Wednesday 21 November 2018

21-11-2018 Wednesday - Little Stint

Dull start today, dry and cold not too windy; brightened up later.

Bewick's Swan
Red-crested Pochard,  Scaup
Black-necked Grebe, Cattle Egret, 
Avocet,  Jack Snipe
Little Stint

BRISTOL

Henbury:
3 Rook - living dangerously on the verges of Crow Lane.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE:

Northwich Warth:
1 Merlin (m)

NORTH SOMERSET

Churchill:
1 Grey Wagtail - flyover

BELOW M4 & BANES

Publow:
1 Grey Heron

Queen Charlton:
3 Buzzard,

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 65 Wigeon, 8 Goldeneye (3m), 1 Goosander (m), 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 195 Lapwing

Chew Valley Lake:


Reed Bunting CVL Stratford 21-11-18 (Ian Stapp)

2 Shelduck 2 Red-crested Pochard - middle of the lake, 2 Goldeneye,  3 Goosander, 2 Black-necked Grebe (way out on the Lake), 7 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 7 Grey Heron,  3 Buzzard, 85 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 6 GBB Gull, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 12 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 30+ mixed tit - mostly Long-tailed, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 10+ Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail, 4+ Meadow Pipit, 3 Chaffinch, 5 Reed Bunting.

Hollowbrook -Back of Denny Island
11 Bewick's Swan (9ad+2 juv)

Woodford:
c20 Fieldfare - on berries at the entrance

Black-tailed Godwit CVL 21-11-18 (TtB)

Heron's Green:
3 Little Grebe, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 6 Lapwing, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sand, 1 Kestrel, 20+ Starling, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch,

Moreton:
1 Scaup - way out, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Siskin.

Stratford:
3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, 2 Water Pipit, 30 Goldfinch,

Herriott's Pool:
7 Mute Swan, 16 Pintail, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Water Rail, 2 Avocet, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Pied Wagtail

OUT OF AREA

RSPB Ham Wall:
2 Yellow- Browed Warbler

Reports: Rich Andrews, Rich Mielcarek, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Ian Stapp, talkingtobears, [bristol-wildlife] blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
2018 records
Now the 2017 Avon Bird Report has been published we have started preparatory work for the 2018 report, checking the records submitted during the first nine months of this year.
All the following records lack supporting notes so if you saw any of the birds in question please let us have your notes please, to avonbirdrecorder@gmail.com.
It helps us immensely if people submit supporting notes at the time of the sighting.

Species
Date
Site
Cattle Egret
2
03/09/2018
Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y)
Common Redpoll
1
15/04/2018
New Passage / Northwick Warth
Common Redpoll
3
21/04/2018
New Passage / Northwick Warth
Glaucous Gull
1
1w
03/01/2018
Severn Beach
Goshawk
1
17/02/2018
Marshfield, Tormarton Rd, Newhouse Farm
Goshawk
1
21/04/2018
New Passage / Northwick Warth
Great Grey Shrike
1
25/09/2018
Almondsbury (M4/M5 interchange)
Great Skua
1
juv
23/09/2018
Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford
Hen Harrier
1
13/04/2018
Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Moreton
Hen Harrier
1
12/04/2018
Chew Valley Lake (CVL)
Honey-buzzard
1
17/05/2018
Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford
Iceland Gull
07/04/2018
Sand Point
Leach's Petrel
1
03/01/2018
Severn Beach
Leach's Petrel
1
19/09/2018
Severn Beach
Leach's Petrel
1
21/09/2018
Clevedon, Ladye Bay
Nightingale
1
19/04/2018
Wick
Nightjar
1
22/05/2018
Oldbury Power Station (OPS)
Ortolan Bunting
1
13/09/2018
New Passage / Northwick Warth
Ortolan Bunting
1
15/09/2018
New Passage / Northwick Warth, PWL
Purple Heron
1
juv
24/07/2018
Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Main Reedbed
Purple Heron
1
juv
13/09/2018
Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford
Spoonbill
1
13/05/2018
Oldbury Power Station (OPS)
Turtle Dove
2
27/04/2018
Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Herriott's
White Stork
1
01/07/2018
Bristol, Lawrence Weston Moor