30th Dec '16 Friday - Jack Snipe

Some bright spells in places but generally dull with drizzle. Many lakes still frozen.


Black Redstart back at Oldbury Power Station
Great White Egret still in good numbers at Chew 
Jack Snipe at Clevedon-Yeo

30-12-16 Gulls at Herriot's Bridge (Martin Tayler)
Enjoying the festive season with a mince pie

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Black Redstart, 3 Stonechat, 50+ Redwing, 30+ Fieldfare

Tickenham:
Tickenham to Cadbury Camp and return:
1 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 3 Herring Gull, plenty Woodpigeon,
4 Collared Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel,
4 Magpie, 18 Jackdaw, 50 Rook one flock, 14 Carrion Crow, 12 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit,
3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Wren, 140 Starling 2 flocks, 5 Blackbird, 5 Fieldfare,
60 Redwing, 8 Robin, 2 Stonechat, 3 Dunnock, 12 House Sparrow,
13 Chaffinch one flock of 9 ground feeders, 2 Bullfinch, 58 Linnet one flock, 7 Goldfinch

Backwell Lake:
1 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Gadwall, 22 Shoveler and 100 BH Gulls standing around on the ice

30-12-16 Black-headed Gull standing around on the ice this morning at Backwell Lake (Timothy Warren)

Yatton, Stawberry Line:
4 Teal , 1 Little Egret, 2 Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Stock Dove, 50 Redwing,
1 Song Thrush. 10 Fieldfare, 2 Greenfinch (a notable species now), 4 Bullfinch

Yatton, Wemberham:
1 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 1 Stonechat, 10 Redwing, 50 Fieldfare, 1 Grey Wagtail

Clevedon-Yeo:
21 Mute Swan , 65 Canada Goose (dawn roost at mouth of Kenn), 10 Shelduck (probably others in the murk!), 120 Wigeon, 10+ Teal, 30+ Mallard, 2 Little Egret,  32 Oystercatcher, 17 Grey Plover,   ~100 Curlew, 20 Turnstone, 700 Dunlin,
260 Redshank (180 at Kenn + 80 up Yeo - maybe more here), 2 Jack Snipe,
100+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Raven, a few Skylark, 1 Stonechat

Uphill:
Albino blackbird. Black eyes not pink.

Marshfield:
8 Stonechat around Marshfield this afternoon, 4 Northfields lane, 2 Orchid lane,
2 Down Road.

30-12-16 One of 8 Stonechat around Marshfield today (Peter Coslett)

Newton St Loe:
3 Buzzard,  3 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Yellowhammer, 20 Meadow Pipits, 1 Bullfinch, 

3 Common Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch,
2 Marsh Tits, 

Sadly only 1 Swan, female, due to dog attack!

30-12-16 Kingfisher at Newton St. Loe (Wayne Tucker)At least one decent Kingfisher photo today

30-12-16 Marsh Tit at Newton St. Loe (Wayne Tucker)

Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
2 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe
Woodford:
1 Stonechat 20+ Redwing 3 Fieldfare
Heron's Green:
4 Great White Egret 2 Little Egret, 4 Goldeneye, 5 Goosander, 4 Shoveler, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Snipe (pond), 1 Water Rail (pond), 1 Stonechat (pond), 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Bittern (12.50 flushed from the old road left side of the bay by 2 G- W Egrets, flew along in front reeds for 25 yards then dropped in to the reeds.)

30-12-16 Goosander landing at Heron's Green today (Martin Tayler)

Moreton:
1 Cetti's, 1 Water Rail, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Grey Wagtail,  1 Great White Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Little Egret 2 Meadow Pipit 3 Stonechat, 2 Jay, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

30-12-16 Great Spotted Woodpecker at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts End:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Goosander,  2 G BB Gull, 1 Kingfisher,
4 Reed Bunting, 5 Pintail, 12 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler

30-12-16 Shoveler at Chew today (Bob Brewer)

30-12-16 Male Kingfisher at Herriot's (Martin Tayler)
This is the one missing from Paul Milo Milsom's photo on Twitter

Reports: Bob Blainey, Bob Brewer, Nick Hawkridge, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Wayne Tucker, 
Timothy Warren, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, TBOSG