3rd November '17 Friday - Firecrest

Mild and overcast.

Firecrest, Short-eared Owl, Siskin   


BRISTOL

No reports


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Sheppardine:

Avocet 7 (flying distantly downstream off Shepperdine), 32 Dunlin, 6 Curlew, 2 Little Egret

2 Peregrine, 10 Common Gull, 8 Siskin (feeding quietly in Alders), 2 Fieldfare, 45 Redwing

2 Raven, Short-eared Owl                   Late Red Admiral and Clouded Yellow

Severn Beach:

6 Shelduck, 2 Little Egret, 90 Herring Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Curlew, 3 Stonechat

(This morning, very low tide)

NORTH SOMERSET:

Tyntesfield:
1 Buzzard, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Nuthatch, 30 Fieldfare, 200 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Chaffinch, 8 Greenfinch

3/11/17 Redwing at Tyntesfield (Robert Hargreaves)

Bleadon:
3 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Stonechat, 1 Snipe, 50 Canada Goose, 10 Long Tailed Tit

3/11/17 Jay from Bleadon walking tour (Bill Hewitt)

Winscombe:
Green Woodpecker


BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
Firecrest ( Horses' field top of Willsbridge Hill. Follow block track over brow to next field. In hedgerow on left of track)

Keynsham:
10 Goldfinch, 2 Chaffinch, Robin, 2 Blue Tit, 20 Starling, 10 Wood Pigeon, 8 Jackdaw
60 Carrion Crow, 10 Herring Gull


RESERVOIRS:

Barrow:

Greylag Goose, Com sandpiper, 62 Teal, Gadwall (pair), Goldeneye, Little egret

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 L Egret, 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Cetti's, 1 Goldeneye

Woodford
2 Bullfinch (car park), 3 G-W Egret, 2 L Egret, 1 Raven (Villice), 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Jay,
3 G BB Gull

Herons Green
6 Goosander, 23 G-W Egret, 10 L Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper
1 L Grebe (pond), 1 Cetti's, 3 G BB Gull, 14 Lapwing, 60+ Wood Pigeon, 15 Goldfinch
Earlier in the day 35 G-W Egret in the bay together

3/11/17 Great-spotted Woodpecker at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton
4 Jay, 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 1 Cetti's, 1 G-S Woodpecker, 2 L Egret, 2 Goldeneye (M), 12+ L TT,
4 Goldcrest, 40+ Linnet, 15 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Mistle Thrush (in front hide)

3/11/17 Mistle Thrush at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts
4 G-W Egret, 2 L Egret, 2 Shelduck (pond), 10 Pintail (pond), 1 Green Sandpiper (channel)
1 Water Rail (channel), 14 Lapwing, 200 Wood Pigeon (field right pond)



Reports: Nigel Kempson, Tony Scott, Eleanor Davies, Andy Middleton, Ian Stapp, Paddy Doyle, Robert Hargreaves, talkingtobears, Bill Hewitt,  Chris Stone,   blagdonlakebirds,  CVRS, nslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds