30-11-18 Friday - Arctic Skua

Temp 8 to 11℃. Bright, not as windy today, but still a lot of rain about, 2.5mm.

Bewick's Swans
Scaup, Lesser Scaup
Black-necked Grebe
Common Crane
Grey Plover, Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Purple Sandpiper, Little Stint
Kittiwake, Mediterranean Gull
Arctic Skua
Black Redstart
Water Pipit

30-11-18 Black-necked Grebes, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp)

There have been few reports of Blackcap this autumn compared with last year. Please keep them coming

BRISTOL

30-11-18 Black-headed Gull, Duchess Lake (Patrick Richards)

Concorde Way to Duchess Lake:
1 Buzzard, 9 Moorhen, 1 Black-headed Gull, 5 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 4m 2 f Blackbird, 38 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing,2 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1m Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 12 Goldfinch

30-11-18 Kingfisher at Eastville park (Martin Tayler)

Eastville Park:
3 Grey Heron, 5 Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Pied Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

30-11-18 Grey Plover at OPS (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Oldbury Power Station:
1 f Shoveler, 28 Wigeon, 26 Lapwing, 6 Grey Plover, 4 Curlew, 55 Turnstone, 76 Dunlin, 2 Arctic Skua, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 f Black Redstart, 2 Stonechat

Aust:
2 Lapwing, 1 Short-eared Owl briefly, 1 Green Woodpecker, 30 Fieldfare (sheep fields), 1 Reed Bunting

30-11-18 Turnstone at Shaft beach (Tony Scott)

Severn Beach, Shaft outlet: 

2 Oystercatcher, 8 Ringed Plover, 120+ Turnstone, 20 Dunlin

NORTH SOMERSET

30-11-18 Purple Sandpipers on Battery Point (Chris Robinson)

Portishead:
6 Cormorant (Marina), 2 Purple Sandpiper (Battery Point)

Backwell Lake roost:
16 Little Egret (numbers building)

Anchor Head (W-s-M:
4 Kittiwake, 250 Dunlin all down river

Bleadon Levels, towards Uphill;
1 Short-eared Owl on the hunt

Sandford Wood:
1 Woodcock

BELOW M4 & BANES

30-11-18 Fieldfare on Claverton Down (Rob Hargreaves)

Bath, Claverton Down West edge:
2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 6 Magpie, 1 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 6 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch

Bath, Monkton Combe, Brassknocker Hill:
1 Marsh Tit

RESERVOIRS

30-11-18 Bewick's Swan behind Denny (George Stacey)

Chew Valley Lake, Stratford:

160 Canada Goose, (Woodford), 11 2 juv Bewick's Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, 8 Pintail (Herriott's), 4 ad f Scaup, 1 m Lesser Scaup, 13+ Goldeneye, 11 2m Goosander, 5 Little Grebe (Herons Green), 3 Black-necked Grebe

30-11-18 Cattle Egret, Stratford Lane, CVL (Ian Stapp)

11 Cattle Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, 2 Common Crane, 500 Lapwing (H), 19 Black-tailed Godwit (HG), 7 Curlew, 1 Jack Snipe, 4 Snipe, 5 Dunlin, 1 j Little Stint (H), 1 Common and 2 Green Sandpiper

30-11-18 Lapwing at CVL (Bob Brewer)

1 Mediterranean Gull, 7 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 m Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 4 Jay, 1 Raven, 20+ tits (mixed most L TT), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap (M), 3 Goldcrest, 250+ Starling, 17+ Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat (M & HG), 30+ House Sparrow (HG & Bishop Sutton), 1 Grey Wagtail (HG), 9 Meadow Pipit, 4 Water Pipit, 6 Bullfinch (W), 25+ Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting (H)

30-11-18 Common Gull, Chew (Robin Martin)

Out of UK
Bob Brewer in Nepal

Reports: Paul Bowyer, Bob Brewer, Raoul Chandrasakera, John Clark, Tony Cook, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Bill Hewitt, Robin Martin, Andrew Middleton, Patrick Richards, Chris Robinson, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Michael Thomas, Kurt Vickery, Dan White, Jason Williams