Wednesday, 27 December 2017

27th December '17 Wednesday - Snow

Waking to snow, a decent coverage. Temp up to 4 C. Floods everywhere from the heavy rains overnight

27-12-17 Song Thrush, Weston (Sean Whyte)

Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Black-necked Grebe
Short-eared Owl
Water Pipit

BRISTOL

Combe Dingle:
1 Song Thrush, 6 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust, New Passage & Pilning Wetlands, high tide: 
2 Mute Swan, 12 Shelduck, 90 Wigeon, 7 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 30 Curlew, 8 Knot, 35 Dunlin, 55 Redshank, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Grey Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET


27-12-17 Green Woodpecker, Wain's Hill (Paul Chapman)
Clevedon-Yeo:
Cormorant, Little Grebe, 2 Green Woodpecker

27-12-17 Chaffinch in Langford (David Goodliffe)
Yatton, Wemberham:
1 Teal,1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 50 Lapwing, 10 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 Skylark, 40 Redwing, 2 Stonechat

27-12-17 Redwing, Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)
Bleadon:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 10 Redwing

BELOW M4 and BANES

12-27-17 Starling, Keynsham (TtB)
Keynsham, garden:
4 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 8 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch

Bath, Twerton garden:
1 m Sparrowhawk (first seen here), extra Woodpigeons, 2 Jay, 4 Coal Tit, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chaffinch

27-12-17 Blackcap, Weston (Sean Whyte)
Bath, Weston garden:
18 species, inc. 2 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Blackcap, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song  Thrush, 2 Redwing (Victoria Park), 1 Pied Wagtail, 10 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch

Newton St Loe:
30 Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 30 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 30 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:
3 Barnacle Geese, 3 Hybrids - adult ♂ Pochard x Ferruginous Duck and 2 adult ♂ Pochard x Tufted Ducks, 2 Great White Egrets, 2 Black-necked Grebes 

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 11 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Hooligan's Gull

Woodford:
4 Goldeneye,  2 Goosander, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 12+ Long-tailed Tit 2 Song Thrush, 2 Dunnock 7 Bullfinch
27-12-17 Little Grebe, Villice (Bob Brewer)
Villice:
5 Little Grebe, 1 Stonechat

27-12-17 Stonechat, Villice (Bob Brewer)
Herons Green:
2 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 18 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 50+ Starling, 7 Meadow Pipit, 1 Stonechat

27-12-17 Scaup, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
3 Shelduck, 1 m Scaup, 1 Lesser Scaup, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 22 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Dunnock, 40+ Starling, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting

27-12-17 Water Pipit, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:
Water Pipit

Moat Farm:
1 Cattle Egret, 16 Little Egret

Herriotts:
14 Shelduck, no Pintail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Out of Avon:
Great Northern Diver at Sharpness
Penduline Tit at Plock Court

Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, Paul Chapman, Alastair Fraser, Robert Hargreaves, William Hewitt, Nigel Milbourne, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle, Nigel Smith, Ian Stapp, Paul Taylor, Brian Thompson, Sean Whyte, Blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-Birding, Opsbirding, Severnsidebirds, TalkingtoBears,  TBOSG