11-12-18 Tuesday - Bittern

Temp 4 to 10℃. Reasonable start today, dry, no wind, brighter later in the day and windier

11-12-18 Black-necked Grebe, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Bittern
Short-eared Owl
Merlin

BRISTOL

11-12-18 Goosander at Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury)

Eastville Park:
1 Mute Swan, 66 Mallard, 7 Goosander, 3 Grey Heron, 13 Cormorant, 8 Moorhen, 100+ BH Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, c15 flyby Redwing, 3 singing Song Thrushes, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied wagtail

Stoke Park:
7 Mallard, 11 Moorhen.1 BH Gull, 3 Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 15 Meadow Pipit

Stockwood Open Space:
3 Great Spotted and 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 f Kestrel. 1 Jay, 6 Blue & 3 Great Tit, 7 Blackbird, 6 Fieldfare, 5 Robin, 4 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Short-eared Owl

Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetland:
1 dark-bellied Brent Goose, 110+ Canada Geese, 15 Shelduck at Severn Beach, 22 Shoveler, 30 Gadwall, 400 Wigeon, 1 m Pintail, 90 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 2 Water Rails, 29 Coot, 158 Lapwing, 90 Curlew, 46 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 230 Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 60 Redshank, 146 Common Gull, 1 f Merlin (1 Dunlin less), 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 27 Pied Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

11-12-18 Redshank, Mouth of Yeo (Simon Williams)

Clevedon-Yeo:
58 Canada Geese, 5 f Goosander, 29 Lapwing, 200 Dunlin, 55 Redshank, 700 BH Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler and a mixed flock of common finches and pipits

BELOW M4 & BANES

11-12-18 Red-legged Partridge, Marshfield (Chris Teague)

Marshfield:
5 Red-legged Partridge, loads of Fieldfares, some Corn Buntings

11-12-18 Dipper at Newton Park (Glen Maddison)

Newton Park:
1 Dipper singing, + video

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

1 Egyptian Goose, 1 ad♂Pintail, 1♂Pochard x Ferruginous Aythya hybrid, 1 Great White Egret, large flock of Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper

11-12-18 Buzzard (after the Fish), Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:

53 Canada Goose, 10 Bewick's Swan (inc ByBrook and Keynell with their two young), 2 Shelduck, 6 Pintail (H)

11-12-18 Goldeneye, CVL (TtB)

20 Goldeneye, 7 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Bittern (HG a.m.), 6 Cattle Egret (Stratford Lane), 7 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 4 Buzzard

11-12-18 White Coot, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

2 Water Rail, 1 white Coot, 30 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 1 Common (Dam) and 2 Green (HG) Sandpiper

11-12-18 Great Black-backed Gull, Ring DBK,  + fish, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

7 G BB Gull, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove (Bishop Sutton), 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (M), 3 Jay, 11 Jackdaw (H), 3 Raven (Woodford), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 80 Starling, 0 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush (M), 1 Mistle Thrush (M), 1 Stonechat, 15 House Sparrow (BS), 1 Grey Wagtail (HG), 2 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit (M), 15 Chaffinch (M), 3 Bullfinch (W&M), 6 Goldfinch (W), Siskin heard (M), 2 Reed Bunting (H)

10-12-18 Golden Plover at Tormarton (Dan White)
I thought the first photo had a 100 birds, the second has 94

Reports: Paul Bowerman, BUPP, Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, Andy Davis, Peter Hazelwood, Rod Holbrook, Glen Maddison, Nigel Milbourne, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Talking to Bears, Martin Tayler, Chris Teague, Dan White, Simon Williams