24th Dec '16 Saturday - Pipits

Pleasant Christmas Eve, much colder in the wind than the forecast implied, and little sun

24-12-16 Egrets on the reservoirs  (Bob Brewer)
A huge success for Avon this year

Blyth's Pipit at Blagdon
Richard's Pipit at Arlingham. SO719117, small rough field with the mistletoe-covered hawthorn
Water Pipit, Meadow Pipit and Bittern at Chew Valley Lake
Grey Partridge and Corn Bunting at Marshfield

24-12-16 Sparrowhawk (Paul Mislom)
Causing havoc outside his flat in Bristol

BRISTOL
1 Sparrowhawk hunting outside flat
Barrs Court:
1 m Blackcap
Blaise Castle a.m:

1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tits, Treecreepers, Jays, 1 Grey Wagtail

24-12-16 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Lise Presland)
Posing at Blaise Castle

Filton Pool, A38: 

8 Tufted Duck, 12 Coot

SOUTH GLOUCESTSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Weasel around Lagoon 3

Littleton Warth a.m:
185 mixed Wigeon/Teal, 1 Merlin, 4 Oystercatcher, 120+ Dunlin, 32 Curlew, 1 Raven, 1 Song Thrush, 15 Chaffinch

Aust Sewage Works a.m:
2 Chiffchaff, 19 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Bullfinch

New Passage/Northwick:
a.m: 12 Gadwall, 1 Little Egret, 22 Grey Plover, 230 Lapwing, 120 Knot, 450 Black-tailed Godwit,
Midday, rising tide: 1 Mute Swan, 32 Canada Geese, 180 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Little Grebe, 15 Coot, 35 Oystercatcher, 6 Grey Plover, 80 Lapwing, 17 Curlew, 120 Knot, 2 Redshank, 90 BH Gull, 35 Pied Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit.
Other totals of day: 2 Mute Swans, 250 Wigeon, 80 Teal, 16 Shoveler, 1 Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck,
1 Sparrowhawk, 250 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 90 Curlew, 60 Redshank

24-12-16 Buzzard at Chew (Bob Brewer)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon to Portishead, M5:
1 Red Kite seen where M5 levels out

Aldwick Court Farm, between Cowslip Green on the A38 and Blagdon dam:
A flock of c.1000 Redwings (feeding in the vineyard opposite). Plus 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Fieldfare,
1 Song Thrush. Worth a look for a rare thrush if you are passing on way to the Blyth's Pipit?

24-12-16 Redwing (Peter Coslett)
100+ at Down Road, Marshfield

BANES+

Marshfield, Down Road:
20 Grey Partridge, 2 Kestrel, 150 Common Gull, 100 Starling, 100 Redwing, 20 Skylark, 40 Corn Bunting

Bath, Twerton:
2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 4 Coal Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 f Blackcap, 1 Dunnock

24-12-16 Treecreeper at Newton St Loe (Wayne tucker)

Newton St Loe:
2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 3 Treecreeper. 50+ Redwing. 5 Yellowhammer

THE RESERVOIRS

22-12-16 The Blyth's Pipit (Wayne Tucker)

Blagdon Lake:
1 Blyth's Pipit, 3 Bewick's Swans, 10 Great White Egrets, 2 Green Sandpipers and the wintering Common Sandpiper

24-12-16 Great White Egret at Chew (Bob Brewer)

Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
5 Bewick's Swans (Back of Denny Island from picnic site), 2 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 10 Goldfinch (car park)          
Woodford:
Closed

24-12-16 Green Sandpiper and Water Pipit (Ian Stapp)
Moreton, Chew 

Heron's Green:
4 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret (one in the pond), 2 Little Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 40+ Crows (field back pond), 1 Stonechat

24-12-16 Great White Egret at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
6 Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard 1 Green Sandpiper, 

2 GBB Gull, 4 Jay 2 Raven 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 10+ Fieldfare (drive way in), 50+ Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 14 Meadow Pipit, 3 Water Pipit, 

20+ Chaffinch

Herriotts End:
16 Shelduck, 5 Pintail, 4 Goosander, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Bittern,
5 GBB Gull (pond), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

Wishing all our readers a Happy Christmas Day

24-12-16 Great White Egrets (Bob Brewer)
The fish have had a hard season

Reports: Bob Brewer, Peter Coslett, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Mike King, Ben Macdonald, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Paul Milsom, Dave Nevitt, Lise Presland, Lois Pryce, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Wayne Tucker, Grahame Woodberry,  blagdonlakebirds,  CVRS,  nslbirding,  opsbirding, severnsidebirds. TBOSG