Sunday, 18 December 2016

18th Dec '16 Sunday - Siskin

A foggy grey calm day but with a beautiful sunset

Short-eared Owl, at Aust and Clevedon
Siskins at Huntingford Mill, Weston Moor and Paulton
Black Redstart at Clevedon and Uphill
Goosanders everywhere

18-12-16 Dipper in Bristol (Allan Chard)
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
1 m Sparrowhawk, 1 Dipper, 2 Jays, Goldcrest, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler sp (by the river, bottom of the path to Everest Rd)
Montpelier:
2 Ravens around this week
New Cut by Spike Island:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 3 Grey Wagtail
Whiteladies Road:
1 flyover Raven
18-12-16 Goldcrest at Eastville (Allan Chard)
Oldbury Power Station:
No reports yet

Littleton Warth saftie: 
35 Canada Geese, 110 mixed Wigeon/Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Oystercatchers, 2 Grey Plover, 
1100 Dunlin, 97 Curlew, 5 Redshank

Aust Sewage Works saftie: 
1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 14 Redwing, 4 Bullfinch

Aust Wharf 10.40 a.m:
1 Short-eared Owl hunting in the mist

Huntingford Mill, Little Avon River:
45 Siskins

New Passage/Northwick:
No reports yet
18-12-16 Snipe (Chris Stone)
A melanistic Snipe at Portbury
Portbury Wharf:
40 Gadwall, 1 melanistic Snipe

Weston Moor:
1 Shoveler, 6 Siskins

18-12-16 Black Redstart at Clevdon (Paul Milo Mislom)
Clevedon Pier;
1 f/1w Black Redstart
18-12-16 Cow (Higgy)
And some waders at Clevedon
Clevedon-Yeo:
Dowlais:
100 Canada Goose, 1 Little Egret, 13 Oystercatcher, 90 Lapwing, 700 Dunlin, 1 Short-eared Owl, 3 Song Thrush, 12 Meadow Pipit
Fields in Kingston Seymour:
16 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 100+ Starling

18-12-16 Barnacle Geese (Higgy)
Hanging around at Clevedon
Sea Wall at Channel Farm - Yeo Outlet:
3 Mute Swan, 10 Barnacle Goose, 99 Shelduck, 50+ Wigeon, 2 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine, 20 Oystercatcher, 32 Grey Plover, 700+ Dunlin, 25 Snipe, 100+ Curlew, 3 Raven, 500+ Starling, 18 Meadow pipit

18-12-16 Black Redstart (Paul Cousins)
Look for Gary to find them at Uphill
Uphill:
2 Little Grebes on the Boat Lake, 3 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 3 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Robin, 2 f Black Redstart by Gary (1st time seen there by observer in 10 years)

18-12-16 Red-legged Partridge (Dan White)
Part of Christmas at Marshfield, but no Pear tree
Marshfield:
5 Stonechat, 4 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 2 Collared Dove and a Partridge on a stone wall

Newton St Loe:
30 Teal, 1 m Goosander, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, plenty Redwing and few Fieldfare

Compton Dando:
2 Ravens

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 30 BH Gull, 12 Common Gull, 7 Stock Dove, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 21 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 28 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Chaffinch, 30 Goldfinch, 3 Siskin, 2 Bullfinch
Paulton Sewage Works:
85 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit

Barrow Tanks WeBS:
4 Wigeon, 56 Teal, 17 Shoveler, 22 Gadwall, 62 Mallard, 43 Pochard, 80 Tufted Duck, 1 Aythya hybrid (drake Tufted Duck x Pochard), 1 Goldeneye, 159 Coot, 18 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Cormorant, 3 Heron, 17 Lapwing, 19 Snipe. 2 Common Sandpiper

Blagdon Lake 17-12-16:
3 adult Bewick's Swans, 17 (3♂ & 14♀) Goosanders, 37 Little Egrets (a record count), 10 Great White Egrets, 1 Stonechat

18-12-16 Goosander at Chew Valley (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
Plenty of Goosanders
Heron's Green:
11+ Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard (white one), 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail

19-12-16 Little Egret (Ian Stapp)
Little Egret with a big  fish, Grey Heron & G-W Egret wishing for a fish
Moreton:
2  Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard (white one), 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Fieldfare, 100+ Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit, 40+ Chaffinch
Herriotts End:
16 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 18+ Goosander, 1 fly by Bittern, 2 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

18-12-16 Goosander at CVL (Bob Brewer)
Cheddar Reservoir:
1 Mandarin, 2 Red-crested Pochard

Reports: Des Bowring, Bob Brewer, Allan Chard, Paul Cousins, Chris Craig, Geoff Daniels, Sean Davies, Alastair Fraser, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Daphne Havercroft, Higgy, Glen Maddison, Vic Polley, Alan Spey, Kerry Sutton-Spence, Chris Stone, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Mrs Trellis, Wayne Tucker, Dan White, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding