Thursday, 7 November 2019

07-11-19 Thursday - Golden Plover

Temp 6 - 10°C. Best day this week for solar radiation, mostly sunny but cool

Whooper Swan
Lesser Scaup, Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Red-throated Diver
Golden Plover, Woodcock
Siskin


7-11-19 Whooper Swan, NSL (NSL Birding)
BRISTOL

Badocks Wood:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 30+ Carrion Crow, 1 Wren, 1 Grey Wagtail

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Lon-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Robin, 2 Bullfinch, 6 Goldfinch.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Greylag x Canada Goose with 17 Canada Goose, 1 m Gadwall, 1 Water Rail, 1 Woodcock, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 15 Blackbird, 2 Stonechat

Thornbury:
1 Tawny Owl - hooting

Warmley:
1 Tawny Owl - calling in the night

NORTH SOMERSET

Weston Moor:
2 Little Grebe, a few Redwing, 300+ Goldfinch, 2 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield triangle – West Littleton: 
5 Red-legged Partridge, 12 Pheasant, 4 Buzzard, c.1000 Golden Plover (300 in fields towards Spring Farms in square ST7574; flocks 700 circling high above), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Kestrel, 120 Jackdaw, 200 Rook, 1 Raven, 60 Skylark, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 70 Starling, 3 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 40 Linnet

Marksbury:
1000 Corvids and Woodpigeons, 200 Starling

7-11-19 Sparrowhawk in Bath Abbey Cemetery (Rob Hargreaves)
Bath, Abbey Cemetery:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 2 Raven - also at Claverton Down, 1 Buzzard, 2 Nuthatch, 6 Redwing, 5 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch - and at Tucking Mill 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Marsh Tit

7-11-19 Whooper Swan, NSL (David Hughes)
Newton St Loe:
Whooper Swan - photo from Uni staff shows it arrived by 24th October, 7 Teal, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 4 Buzzard, 7 Common Gull, 250 Woodpigeon over, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay,  2 Raven, 35 Skylark, 4 Starling, 2 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 30+ Chaffinch, 15+ Yellowhammer

7-11-19 Green Woodpecker, NSL (NSL Birding)
RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
10 Shoveler, Teal, Pochard, Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 6 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Meadow Pipit

Blagdon Lake:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper

7-11-19 Lesser Scaup, Moreton (Paul Williams)
Chew Valley Lake:
30 Canada Geese, 2 Shelduck, 32 Shoveler, 24 Pintail, 1 m Lesser Scaup and 2 Scaup, from Moreton, 1 Long-tailed Duck from Dam, 4 Goldeneye drakes, 2 f Goosander, 1 Red-throated Diver from Woodford

7-11-19 Grey Heron and Great White Egret, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
8 Great White Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 1 juv Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 4 Water Rail, 9 Black-tailed Godwit to west, 1 Common Sandpiper, 11 GBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Collared Dove ,2 Tawny Owl heard, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 200 Starling, 25 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing, 12 House Sparrow, 9 Pied Wagtail

7-11-19 Chaffinch, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
11 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 3 Reed Bunting

Out of UK
Mark Dadds has been in San Francisco - 49 photos

7-11-19 Mute Swans, Herriott's (Ian Stapp)
Reminder!!!!  BOC Indoor Meeting is next Thursday, not the 21st

Reports: Phil Barlow, Teresa Chard, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, David Hughes, Jean Oliver, Lois Pryce, Matt Scott, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Paul Williams,  blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds