11th Nov '17 Saturday - Great Northern

Temp max 12˚C early morning, min 7˚C.  Wind W, veering N, max 8 mph, falling to 1 mph. 3 mm rain. Some sun in morning but turning very dull so only one photographer

Great Northern Diver
Long-tailed Duck
Scaup, Wigeon
Great White Egret
Hawfinch

11-11-17 Lapwing at Herons Green (Talking to Bears)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 m/f Wigeon +1 juv, 1 f Gadwall, 0 Mallard, Tufted Duck, 5 Moorhen, 2 Water Rail 

New Passage/Northwick Warth, 10th:

60 Canada Geese, 15 Shelduck, 350+ Wigeon, 14 Gadwall, 70 Teal, 20+ Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 1 Merlin, 2 Kestrel, 2+ Water Rail, 90 Lapwing, 48 Knot, 400 Dunlin, 60 Black-tailed Godwit, 175 Redshank, 2 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Bay:

1 Chiffchaff, 1 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing

Weston-super-Mare:
100 Lapwing to West1 Hawfinch north over our house while chatting in Balmoral Way at 10:00

11-11-17 Sparrowhawk in Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)

Bleadon:
1 Great White Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Green Woodpecker

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham:
3 Herring Gull, 5 Woodpigeon, 4 Collard Dove, 1 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 25 Starling, 0 House Sparrow, 0 Chaffinch, 17 Goldfinch

Midford:
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay

And in two feeding parties: 2 Goldcrest, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper

Paulton:
26 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 29 BH Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Goldcrest, 7 Starling, 11 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 14 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 10 Yellowhammer

STW:
1 Grey Wagtail, 16 Pied Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
15 Pintails, 2 Scaup, 2♂Goldeneye, 19+ Lapwings

11-11-17 Great White Egret at CVL (Rob Emery)

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Woodford:
3 Bullfinch

Herons Green:

4-500 carpet Wigeon, 6 (2m) Goosander, 9 Little Egret, 34 (p.m.) Great White Egret, 10 Grey Heron, 1 Lapwing, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Redshank

Moreton:

1 Great Northern Diver

Herriotts:
1 Goosander

CVL, Stratford Hide:

Closed Sunday, 26th November, possibly a week more if work not finished on the volunteer Sunday

Keith Fox funeral arrangements

See 8th November blog

Waxwing Photos

Required by Pete Dommett, dommett@blueyonder.co.uk, for an article. No payment, just publicity!

Reports: Rich Andrews, Chris Craig, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Simon Harris, Peter Hazelwood, Bill Hewitt, David Hughes, Simon Isgar, Nigel Milbourne, Jean Oliver, Rob P @RobTheBirder, Nigel Smith, talkingtobears, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds,