Thursday 22 November 2018

22-11-18 Thursday

Frosty morning, cold but sunny all day

Merlin (couple of sightings of probably the same bird), Short-eared Owl, Golden Plover (patch first at NSL), Marsh Tit, Avocet, Long-tailed Duck


BRISTOL

No reports


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Short-eared Owl, 5 Yellowhammer

Aust Warth:
Merlin, 2 Peregrine (m & f)

New Passage/Northwick:
c. 80 Canada Goose, 15 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, c. 250 Wigeon, c.30 Teal, 2 Little Grebe,
1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, c.25 Coot, 7 Oystercatcher, c.300 Lapwing, 3 Curlew, c.250 Black-tailed Godwit, c.30 Redshank, 1 m. Blackcap, 3 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 7 Pied Wagtail, flock 15 Linnet, 1 Red Admiral
22-11-18 Merlin (Ian Loats)
Northwick Warth:
1 Merlin (f), 1 Snipe, 20+ Redwing
22-11-18 Redwing (Ian Loats)

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake:
1 Nuthatch (Uncombe Close),  2 Marsh Tit

Sand Point/Bay:
7 Avocet (feeding on tideline approx 2pm)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
1 m Goosander (top Lake), 2 Buzzard, 14 Golden Plover (first for the patch) 

22-11-18 Golden Plover (NSL Birding)
Patch first

1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Skylark, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Fieldfare, 50+ Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 15 Yellowhammer (back in normal place after being absent)

22-11-18 Yellowhammer (NSL Birding)
RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
2 Egyptian Goose

Hollowbrook:
11 Bewick's Swan (easiest seen from the main picnic site as they are feeding between the two car parks at that end), GW Egret, 2 Grey Heron

Heron's Green:
1 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 5 G-W Egret, 1 Buzzard, 34 Lapwing, 5 Blackwits, 2 Snipe, 1 Stonechat, 11 House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit

22-11-18 Blackwits (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:
Water Rail, Jack Snipe
22-11-18 Water Rail & Jack Snipe (Peter Heather)
Moreton:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Herriott's:
2 Shelduck, 12 Pintail, 3 Goosander (near the Stratford shore), 2 Grey Heron, 3 G-W Egret, 1 L Egret, 1 Water Rail, more Lapwing, (which I couldn't see well enough to count), 2-3 Snipe, 3 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper

Woodford:
Long-tailed Duck (way out on lake), 2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 6 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Meadow Pipit

Reports: Lois Price, Henry Kirkwood, Peter Hazlewood, Rich Andrews, Robin Lambert, Jane Cumming, Steve Sanins, Ian Loats, Wayne Tucker, Peter Heather, Ian Stapp,   blagdonlakebirdsCVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG