Really BAD news: WWT Llanelli closed due to finding a dead duck with bird flu.
Really GOOD news: 50 years ago today the 1st Pied-billed Grebe was found at Blagdon Lake.
Bristol:
Avon Gorge:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, I Raven - with a mouthful!
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| 22/12/2016 Raven (Paul Milsom) |
1 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 18 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Treecreeper.
Oldbury Power Station:
240 Wigeon, 52 Teal, 40 Mallard, 40 Linnet (Lagoon 2)
Sailing Club: (Pillhead Gout) - 350 Lapwing, 1500 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank 20 Redshank, 2 Raven.
New Passage/Northwick: full list from 21st
Pilning Wetlands:
200 Wigeon, 7 Gadwall, 160 Teal, 19 Shoveler, 1 Pochard, 11 Tufted Duck, 400+ Lapwing,
120 Curlew, 400+ Black-tailed Godwit, 120 Knot, 600+ Dunlin, 90 Redshank, 2 Peregrine,
1 Raven
Northwick Village:
2 Little Owl
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| 22/12/2016 Little Owl, well hidden. (Rob Emery) |
1st winter female Eider still at the Marine Lake.
Portbury Warth:
3 Mute Swan, 9 Shelduck, 80 Wigeon, 30 Gadwall, 25 Teal, 16 Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 2 Moorhen, 20 Coot, 1 Goldcrest, 25 Redwing, 3 Bullfinch, 4 Linnet.
Blagdon Lake:
Blyth's Pipit - into its 9th day. (the welcome for visitors by Nigel Milbourne is brilliant)
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| 22/12/2016 Blyth's Pipit (Bob Brewer) |
Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
2 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe.
Woodford:
3 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 1 Little Egret, 1 Bullfinch.
Heron's Green:
3 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting.
Moreton:
18 Goldeneye, 7 Goosander, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 15+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit
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| 22/12/2016 Water Pipit (Ian Stapp) |
13 Shelduck, 3 Pintail, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting.
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| 22/12/2016 Buzzard (with fish supper) (Ian Stapp) |
