Sunday 19 November 2017

19th November '17 Sunday - Song Thrush

Temp max 8˚C but Wind max 4 mph so turned into glorious warm day and everybody went out. Even the Song Thrush were out in large numbers and singing again

Long-tailed Duck
Great White Egret
Merlin
Purple Sandpiper
Greenshank/Marsh Sandpiper
Firecrest
Brambling, Lesser Redpoll

BRISTOL

Brandon Hill:
1 Firecrest
19-11-17 Firecrest at Eastville (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
2 Mute Swan, 3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, 50 BH gulls, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, lots of Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, singing Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 

Stoke park estate:
1 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Moorhen, 2 Stonechat

Stockwood Open Space:
2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Wren, 10 Blackbird, 8 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 16 Redwing, 12 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 5 Bullfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station, 18th:
70 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Raven

19-11-17 Dunlin at New Passage (John Martin)
NewPassage/Northwick Warth:
20 Shoveler, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel,  'grey' female Merlin on 18th, 1 Water Rail, 7 Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover, 145 Lapwing, 11 Knot, lots Dunlin (2,200 on 18th), 46 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 1 Rock Pipit

19-11-17 Water Rail at NP (Lisegirl)
Severn Beach, New Pill, 0900 - 1030:
47 Oystercatchers, 14 Ringed Plover, 40 Dunlin, 38 Curlew, 1 Turnstone

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Snipe, 1 Little Owl, 2 Raven, 60 Fieldfare, 100 Redwing, 200 Linnet, 2 Hawfinch trees Horton end 2.30

Coalpit Heath, East, 07.45-09.25:
2 Buzzard. 1 Stock Dove. 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker. 1 Meadow Pipit with 4 Pied Wagtail, 10 House Sparrow, 1 Lesser Redpoll (first for me here since 4 in December 1994), 1 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET
19-11-17 Purple Sandpiper on Battery Point (Jason Williams)
Portishead, Battery Point:
1 Purple Sandpiper

Portishead, Redcliffe Bay:
1 Brambling among viral papilloma Chaffinches

Weston Moor, Gordano Valley:
4 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher

Clevedon-Yeo:
12 Mute Swan, 54 Canada Goose, 50 Shelduck, 120 Wigeon, 25 Teal, 40 Mallard, 6 Shoveler, 5 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 88 Oystercatcher, 22 Grey Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 100 Curlew, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 10 Turnstone, 1800 Dunlin, 340 Redshank, 2 Snipe, 160 BH Gull, 6 Skylark, 1 Raven, 40 Meadow Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit

Woodspring Bay (River Yeo – St Thomas’s Head) WeBS:
7 Mute Swan, 82 Shelduck, 155 Wigeon, 49 Teal, 77 Mallard, 1 Pochard, 1 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Heron, 25 Grey Plover, 4 Lapwing, 52 Dunlin, 64 Curlew, 620 Redshank, 63 BH Gull, 1 Herring Gull

19-11-17 Blackcap in Weston (David Gibbs)
Weston-super-Mare garden:
1 Peregrine, Long-tailed Tits, 1 f Blackcap, Redwing, Mistle Thrush

Uphill:
1 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, lots of distant Dunlin /Redshank/Lapwing on the Axe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Bullfinch

19-11-17 Pied Wagtail on Kenn Moor (Higgy)
Kenn Moor, Claverham Grove:
3 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 200 Starling, 50 Redwing, 3 Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail

Wemberham Lane, Yatton:
1 Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven. 1 Song Thrush in full song, 15 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting


BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham gardens:
2 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 3 Collard Dove, 0 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 0 Blue Tit, 12 Starling, 0 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 0 House Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch

19-11-17 Kingfisher on Avon at Saltford (Rob Hargreaves)
Saltford, Bath RSPB walk:
3 Canada Geese, 4 Pheasant, 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green and 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Magpie, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 10 Goldcrest, 8 Great Tit, 15 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 m Blackcap, 40 Starling, 12 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare, 9 Song Thrush, 19 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey and 4 Pied Wagtail, 20 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 30 Goldfinch, 46 species

Bath, Prior Park:
1 possible Greenshank/Marsh Sandpiper

Newton St Loe, WeBS:
3 Mute Swan, 29 Mallard, 3 Mute Swan, 4 Moorhen, 1 WATER RAIL
14 Greenfinch (Record count), 35+ Goldfinch, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Jay, 1 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 300+ Gulls, 1 Mistle Thrush, 35+ Redwing, 1 Meadow Pipit

Paulton:
2 Mute Swan, 7 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Treecreeper, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit, 6 Goldfinch, 30 Siskin, 4 Bullfinch
Sewage treatment works:
20 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 50 Meadow Pipit

Marksbury/Chelwood:
21 Buzzard in field, 1000+ Corvids and Wood Pigeon seen in air midday

Chew Stoke:
2nd wintering Blackcap captured (CVRS)

RESERVOIRS
19-11-17 Tufted Duck at Backwell Lake (Mrs Trellis)
Backwell Lake:
2 Gadwall, 12 Shoveler, 59 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 12 Little Egret (in to roost 4.15pm), 1 Water Rail, 16 Long-tailed Tit, 40+ Greenfinch (roaming party)

19-11-17 Merlin at Barrow (Chris Stone)
Barrow tanks WeBS:
1 site tick Merlin
19-11-17 Great White Egret at CVL (TtB)
Chew Valley Lake:
Bewick's Swan not reported

19-11-17 Long-tailed Duck at the Dam (Bob Brewer)
Dam:
Long-tailed Duck

19-11-17 Firecrest at Villice (Jon Mortin)
Villice:
Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Goosander, 2 Pheasant, 1 Firecrest, 2 Buzzard

19-11-17 Great White Egret at CVL (Lauren Tucker)
Herons Green:
2 Goosander, many  Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 7 Lapwing, 10 Black-tailed Godwit

Moreton:
10 Pheasant, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 2 Stonechat

19-11-17 Redwing at CVRS (CVRS)
CVRS:
3 Redwing and 1 m Blackcap ringed at

Herriotts:
1 Pintail, 12 Shoveler, 1 Goosander, 3 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron

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

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