Sunday 18 November 2018

18-11-18 Sunday - Slavonian Grebe

Temp 4 to 11℃. Cold but beautiful day today

Bewick's Swan
Slavonian & Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Jack Snipe
Woodlark
Marsh Tit
Yellow-browed Warbler
Black Redstart
Water Pipit

18-11-18 Bewick's Swans off Denny (Raoul Chandrasakera)
BRISTOL

Withywood Garden:
17 Redwing around apple trees

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

18-11-18 Snipe at Littleton (John Martin)
Littleton WeBS:
Jack Snipe, 10 Snipe, 150 Curlew, 300 Dunlin, 55 Redshank, 6 Oystercatcher, 190 Wigeon, Tufted with them (unusual here), 45 Teal, 240 Common Gull

Aust:
2 Woodlark

Pilning Wetland/Northwick Warth:
6 Bewick's Swan, 24 Shoveler, 22 Gadwall, Lapwing flock, 65 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 1 Black Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
I was watching a male Blackcap consuming Mistletoe berries at Portbury Wharf today when I heard the unmistakable calls of a Yellow-browed Warbler coming from a hedgerow by the trackway that runs northeast from 'No Public Access' (!) gate (just along the footpath from the South Hide where it turns left and continues to the seawall). It called for a good 5-10 minutes, gradually getting fainter as it moved further down the trackway

Sheepway: - 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 GreatTit, 1 Bullfinch

Portbury Common (by rail bridge); - 2 Redwing

Portbury Reserve; - 18 Canada Geese, 12 Mute Swan, 14 Shoveller, 2 Gadwall, 45 Wigeon, 6 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant,  16 Lapwing, 1 Kestrel, coots, moorhens, gulls

Portishead Marina; - 1 Cormorant

18-11-18 Ringed Plover at Battery Point (Jason Williams)
Battery Point:
2 Little Grebe on the boating lake, 1 Ringed Plover on the beach, 5 Dunlin

Redcliffe Bay: - 1 Red Kite

Wharf Lane; - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Yatton Wemberham lane: - 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk

Wrington:
Great, Blue, Coal & Marsh Tit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley:
1 Red Kite flying over at 2.00 being mobbed by Jackdaws
Wick Golden Valley:
1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

1 Egyptian Goose, 6 Goldeneye, 2 Great White Egrets, 1 Little Egret, 1 Dunlin

18-11-18 Slavonian Grebe at CVL (Conor Boakes)
CHEW VALLEY LAKE

Dam:
9 Goldeneye  2 Goosander, 2 Grey Heron,1 Great White Egret,  1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 10+ Goldfinch (car park)

Denny Island/Hollowbrook:
7 Bewick's Swan (2 juvs), Lots Pintail, 20 Goldeneye, 1 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff

Woodford:
3 Goldeneye, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 5 GBB Gull, 12+ Redwing, 2 Song Thrush
   
Herons Green:
6 Little Grebe, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 11 Lapwing. 5 Black-tailed Godwit (later only One), 2 Snipe, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Stonechat  

18-11-18 Peregrine at Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
1 Goosander, 11 Cattle Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 White Coot,  12+ Lapwing, 1 Tawny Owl (calling by cottage), 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine (in the same place in dead tree), 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler,  3 Pipit (Field back of hide), Siskin's (calling)

18-11-18 Jack Snipe at CVL (Roger Staples)
Stratford:
1 Slavonian Grebe, 4 Black-necked Grebe, 11 Cattle Egret, 3 Water Rail, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 11 Snipe, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Water Pipit

Herriotts:
1 Shelduck, 14 Pintail, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail (very showy), 60+ Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

18-11-18 Crossbills at Stockhill (NSL-Bidring)
Out of Avon:
10 Crossbills at Stockhill, Mendips

Reports: Rich Andrews, Raoul Chandrasakera, Anthony Cook, Peter Coslett, Neil Delaney, Lee Gardiner, Graham, Richard Giles and Fiona Neate, Simon Harris, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Rod Holbrook, Simon Isgar, John Martin, Michael Moxon, Chris Perry, Dean Reeves, Mathew Rogers, Roger Staples, Ian Stapp, Jason Williams, nsl-birding