Thursday 7 December 2017

7th Dec '17 Thursday - Firecrest

Mild and reasonable day unlike parts further North

Firecrest
Long-tailed Duck
Green Sandpiper


BRISTOL

Easton
Firecrest, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit (in garden)

7/12/17 Firecrest in Easton garden (Michael Davis)
Dodgy photo from Michael to prove it
Eastville Park:
Wood Pigeons, Crows, Moorhen, Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Mute Swan, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Mallard, Black Headed Gulls, Kingfisher, Cormorant, Goldcrest
Otter (with fish)
7/12/17 Otter in Eastville Park (Patrick Hardyman)
OK, not a bird but worth seeing
 SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

No reports

NORTH SOMERSET

Bleadon:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Kestrel

7/12/17 Kestrel (William Hewitt)
BELOW M4 BANES

Keynsham ST6567:
4 Herring Gull, 4 Woodpigeon, 2 Collard Dove, 4 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 8 Jackdaw, 30 Starling, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Blackbird, 5 Goldfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Robin, 1 Pied Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam;
3 Goosander, 4 Goldeneye, 2 L Grebe, 1 Long-tailed Duck (in front sailing club)

Woodford;
4 Goosander, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Meadow Pipit, 5 L TT, 2 Bullfinch
1 Buzzard, Long-tailed Duck (easier to see from Woodford through the yacht masts)

7/12/17 Long-tailed Duck (Ian Stapp)
(Yacht masts cropped out)
Villice Bay;
Goosander (2 pairs), Goldeneye, Chiffchaff

7/12/17 Goosander pair (Geoff Daniels)
Heron's Green;
7 G-W Egret, 4 L Egret, 1 Little Stint, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Water Rail
1 Snipe, 2 G BB Gull,  Black-headed Gull (summer plumage), 7 Goosander, 58 Lapwing, 2 L Grebe (pond)
7/12/17 Black-headed Gull (Geoff Daniels)
Unseasonal plumage
Moreton:
1 G S Woodpecker, 2 Buzzard, 1 Goosander, 1 Peregrine, 8 L TT, 6 Goldeneye

7/12/17 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts:
4 Goosander 26 Pintail (pond) 6 Shelduck 1 G BB Gull 1 G-W Egret

Chelwood:
6 Buzzard (still in the ploughed field with Gulls)

Marksbury:
200+ Crows & Jackdaws


Reports: Michael Davis, Ian Stapp, talkingtobears, Geoff Daniels, Patrick Hardyman, Willain Hewitt,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG