Monday 18 December 2017

18th Dec '17 Monday - Siberian Chiffchaff

Lovely day today, Sunny not cold, not windy & dry, all you need in December to go birding.

Bewick's Swan
Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Great White Egret
Little Stint
Firecrest
Siberian Chiffchaff
Hawfinch

18-12-17 Sparrowhawk at Moreton (Bob Brewer)
BRISTOL

Pembroke Road, Clifton:
Flock of 10 Redwing

St Andrew's Park:
2 Jays,1 Goldcrest, 15 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Coal Tit, 1 male Blackcap, 3 Redwing, 1 singing Mistle Thrush, 10 Goldfinch.

Concorde Way Cycle Track:
5 Collared Dove, 19 Magpie, 6 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 50+ Starling, 5 Blackbird, 2 Robin,  11 Chaffinch, 30+ House Sparrow, 2 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch

18-12-17 Firecrest at Longwell Green (Peter Coslett)
Longwell Green:
Firecrest in St.Anne`s Churchyard 11.30-12.00. 1 Hawfinch

18-12-17 Hawfinch at St Anne's (per Teresa Chard)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severn Beach:
1 Siberian Chiffchaff heard and seen well at Hoar Gout (VOSA pool) this morning

NORTH SOMERSET

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:
5 Little Egret, 2 Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Stonechat

Bleadon:
1 Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Grebe,  1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Redshank, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 7 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting  

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 6 Blackbird, 1 Nuthatch, 6 Robin, 1 Wren, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 8 Greenfinch

18-12-17 Jackdaw in Keynsham (TtB)
Keynsham ST6567:
4 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 2 Magpie, 10 Jackdaw, 1 Rook, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 8 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch

Bath:
c.50 Goldfinch in Queen Square

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake
18-12-17 Bewick's Swan - back of Denny Island (David Hughes)
Dam:
5 Bewick's Swan, 2m Scaup, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 1 Common Sandpiper  

18-12-17 Treecreeper at Woodford (Ian Stapp)
Woodford:
8 Goosander, 3 Goldeneye, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 20+ Redwing, 2 Greenfinch, 5 Bullfinch 

Villice:

1 Sparrowhawk, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Bullfinch (old road to hide)

Heron's Green:
4 Goosander, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Little Stint1 Snipe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper 

Moreton:
4 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail, 2 Jay, 4 Goldcrest, 10+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting 

Herriotts:
4 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 2 Little Grebe

18-12-17 Little Stint at Heron's Green (Ian Stapp)
Reports: Bob Brewer, Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, Mark Fenton, David Goodliffe, William Hewitt, David Hughes, Bob Pepper, Patrick Richards, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG