29th November '17 Wednesday -

Temp 0 to 6˚C. Wind max 14 mph A cold but bright day again, just right for being out and about.

29-11-17 Carrion Crow in Eastville (Martin Tayler)
Looking very forgotten

Long-tailed Duck
Great White Egret
Purple Sandpiper

BRISTOL

29-11-17 Grey Wagtail in Eastville (Martin Tayler)

Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

29-11-17 2 pairs of Stonechat on Severn Beach (Vic Savery)

Severn Beach:

Starling 29th Nov 2017 Severn Beach Rod Holbrook

NORTH SOMERSET

29-11-17 Purple Sandpiper on Battery Point (Jason Williams)

Portishead, Battery Point:
5 Purple Sandpiper

Backwell Lake saftie: 

5 Mute Swan, 7 Canada Geese, 2 Gadwall, 42 Mallard, 11 Shoveler, 4 Tufted, 14 Little Egret, 340 BH Gull, 17 Common Gull, 2 Raven, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 30 Fieldfare

BELOW M4 & BANES

29-11-17 Blue Tit in Keynsham (TtB)

Keynsham gardens:

4 Herring Gull, 4 Woodpigeon, 2 Collard Dove, 3 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw, 1 Rook, 0 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 45 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 8 House Sparrow, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch

Bath, Twerton garden:

1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 4 Coal Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Blackbird (2 black-billed), 2 Redwing, 2 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 2 f Chaffinch

Marksbury/Chelwood:
12 Buzzard in ploughed field

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:

Totals:- 20+ Goosander, 15 Great White Egret, 3 Water Rail, 5 Treecreeper

29-11-17 Long-tailed Duck at the Dam (Ian Stapp)

Dam:
7 Goldeneye, 1 Long-tailed Duck (Sailing boats out on the water today so the duck was a lot closer to the Dam), 2 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 GBB Gull, 20 Redwing

29-11-17 Treecreeper at Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Woodford:
5 Goldeneye, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 3 Meadow Pipit  

Car Park: 2 Jay, 3 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 4 Treecreeper, 7 Blackbird, 5 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Dunnock, 12 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch

Herons Green:
13 Goosander,2 Little Egret, 8 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Water Rail, 7 Lapwing, 1 Dunlin, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Meadow Pipit

Moreton:
4 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 11 Blackbird, 5 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing, 1 Bullfinch

Herriotts:
6 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, 4 Goosander, 3 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail, 2 GBB Gull

CVL, Stratford Hide:
Closed tomorrow, Thursday, 30th November, possibly Thursday a week later if not finished

Reports: Robert Hargreaves, Andrew Lipczynski, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Mrs Trellis, Jason Williams, talkingtobears, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds