Saturday, 18 November 2017

18th November '17 Saturday - Crane

Temp max 10˚C at 16.00. but the Wind max 14 mph. Dull misty wet day, 4 mm in parts

Bewick's Swan
Long-tailed Duck
Great Northern Diver
Great White Egret
Merlin
Common Crane

BRISTOL

High Kingsdown, garden:
2 m/f Blackcap, 14 Fieldfare over


18-11-17 Jay in St Andrews Park (Jon Mortin)
St Andrews Park:
1 Jay, 50 Starling

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Almondsbury: a view from the washing up bowl !
1 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, a Magpie, 4 Blue and Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Blackbird, a Chaffinch. During the night a Tawny Owl calling, calling always calling.

Oldbury Power Station:
70 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Raven

NewPassage/Northwick Warth, 17th:
56 Canada Geese, 450 Wigeon, 5 Gadwall, 1 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail, 260 Dunlin, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Stock Dove, 13 Redwing

NORTH SOMERSET

Bleadon:
1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Stonechat,  Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

18-11-17 Golden Plover at Marshfield (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield, Down Road:
3 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Merlin (Shire Lane), 1 Kestrel, 23 Golden Plover (Shire Lane), 40 Common Gull, 120 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 4 Raven, 20 Skylark, 300 Starling, 10 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, Yellowhammer, Corn Bunting

18-11-17 Great Spot in Keynsham (TtB)
Keynsham gardens:
1 Herring Gull, 5 Woodpigeon, 2 Collard Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 0 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 0 Carrion Crow, 0 Blue Tit, 0 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 0 House Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch

Wick, Golden Valley:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 8 Great Tit, 15 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Blackbird, 9 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 8 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow tanks WeBS:
1 Greylag Goose, 8 Gadwall, 65 Teal, 54 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, 8 Pochard, 69 Tufted Duck, 1 Goldeneye, 59 Coot, 17 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 18 Little Grebe, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher

18-11-17 Great White Egret and Heron on Herons Green (Bob Brewer)
Chew Valley Lake:
Bewick's Swan on East Shore

18-11-17 Long-tailed Duck at CVL (Paul Masters)
Long-tailed Duck at the Dam
1 Great Northern Diver in Heron's Green

18-11-17 Blackwit at Herons Green (Bob Brewer)
10 Black-tailed Godwit in Heron's Green
1 Common Crane flying West over Bishop Sutton at 8.45

18-11-17 Starlings in St Andrews (Jon Mortin)
Goodnight
Out of UK
Bob Brewer has been to Spain

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: Bob Brewer, VÄ•ra Carpenter, Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Patrick Hancock, Peter Hazelwood, William Hewitt, Robert Keish, John Martin, Paul Masters, Sally Monkhouse, Jonathan Mortin, Keith Williams, talkingtobears, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds