Brent Geese
Long-tailed Duck
Black-necked Grebe
Red Kites
Ring-billed Gull
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| Ring-billed Gull showing beautifully at Herriotts Pool, Chew (Ian Stapp) |
Blaise estate:
Buzzard, Raven.
Snuff Mills:
Dipper, Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch.
Clifton:
m. Blackcap and Marsh Tit coming to one observer's garden feeders.
Emerald Park, BS16:Clifton:
m. Blackcap and Marsh Tit coming to one observer's garden feeders.
pr. Peregrine.
Cumberland Basin:
6 Buzzard - three pairs testing territorial boundaries, perhaps.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
Chiffchaff.
Aust Warth:
3 Red Kite, 4 Short-eared Owl.
Chittening Warth:
3 Brent Goose.
Almondsbury (garden birds):
1 Great Sp Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 LT Tit, 2 Goldfinch.
Yate:
Red Kite drifting NE from Westerleigh towards Yate, approx 11:30 a.m.
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon-Yeo:
(Strode Road Bridge)
BELOW M4 & BANES
Golden Valley, Wick:
2 Mallard, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Coot, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Great Sp Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 3 Coal Tit, 15+ Blue Tit, 10+ Great Tit, 10+ LT Tit, 15+ Wren, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10+ Goldfinch.
Bath:
pr. Peregrine at the nest site.
Paulton:
2 Mute Swan, 2 Little Grebe, 5 Moorhen, 11 BH Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Redwing, 7 Meadow Pipit, 45 Chaffinch.
Sewage Treatment Works:
2 Grey Wagtail, 30 Pied Wagtail.
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
1 drake Long-tailed Duck
Blagdon Lake:
1 m. Goldeneye, 1 Black-necked Grebe. 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Chew Valley Lake
Bittern Trail:
pr. Nuthatch.
Moreton:
6 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck, 10+ Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail (calling), 4 GBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Sp Woodpecker (one drumming), 2 Raven, 5 Skylark, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ LT Tit, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.
Herriott's:
11 Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan, 8 Shelduck, 10 Pintail, 6 Goldeneye, 1 Little Grebe, 8 Buzzard,
2 GBB Gull, 1 Ring-billed Gull (pool), 11 Jackdaw, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.
Out of Avon:
MENDIPS
East Harptree Wood:
Reports: Nick Beamson, Vera Carpenter, Stephen Curtis, Rob Emery, David Esam, Tim Ford, Patrick Hancock, Brian Lancastle, Ian Loats, Chris Perry, Trevor Riddle, Tony Scott, Bob Webber,
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
6 Buzzard - three pairs testing territorial boundaries, perhaps.
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| Two of the three Brent Geese at Chittening Warth today (Tony Scott) |
Oldbury Power Station:
Chiffchaff.
Aust Warth:
3 Red Kite, 4 Short-eared Owl.
Chittening Warth:
3 Brent Goose.
Almondsbury (garden birds):
1 Great Sp Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 LT Tit, 2 Goldfinch.
Yate:
Red Kite drifting NE from Westerleigh towards Yate, approx 11:30 a.m.
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon-Yeo:
(Strode Road Bridge)
8 Goosander (1 m., 7 f.) fishing until disturbed by a possible Otter.
(Channel View Farm)
300 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 160 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 12 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Plover, 150 Curlew, 15 Turnstone, 450 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 200 Redshank,1 Tawny Owl (heard), 2 Kestrel, 25 Skylark, 1 Stonechat, 20 Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting. |
| A great shot of two of our top predators over Wick (Chris Perry) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
Golden Valley, Wick:
2 Mallard, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Coot, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Great Sp Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 3 Coal Tit, 15+ Blue Tit, 10+ Great Tit, 10+ LT Tit, 15+ Wren, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10+ Goldfinch.
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| Mistle Thrush at Wick (Chris Perry) |
pr. Peregrine at the nest site.
Paulton:
2 Mute Swan, 2 Little Grebe, 5 Moorhen, 11 BH Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Redwing, 7 Meadow Pipit, 45 Chaffinch.
Sewage Treatment Works:
2 Grey Wagtail, 30 Pied Wagtail.
Barrow Tanks:
1 drake Long-tailed Duck
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| Common Sandpiper at Blagdon Lake (Ian Loats) |
1 m. Goldeneye, 1 Black-necked Grebe. 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Common Sandpiper.
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| Nuthatches have returned to the Bittern Trail at Chew (George Stacey) |
Bittern Trail:
pr. Nuthatch.
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| female Goldeneye at Moreton (Ian Stapp) |
6 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck, 10+ Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail (calling), 4 GBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Sp Woodpecker (one drumming), 2 Raven, 5 Skylark, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ LT Tit, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.
Herriott's:
11 Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan, 8 Shelduck, 10 Pintail, 6 Goldeneye, 1 Little Grebe, 8 Buzzard,
2 GBB Gull, 1 Ring-billed Gull (pool), 11 Jackdaw, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.
Out of Avon:
MENDIPS
East Harptree Wood:
No Crossbills seen this morning, but 2 Great Sp Woodpecker, 8+ Coal Tit, 20+ Siskin.
Reports: Nick Beamson, Vera Carpenter, Stephen Curtis, Rob Emery, David Esam, Tim Ford, Patrick Hancock, Brian Lancastle, Ian Loats, Chris Perry, Trevor Riddle, Tony Scott, Bob Webber,
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
