, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's  Warbler, 15+ Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit, 60+ Chaffinch

11-12-16 Water Pipit at Moreton (David Hughes)

Stratford:
3 Goldeneye (1m 2f), 3 Great White Egret, 1 Water Pipit
Herriotts End:
9 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Wagtail

11-12-16 Blackcap in Avon (Allan Chard)
Through kitchen window in morning, back in afternoon for more apple

Reports: BOC Walk, Peter Coslett, Geoff Daniels, Lee Gardiner, Andy Gibb, Robert Hargreaves, David Hughes, Lisegirl, Nigel Milbourne, Chris Perry, H E Rose, Steven Sanins, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Wayne Tucker, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG