Friday 8 November 2019

08-11-19 Friday - Stork, Woodpigeon

Temp 2 - 10°C. Fine Sunny day again, but lots of frost

White Stork
Red Kite
Golden Plover

Woodpigeon
Firecrest

Black Redstart

BRISTOL

8-11-2019 Greenfinch, St George (Lee Gardiner)
St George - Garden:
Greenfinch

Eastville Park:
4 Mute Swan, 35 Mallard, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 7 Cormorant, c50 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch

Stockwood - Garden:
1 Raven - mobbed by Carrion Crow, 3 flocks of Long-tailed Tit, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3+ Greenfinch, 10+ Goldfinch,

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

8-11-19 Black Redstart at OPS (Peter Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
1 m Gadwall, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Black Redstart, 2 Stonechat and at Shepperdine 20 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Knot, 500 Dunlin, 41 Fieldfare

Aust:
In 25 minutes, when the weather cleared, 25,000 Woodpigeon over from Chepstow

Severn Beach:
Red Kite midday

Warmley:
1 Tawny Owl - calling in the night on lane behind car park

8-11-2019 Sparrowhawk, Winterbourne (Dan White)
Winterbourne:
1 Sparrowhawk - missed its dinner.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Nore Road:
White Stork harassed by 20 Herring Gull. One of the released birds from Sussex which have been touring Devon and Cornwall?

Clevedon - Garden:
1 Sparrowhawk - with Starling prey.

Sand Point:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 4 Raven, 2 Firecrest on the lane behind NT car park

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield: 
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 80 Golden Plover, 1 Kestrel, 40 Skylark, 100 Starling, 8 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 100 Linnet, 3 Corn Bunting, 20 Yellowhammer

Bath, Weston:
1 f Blackcap first of the autumn

RESERVOIRS All Yesterdays

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

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, 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, 11 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 3 Reed Bunting

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

Reminder!!!!  BOC Indoor Meeting is next Thursday, not the 21st

Reports: Phil Barlow, Adam Cross, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Geoff Dring, Lee Gardiner, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Adrian Hockey, Nick Hudson, Dean Reeves, Rich Scantlebury, Matt Scott, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, Sean Whyte, Dan White, Paul Williams,  blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds