Thursday, 16 November 2017

16th November '17 Thursday - Hawfinch

Temp max 12˚C. Wind SW to N, max 13 mph. Sunny at start turning miserable and wet

16-11-17 Long-tailed Duck still at CVL (Paganbirder)
Bewick's Swan
Long-tailed Duck
Great White Egret
Yellow-legged Gull
Marsh Tit
Firecrest
Brambling, Hawfinch

BRISTOL
15-11-17 Firecrest in Eastville Park (Paul Brennan)
Eastville Park:
2 Mute Swan, 4 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 100 BH Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest


16-11-17 Kingfisher at Stoke Park (Martin Tayler)
Stoke Park:
1 Kingfisher, 2 Goldfinch

Stockwood Open Space:
47 BH Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 2 groups Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 10 Blackbird, 4 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 5 Dunnock, 1 Meadow Pipit, 10 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch

Clifton:
Marsh Tit back on the feeders this afternoon.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 f Gadwall, 1 juv Tufted Duck, 1 juv Little Grebe, 3 Stonechat, 7th Hawfinch of 2017 

16-11-17 Marsh Tit on Milbury Heath (Adam Rawson)
Milbury Heath:
Marsh Tits to be found here

16-11-17 Little Grebe in Kingsgate Park (Mark Coller)
Yate, Kingsgate Park:
8 Gadwall, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe

15-11-17 Wood Duck from Bitterwell Lake (Dan White)
Coalpit Heath, Bitterwell Lake, 15th:
1 m Wood Duck

NORTH SOMERSET

BELOW M4 & BANES

16-11-17 Stonechat in Northfield Lane (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield, Northfield Lane:
1 Sparrowhawk, 200 Common Gull (Cold Ashton), 30 Skylark, 400 Starling, 6 Stonechat, Yellowhammer, Corn Bunting

Keynsham:
4 Herring Gull, 10 Feral Pigeon, 7 Woodpigeon, 0 Collard Dove, 0 Green Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 0 Blue Tit, 7 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 0 House Sparrow, 1 Chaffinch, 10 Goldfinch
16-11-17 Grey Wagtail at Pensford (TtB)
Pensford:
1 Grey Wagtail

Bath, Racecourse to Langridge Farm to Golf Course:
1 Kestrel, 200 Common Gull, 60 Skylark, 100 Starling, 12 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 25 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 40 Linnet, 75 Yellowhammer

16-11-17 Stonechat at Newton St Loe (NSL Birding
Newton St Loe:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Raven, 10 Goldcrest, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Treecreeper, 15 Starling, 50 Redwing 1 Stonechat, 50 Goldfinch, 3 Linnet, 5 Yellowhammer

Marskbury:
4 Thousand + (4000+)!!!!! Wood Pigeon in Maize field along all went for a fly around Fantastic sight that many large birds in the air together, 200+ Crows & Jackdaw in next Maize field, 100+ Starling 

NORTH SOMERSET
16-11-17 Sparrowhawk at Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)
Bleadon:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, WeBS:
68 Mute Swan, 194 Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 76 Wigeon, 130 Gadwall, 338 Teal, 303 Mallard, 20 Pintail, 47 Shoveler, 161 Pochard, 1 Hybrid Pochard/Tufted Duck, 1160 Tufted Duck, 3 Goldeneye, 1f Goosander, 29 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 9 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 88 Moorhen, 1366 Coot, 1 Water Rail, 55 lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtail

16-11-17 Lapwing at CVL (TtB)
Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
Long-tailed Duck (Wally Bank), 4 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper,  50 Fieldfare/Redwing, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
14 Goldeneye, 350 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit,  l5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch

16-11-17 Hawfinch in Lane to Villice (Ian Stapp)
Villice and Path to:
1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 100's Woodpigeon flying around, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 22 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Pied Wagtail, 23 Meadow Pipit, 4 Bullfinch, 1 m Hawfinch


16-11-17 Goosander at Herons Green (George Stacey)
Herons Green:
7 (2m) Goosander, 12 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 17 Great White Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 37 Lapwing, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 6 Meadow Pipit,

16-11-17 Bewick's Swan at Moreton (Ian Stapp)
This is 'By Brook' ZBN, here from last year
Moreton:
Bewick's Swan (one is By Brook ZBN), 4 Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Treecreeper, 20 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing

Herriotts:
6 Shelduck, 16 Pintail, 2 f Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

BTO South-West Conference, 18th March 2018
Details and book now info

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

Reports: Carl Bovis, Paul Brennan, Teresa Chard, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, David Esam, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, William Hewitt, Glen Maddison, Nigel Milbourne, Paganbirder, Adam Rawson, Rich Scantlebury, Nigel Sluman, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Dan White, talkingtobears, blagdonlakebirds, CVRSnsl-birdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirds