Thursday 14 December 2017

14th Dec '17 Thursday - Purple Sandpiper

Squally conditions - sunshine and showers.  Cold too, but those birders are still out there.

Purple Sandpipers
Long-tailed Duck and Great White Egrets hanging on at Chew
Hawfinches

Pheasant at Chew - so gorgeous he gets the top spot (Bob Brewer)
BRISTOL

Stoke Park:
1 Grey Heron, 7 Moorhen, 17 Woodpigeon, pair Stonechat, 13 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Goldcrest, 8 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Jay, 1 Raven,

St Anne’s Church, Oldland:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Robin, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Jay, 20 + Greenfinch,15+ Chaffinch, Bullfinch, 3 Hawfinch.

Song Thrushes are coming into gardens in this cold weather
(Patrick Hardyman Richards)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
 c.20 Skylark, Redwing, Fieldfare.


NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
4 Purple Sandpiper (Battery Point at high tide).
3 Blackcap (Redcliff Bay garden).

Wraxall (near Nailsea):
Red Kite (10.45 a.m.).

Yatton: 
Peregrine (hunting from pylons).


BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
6 Wren, 6 Robin, 5 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Jay.

Winterbourne:
Little Owl.



Keynsham (ST6567) (photos from the garden, 'talkingtobears'):
4 Herring Gull, 4 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 3 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch.

Bath:
c. 30 Long-tailed Tit in Queen Square.

Marksbury:
1 Kestrel, 200+ Crows and Jackdaws.


RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
40+ Teal, 14 Pochard, pair Goldeneye, 2 Common Sandpiper.

A lovely portrait of a Black-tailed Godwit at Chew (Bob Brewer)
Chew Valley Lake
The lake is filling up quite fast now, there is a lot less mud around the margins for waders.
Total counts: 5 Bewick's Swan, 3 Great White Egret, 17 Goosander.

Dam:
4 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper.

A hungry Bullfinch at Woodford car park (Ian Stapp)
Woodford:
Long-tailed Duck, 3 Goosander, 50+ Redwing & Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 10+ Long-tailed Tit, 4 Greenfinch, 7 Bullfinch.

Flight shot showing the white wing bars on this Black-tailed Godwit
(Bob Brewer)
Villice:
3 Great White Egret, c. 16 Black-tailed Godwit, c. 30 Redwing.

Heron's Green:
6 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great White Egret, 85 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 G BB Gull.

Moreton:
4 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 25+ Redwing, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit, 15+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.

Herriotts Bridge:
3 Shelduck, 5 Pintail, 2 Goosander, 2 Great White Egret, 60+ Starling, 1 Reed Bunting.


Reports: Philip Appleton, Bob Brewer, Teresa Chard, Steve Curtis, Mark Fenton, Mike Jackson, Bob Laughton, Patrick Hardyman RichardsTrevor Riddle, Carol Rushton, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, 'talkingtobears', blagdonlakebirdsCVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG