4th Nov '17 Saturday - Long-tailed Duck

Temp max 13˚C. Wind NW max 14 mph. A bit of rain in the morning but a sunny afternoon

Long-tailed Duck
Golden Plover, Spotted Redshank
Short-eared Owl
Firecrest
Water Pipit
Brambling

4-11-17 Long-tailed Duck at Barrow Tanks (Brian Thompson)

BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle:
1 Sparrowhawk chased off by Magpie

4-11-17 Goldcrest in Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury)

Eastville Park:
2 Mute Swan, 5 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine (Holy Trinity), 100 BH Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Goldcrest, Coal Tits, 1 Otter

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine, 3rd:
1 Short-eared Owl

Littleton Warth:
200+ Wigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 12 Dunlin, 1 Snipe flew South, 14 Curlew, 2 Raven, 7 Meadow Pipit

Littleton Brick Pits:
2 Little Egret, 1 Water rail, 7 Lapwing over, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Fieldfare, 14 Redwing

4-11-17 Golden Plover at New Passage (Brian Lancastle)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
100 Canada Geese, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, c.60 Oystercatcher, 19 Ringed Plover, 4 Golden Plover, 5 Grey Plover, 105 Lapwing, 38 Knot, 1000 Dunlin, 160 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 20+ Pied Wagtail, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 15 Linnet

4-11-17 Spotted Redshank at New Passage (Paul Bowerman)

4-11-17 Water Pipit at New Passage (Tony Scott)

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Bay:
2 Firecrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper (v rare here), 1 Brambling

4-11-17 Starling roost at Yatton (Higgy)

Yatton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, Starling roost, 4 Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail

Kenn Moor:
4 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 3 Stonechat

River Kenn at Manmoor Bridge:

30 Mute Swan, 113 Canada Geese

4-11-17 Buzzard in Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)

Bleadon:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard

BELOW M4 & BANES

4-11-17 Jay at Shire Bridge, Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Keynsham, ST6567:

5 Herring Gull, 20 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 10 Jackdaw, 15 Carrion Crow, 20 Starling, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch

4-11-17 Peregrine regular at St John's Church, Bath (BUPP)

Bath, Victoria Park, 1st, in case you missed the video:
1 Woodcock (film clip of it landing)

RESERVOIRS

4-11-17 Long-tailed Duck at Barrow Tanks (Brian Thompson)

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (SD)

Chew Valley Lake, 3rd:

1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck , 10 Pintail, 3 Goldeneye, 6 Goosander, 26 Little Egret, 35 Great White Egret (4th), 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 14 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Jay, 1 Raven, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Mistle Thrush, 19 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 2 Bullfinch

4-11-17 Goodnight from Yatton (Higgy)

The 2016 Avon Bird Report is now available. It has 216 pages including 16 in colour. BOC and BNS members will get a copy in November, but if you are not a member of either group they are available to buy from Harvey Rose at Arncliffe, Coast Road, Walton Bay, Clevedon, BS21 7FW. They cost £9.50 including postage, and cheques should be made out to "AOG"

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Paddy Doyle, Alastair Fraser, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, William Hewitt, Higgy, Brian Lancastle, Ros Maud, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Brian Thompson, Thomas Weston, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds