*********** NOTICE: BOC Cheddar Reservoir walk, Saturday 8th Dec, cancelled
due to forecast of high winds and rain **************
Bewick's Swans
Black-necked Grebes, Marsh Harrier
Great White Egrets, Cattle Egrets
Yellow-legged Gull, Water Pipit
Short-eared Owl
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| "I caught a fish that big!" - Cormorant at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
1 Mute Swan, Mallard, 3 Grey Heron, 7 Cormorant, 4 Moorhen, c. 100 BH Gull, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, c.20 Goldfinch
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| Stonechat 06-12-2018 Stoke Park Lake Patrick Hardyman Richards |
25m 10f Mallard, 1 Gray Heron, 5 Moorhen, 3 Feral Pigeons,6 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 9 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 5m 2f Blackbirds, 1 Robin, 1m 1f Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1m 1f Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Mute Swan + 3 cygnets, 1 Shelduck, c.90 Wigeon, 1 Grey Heron (Oldbury village), 5 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 3 Snipe, 6 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, c.30 Skylark, 5 LT Tit, c.20 Fieldfare, c.40 Redwing, c.20 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch (heard), 1 Corn Bunting (uncommon away from Marshfield), 3 Yellowhammer, 12+ Reed Bunting.
(And yesterday, when the rain stopped:) pr. Peregrine, 1 Short-eared Owl.
Pillhead Gout at high tide:
c. 1,000 Dunlin, 300+ Lapwing, c.150 Curlew, 1 Grey Plover.
NORTH SOMERSET
no reports.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
(Yesterday:)
25 Golden Plover, 15+ Meadow Pipit, pr. Stonechat, c.50 Skylark, 100+ Chaffinch including some continental forms. Decent numbers of Yellowhammer and Corn Bunting scattered around but Corn Buntings seem to be a bit down on previous winters so far.
Keynsham:
2 Collared Dove, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Starling, 3 Goldfinch.
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| Dipper at Newton Park - the evidence (nsl-birding) |
30 Teal, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 6 Jay, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 75+ Redwing, only 2 Fieldfare, 4 Mistle Thrush, 1 Dipper (good site record), 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Yellowhammer.
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 ad. ♂ Pintail, 1 ♂ Pochard x Ferruginous aythya hybrid (Wood Bay), c.390 Lapwing.
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| Water Pipit at Moreton (Ian Stapp) |
Request for Help: Looking for Snipe with leg rings. Please try and get the numbers? One seen from Stratford Hide. Send results to us for forwarding.
43 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 10+ Goldeneye, 10+ Great White Egret, 8 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 14 Cattle Egret (cow field near Blue Bowl), 2 Buzzard, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe (HG), 2 Green Sandpiper, 6 G BB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 200+ Starling, 50+ Redwing, 30 + Fieldfare. 1 Grey Wagtail, 20 House Sparrow (Bishop Sutton Village).
Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 ad. Yellow-legged Gull.
Woodford:
2 Raven, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch.
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| Scaup and Pochard at Moreton (Ian Stapp) |
3 Scaup, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit, 12+ Chaffinch.
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| Green Sandpiper in Villice Bay (Geoff Daniels) |
10 Bewick's Swan (including 2 juveniles). 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper.
pr. Goosander.
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| Goosanders at Herriotts (Ian Stapp) |
4 Goosander, 1 Water Rail, 150+ Lapwing, 14 Jackdaw, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Reed Bunting.
Reports: John Barnett, Geoff Daniels, Dominic Godfrey, Patrick Hardyman Richards Lois Pryce, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp,'TalkingtoBears', blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
