Friday 7 December 2018

07-12-18 Friday - Red-crested Pochard

Temp 13 to 8℃. Wettest day so far this week, 12 mm fell, a short bright period midday

Cheddar Reservoir walk, Saturday 8th Dec, cancelled due to bad weather

7-12-18 Green Sandpiper, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Red-crested Pochard, Scaup, Lesser Scaup
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Curlew
Yellow-legged Gull
Water Pipit

BRISTOL

,Sea Mills:
300 BH Gull
7-12-18 Kestrel by Duchess Lake (Martin Tayler)
Eastville and Duchess Park:
1 Mute Swan, 1 f Shoveler, 10 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 8 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 13 Moorhen. 90 BH Gull, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel (DP), 1 Jay, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 3m Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dipper, 1m 1f Stonechat, 4 House Sparrow, 4 Meadow Pipit, 5 Goldfinch

4-12-18 Kingfisher in Eastville (Paul Cousins)
re-shown as this Kingfisher was in threat pose, against the other male nearby
NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake:
16 Mute Swan, 3 Gadwall, 47 Mallard, 19 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 174 BH Gull, 1 Water Rail

7-12-18 Fieldfare and Redwing on Kenn Moor (Ian Loats)
Kenn Moor:
30 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing

W-s-M, Worle garden:
1 Coal Tit, 6 Chaffinch, 1 m Greenfinch, 12 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

7-12-18 Peregrines at St Johns, Bath (BUPP)
Bath, St John's Church:
Bonding continues at Bath Peregrines. Tiercel AA spent over ten minutes scraping and calling today, before being joined by the falcon for a quick 'chat' before making his rapid escape. He still appears to be both fascinated by, and terrified of her in equal parts

Newton Park:
a 2nd but unwelcome juvenile Swan on Top Lake, 30 Teal, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 3 Moorhen, 1 Raven, lots Coal, Blue, Great and Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
78 Gadwall, 2♀ Goosanders, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 186 Lapwings

7-12-18 Black-necked Grebe, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
55 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 1 f Red-crested Pochard, 2 ad f Scaup (Moreton), 1 m Lesser Scaup, 8+ Goldeneye
7-12-18 Goosander at the Dam (Ian Stapp)
9 Goosander, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Black-necked Grebe

7-12-18 Cattle Egret with Cattle at CVL (George Stacey)
12 Cattle Egret (Stratford Lane), 7 Grey Heron, 8 Great White Egret, 12+ Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, 1 White Coot (Moreton),  150 Lapwing (H), 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew

7-12-18 Snipe at CVL (George Stacey)
5 Snipe, 1 Common (Dam) and 2 Green Sandpiper (HG), 4 GBB Gull, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull (Dam), 5 Stock Dove, 0 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 3 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 240+ Starling, 10 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush (W&M), 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat (M), 10 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail (HG), 5 Pied Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit (M), 3 Bullfinch (W), 4 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting (H)

7-12-18 White Coot. Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Reports: Richard Belsen, BUPP, Chris Craig, Anne Crowe, Robert Hargreaves, Ian Loats, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Patrick Richards, Rich Scantlebury, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler