Sunday 11 November 2018

11-11-18 Sunday - Yellow-browed Warbler

Temp 9 to 14℃. A beautiful sunny day, but a bit cold in the wind at times

Bewick's Swan
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Short-eared Owl
Common/Pallid Swift
Merlin, Ring-necked Parakeet
Yellow-browed Warbler
Black Redstart
Water Pipit


11-11-18 Sparrowhawk at Farrington Gurney (Stephen Griffiths)
BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle garden:
1 Blackcap (first sighting this season)

Eastville Park:
A gulp of Cormorants (8), 1 Buzzard, 7 Moorhen, 80 BH Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Tawny Owl, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Redwing, 1 Dipper

Stoke Park:
9 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 3 Moorhen, 1 Stonechat

Sea Mills, WeBS:
43 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 21 Lapwing, 10 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 113 Redshank, 96 BH Gull

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
7 Fieldfare, Redwings, 1 m Black Redstart - lagoon 2, 2 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 11 Bullfinch

Aust, dusk:
Short-eared Owl, 2 Stonechat


11-11-18 Merlin on Northwick Warth (Brian Thompson)
Pilning Wetland/Northwick Warth:
2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 3 Short-eared Owl, 1 Common/Pallid Swift (unconfirmed), 2 Merlin

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
7 Mute Swan, 1Greylag Goose, 19 Canada Geese, 75 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Curlew, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Rock Pipit
11-11-18 Sparrowhawk at Portbury Wharf (Robin Martin)
Can't find the Y-b Warbler? Don't look at me
Portbury Wharf:
10 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, c50 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 m Sparrowhawk, Moorhens, 85 Coot, 12 Lapwing, 3 Redshank, BH Gulls, Herring Gulls, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 20 Linnet, 10 Goldfinch

Backwell Lake:

11 Little Egret to roost after sunset this evening

Yatton - Strawberry Line:
1 Kingfisher, 1 m Blackcap, 1 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 1 Stonechat

BELOW M4 & BANES

11-11-18 Red-legged Partridge at Saltford (Rob Hargreaves)
One very plump Partridge
Saltford:
1 Red-legged Partridge, 6 Cormorant, 7 Buzzard, 6 Moorhen, 250 Gull - mostly BH Gulls, 20 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 30 Pied Wagtail, 20 Goldfinch

Bath, Prior Park:
2 Ring-necked Parakeet (unconfirmed)

Paulton:

1 Buzzard, 45 Skylark, 41 Fieldfare, 18 Redwing, 1 Meadow Pipit

Farrington Gurney:
1 Sparrowhawk

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Bewick's Swan, Meadow Pipits, 1 Water Pipit

11-11-18 Cattle Egret on Herons Green (Lisegirl)
Chew Valley Reservoir:
3 m Goldeneye, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 10 Cattle Egret (HG), 17 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 0 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe (Stratford), 2 Kingfisher, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Fieldfare, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 3 Water Pipit (Moreton), 12 Bullfinch
11-11-18 Teal at CVL (Lisegirl)
Out of Avon:
Hoopoe still at Hilmarton, Wiltshire

Reports: Rich Andrews, Karle Burford, Des Bowring, Barry Dursley, Rob Emery, Alastair Fraser, Stephen Griffiths, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Simon Isgar, Henry Kirkwood, Brain Lancastle, Lisegirl, Glen Maddison, Robin Martin, Andy Mears, Paul Milo, Vic Savery, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Mike Thomas, Brian Thompson, Jason Williams