Waxwing and Cattle Egret still obliging. Tufted Duck appearing where they've not been seen before very often. Little Gull at Portbury Wharf
BRISTOL
St Andrews Park:
25 Redwing
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Plover, 1500 Lapwing, 3 Ringed Plover, 200 Curlew,
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Turnstone, 15 Knot 1 (m) Ruff, 2000 Dunlin, 20 Redshank, 6 Snipe, 29 Skylark.
Bradley Stoke: Tesco carpark by car wash: 13 Waxwing.
Aztec West lakes: Canada Geese, Mallard, Moorhen
Ingst: 9 mallard, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, c.60 Herring Gull, c.75 Rook3 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing.
Chittening Warth:
16 Mallard, 38 Shelduck, 60 Oystercatcher, 50 Curlew, 60 Redshank, 30 Dunlin, 4 Teal
6 Wigeon, 1 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting.
New Passage/Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands:
400 Wigeon,12 Canada Goose, 35 Shelduck, 120 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 80 Oystercatcher, 450 Lapwing, 80 Curlew, 300 Black-tailed Godwit, 90 Knot,
1000 Dunlin, 1 Raven.
6 Wigeon, 1 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting.
New Passage/Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands:
400 Wigeon,12 Canada Goose, 35 Shelduck, 120 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 80 Oystercatcher, 450 Lapwing, 80 Curlew, 300 Black-tailed Godwit, 90 Knot,
1000 Dunlin, 1 Raven.
NORTH SOMERSET:
Portbury Wharf:
115 Lapwing, 48 Redshank, Little gull - Ad winter
Weston-Super-Mare:
Black Redstart is still at Weston-super-Mare Police StationWeston-Super-Mare:
Grey Wagtail on the roof of the former Magistrates Court
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
2 Cattle Egret were still in the field west of Togg Hill Farm this afternoon
Marshfield: 30 Corn Bunting, 20 Yellowhammer, Linnet, Fieldfare.
Newton St Loe:
2 Mute Swan, 14 Teal, 43 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander, 7 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe,
1 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Coal Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush
1 Mistle Thrush, 50+ Goldfinch
RESERVOIRS:
Blagdon:
2 Egyptian Goose, 36 Gadwall, 5 Goosander, 1 Little Egret, 20 Lapwing, 1 Peregrine, 20 Linnet, and 4 Siskin.
Chew Valley Lake:1 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Coal Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush
1 Mistle Thrush, 50+ Goldfinch
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| 1/2/17 Rare Lady Tufted Duck Newton St Loe (Robert Hargreaves) Last reported May 2016, and then before that in 2011 |
Blagdon:
2 Egyptian Goose, 36 Gadwall, 5 Goosander, 1 Little Egret, 20 Lapwing, 1 Peregrine, 20 Linnet, and 4 Siskin.
Dam:
15 Scaup (13 all together at the Dam & 1m 1f together Denny end of the car park), 3 Little Grebe,
2 Goldeneye
Woodford:
1 Raven, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Bullfinch (car park), 20+ Redwing (orchard)
Heron's Green:
7 Goosander (4f 3m on the bank by the cottage), 64 Canada Goose, 9 Barnacle Goose
3 Goldeneye, 16 Lapwing, 20+ Fieldfare (fly over), 50+ Starling (fly over South)
4 House Sparrow, 1 Black-necked Grebe
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| 1/2/17 Barnacle Geese at Heron's Green (Ian Stapp) |
Black Necked Grebe
Moreton:
50+ Fieldfare (fields way in) 8 Long Tailed Tit, 2 Bullfinch (cottage), 2 Green Wood Sandpiper
2 Green Sandpiper (1 Hide other cattle trough pond later 2 at Hide),
18 Scaup, 1 Little Egret, 45 Snipe
30+ Goldeneye (flushed from H Green/Nunnery by a boat), 14 Chaffinch
8 Bewick's Swans, 1 Goosander
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| 1/2/17 Green Sandpiper at Moreton, (Bob Brewer) |
4 Pintail (pond), 2 Goosander (pond), 3 Goosander (lake), 1 Grey Wagtail
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| 1-2-17 Yellow-legged Gull on Herriott's Pool (Keith Vinicombe) Note the stocky build and short, stubby bill |
Ring-necked Duck (ad Male) (off East Shore), 3 ad Mediterranean Gulls and 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, including a 3rd-yr 'lusitanius' type, a form that originates mainly from southern Portugal
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| 1-2-17 Otter also seen at Chew (Keith Vinicombe) |
