Monday 27 November 2017

27th Nov '17 Monday - Short-eared Owl

Not too bad in the morning but cloudy and a bit damp later

Bewick's Swan
Hawfinch 
Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart
Firecrest
Water Pipit

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
Goldcrest (several), 1 Firecrest (in its favourite Holly tree)

Henleaze:
Grey Wagtail, Fieldfare

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Black Redstart

Aust:
Short-eared Owl, Kestrel (battling the wind)

New Passage / Northwick Warth / Pilning Wetlands:
Bullfinch (m), Great Spotted Woodpecker (f)

Severn Beach:
Black Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET

Bleadon:
1 Buzzard, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackbird (partially leucistic), 1 Greenfinch
27/11/17 Greenfinch (Bill Hewitt)
BELOW M4 & BANES

Stockwood Openspace:
3 Blackcap (2m, 1f), 1 Chaffinch (m), 20+ Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 12 Blackbird, 18 Goldfinch,
6 Robin, 20+ Black-headed Gull

Newton St Loe:
30+ Goldfinch, Blue/Great/Coal Tits, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Pied Wagtail 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Blackbird, Robin (on feeders), Jay, Magpie, Crow, Wood, Collared and Feral Pigeon, Bullfinch

27/11/17 Female Bullfinch (NSL Birding)
Keynsham:
35 Herring Gull, 2 Feral Pigeon, 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Collard Dove, 3 Magpie, 16 Jackdaw,
2 Carrion Crow, 1 Rook, 24 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Blue Tit,
7 Goldfinch, 1 Common Buzzard

Bath :
The Peregrine falcon and tiercel continue to maintain a presence in the nest box

Chelwood:
 8+ Buzzard (roundabout ploughed field)

Paulton:
1 Little Grebe, 5 Moorhen, 9 Mallard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 130 BH Gull, 6 Meadow Pipit,
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Stonechat, 1 Mistle Thrush, 20 Redwing,
22 Blackbird, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Goldcrest, 3 Chiffchaff, 11 Chaffinch, 50 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch
(sewage works) 16 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit

Marksbury, Maize field:
200+ Crows / Jackdaws maize field

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
1 Long-tailed Duck (even further out today, still diving a lot), 4 Goosander, 1 G BB Gull
8 Goldeneye, 2 L Grebe

Hollow Brook:
Bewick Swan,16 Black-tailed Godwit, 22 Snipe, 4 Chiffchaff

Woodford:
6 Jay, 3 Bullfinch, 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Dunnock, 16 Redwing
20+ Fieldfare (flyover), 1 Buzzard, 5 Goldeneye, 3 G-W Egret (Villice Bay), 3 L Egret

27/11/17 Jay (Ian Stapp)
Villice, path to hide:
1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult), 1 Hawfinch (in ash tree at the end of the path briefly), 4 Bullfinch,
1 Green Woodpecker, 50+ mixed Redwing & Fieldfare

Heron's Green:
13 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Goosander (2 m), 14 G-W Egret, 6 L Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper
19 Lapwing, 1 GBB Gull, 2 L Grebe (pond)

27/11/17 Black-tailed Godwit (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
4 Jay, 6 Goldeneye, 1 G-W Egret, 2 L Egret, 2 Raven, 2 L Grebe, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit
1 Bullfinch, 8 L TT, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine

Stratford:
4 Water Pipit

Herriotts:
8 Shelduck (lake side, Pond full after the rain), 3 L Grebe (pond), 4 Pintail, 2 G BB Gull,
5 Goosander (1m), 4 G-W Egret (3 channel 1 pond), 2 L Egret, 1 Water Rail (channel)

Reports: Ian Stapp, Geoff Daniels, Nigel Sluman, talkingtobears,  Paul Bowerman, Rod Holbrook, Teresa Chard, Alan Chard, Patrick Hancock,  Derek Angell, Bill Hewitt, Andy Davis, John Cassidy, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds