6th Nov '17 Monday - Black Redstart

Mild day. Cloudy with sunny spells

Red Kite, Short-eared Owl, Black Redstart at Clevedon. Merlin at Northwick


BRISTOL

Finzell's Reach:
2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Peregrine

Eastville Park:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper

6/11/17 Grey Wagtail and Dipper in Eastville Park (Martin Tayler)

Henleaze:
1 Fieldfare, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Greenfinch

6/11/17 Fieldfare in Henleaze garden (Geoff Daniels)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
Merlin (m), Sparrowhawk (f, mobbed by Merlin)


NORTH SOMERSET:

Clevedon-Yeo:

Wain's Hill to Yeo Estuary
High Tide visit between 0730-1130
28 Mute Swan, 85 Canada Goose, 350 Shelduck, 225 Wigeon, 50 Teal, 21 Shoveler, 22 Little Egret,
2 Water Rail, 2 Heron
1 Red Kite (Yeo), 3 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Short-eared Owl
70 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Plover, 185 Lapwing, 4 Knot (Yeo), 1100 Dunlin, 21 Common Snipe,
300 Curlew, 580 Redshank (150 Kenn, 430 Yeo), 20 Turnstone, 1 Bar tailed Godwit,
33 Skylark, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1350 Starling (steady passage to SW), 20 Fieldfare, 35 Redwing,
2 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 290 Meadow Pipit (small groups to SW), 3 Rock Pipit, 45 Greenfinch, 15 Linnet, 4 Bullfinch, 9 Reed Bunting, 1 Raven

Woodspring Bay
125 Shelduck

Clevedon Pier:
Black Redstart (f)

Bleadon:
3 Buzzard, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker,
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 3 Grey Heron


BELOW M4 & BANES

6/11/17 Redwing at NSL (Robert Hargreaves)

Newton St Loe:
3 Bullfinch (2m 1f), 20+ Goldfinch, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Collared Dove, 4 Mute Swan, 2 Grey Heron,
4 Buzzard, 60 BH Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
1 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 8 Goldcrest, 8 Skylark, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 40 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail,
4 Pied Wagtail, 7 Chaffinch

6/11/17 Jay at NSL (Robert Hargreaves)

Twerton:
8 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Wren, 2 Blackbird,
1 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail

Paulton:
1 Stock Dove, 2 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Jay, 1 Treecreeper,
1 Stonechat, 20 Chaffinch, 15 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch

 Sewage treatment works
 11 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit


RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:
Dam

4 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cetti's, 1 Grey Wagtail

Picnic site No2
1 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting, 5 Bearded Tit, 4 Redpoll

Woodford
2 Bullfinch, 12+ L TT, 2 Goosander, 5 Goldeneye, 3 G BB Gull, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 L Egret,
1 Raven (calling)

6/11/17 Black-tailed Godwits at Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green
42 Lapwing, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 8 Goosander, 2 Pintail
1 Kestrel, 8 G-W Egret, 7 L Egret, 1 Water Rail, 2 L Grebe, 1 Grey Wagtail, 12+ Goldfinch,
1 Peregrine

6/11/17 Lapwing, Wigeon, Teal, Dunlin at Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Moreton
8+ Meadow Pipit 1 Water Pipit 30+ Linnet 1 Barnacle Goose 1 Cetti's 6+ Goldeneye 2 G BB Gull 3 L Egret 2 Jay 10+ L TT

Stratford
11 G-W Egret, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin, 2 G S Woodpecker

Herriotts
9 Black-tailed Godwit (the 4 from H G & the 5 from Stratford), 1 Dunlin, 6 Pintail (lake side)
12 Pintail (pond), 3 Shelduck, 1 Water Rail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 L Egret, 3 G-W Egret, 1 Kingfisher

(27 Great White Egrets came in to roost this evening)

Reports: Martin Tayler, Ian Stapp, Trevor Riddle, Geoff Daniels, Jon and Viv Tottle, Derek Angell, Steve Sanins,
Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Bill Hewitt, Chris Craig, Paul Bowerman,  blagdonlakebirds,  CVRS, nslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds