Monday 12 November 2018

12-11-18 Monday - Short-eared Owl

Mild, sunny spells with some cloud. Local showers

Merlin, SEO, Red-crested Pochard, Cattle Egret, Ring-necked Parakeet

12-11-18 Kingfisher in Eastville Park (Martin Tayler)

BRISTOL

Finzell's Reach:
2 Peregrine (m, f + perching buffet of feral pigeon)

Eastville Park:
5 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Tawny Owl

12-11-18 Tawny Owl in Eastville Park (Martin Tayler)
Redland:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
Purdown to Duchess Pond: 1 Kestrel, 45 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 3 Reed Bunting,
5 Meadow Pipit
12-11-18 Moorhen (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
1 Buzzard, 8 Moorhen, 8 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 6 Magpie, 10 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven,
6 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 15 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Starling, 5m Black Bird,
1 Song Thrush, 2 Robin, 2m 1f Stonechat, 35 House Sparrow, 3 Meadow Pipit, 16 Goldfinch.


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
WeBS: 20 Moorhen, 11 Teal, 88 Wigeon, 5 Grey Plover, 62 Mallard, 32 Lapwing, 14 Curlew
8 Dunlin, 11 Redshank, 60+ Tur(stone,  8 Snipe (Very low numbers for most species on the whole).
1 Blackcap, 16 Pied Wagtail (in cow field, no Cattle Egret ,as yet), 75 Redwing, 18 Fieldfare,
3 Stonechat

Aust Warth:
1 SE Owl (at 16:20, hovering 200ft up)

New Passage/Pilning Wetland:
91 Redshank, 60 oystercatchers, 57 Curlew, 33 Dunlin, 300+ Wigeon, 21 Pied wags, 28 Stock Doves, Hen Merlin & lots of Lapwing on the Wetland

Northwick Warth:
80 Curlew, 138 Lapwing, 21 Common Gull, 1 Merlin (f), 30 Fieldfare, 2 Raven

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon/Yeo:
11 Mute Swan, Shelduck (a few present), c60 Wigeon, c90 Mallard, c20 Teal, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 28 Oystercatcher, 140 Lapwing, 3 Grey Plover, 125 Curlew, 18 Turnstone (I saw a flock of ~18 three times, I am assuming only one group was present), 1000 Dunlin (650 at Kenn, 350 up Yeo), 280 Redshank (120 at Kenn, 160 up Yeo), 1 Greenshank (Up Yeo), 300 BH Gull, 1 Raven, 20+ Skylark, 2 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 10 Pied Wagtail

Uphill:
WeBS: Lots of Shelducks, good flock of Lapwing, rather low numbers of dabbling ducks, a couple of less usual wader species for the site.
2 Mute Swan, 453 Shelduck, 31 Wigeon, 12 Teal, 12 Mallard, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron,
1 Dabchick, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Peregrine, 33 Oystercatcher, 240 Lapwing, 10 Ringed Plover, 140+ Dunlin, 28 Curlew, c.7 Black-tailed Godwit, 120 Redshank, (probably more hidden in the long grass), 200++ BH Gull (over distant fields), 9 LBB Gull, 30 Herring Gull, 40+ Meadow Pipit (on the move, in small groups), 3 male Pheasants doing battle on the Brean side, 1 Chiffchaff  (with flock of tits), 8 Chaffinch (small flock going SW)

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports
RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
WeBS: 223 Canada Goose, 49 Mute Swan, 2 Bewick's Swan, 1 Egyptian Goose, 22 Shoveler
60 Gadwall, 50 Wigeon, 325 Mallard, 3 m Pintail, 975 Teal, 5 (1m) Goldeneye, 6 Grey Heron
2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 21 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 59 Moorhen, 1148 Coot
498 Lapwing, 6 Snipe, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Treecreeper, 1 Water Pipit

Chew Valley Lake
Male and female Red-crested Pochard from Bernard King hide, 39 Goldeneye (8 drakes), 3 Black-necked Grebe, 12 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Kingfsher, 1 Blackcap

Heron's Green:
10 Cattle Egret (with cows to N of HG pool)


12-11-18 Cattle Egret and cattle (George Stacey)
Herriotts:
11 GW Egret, 2 Goosander

12-11-18 Goosander (Robert Hargreaves)

Reports: Aravind Ramesh, Chris Craig, Alastair Fraser, Jane Cumming, Larry Sweetland, Harvey Rose, Andrew Middleton, Anita Teague, Adam Rawson, Martin Tayler, Robert Hargreaves, Patrick Hardyman Richards, George Stacey, Dean Reeves, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG