Monday 11 November 2019

11-11-19 Monday - Red-breasted Merganser

Sunny but breezy after  a dull start; a bit warmer than yesterday  - Bristol temperatures 6 - 10°C

Whooper Swan
Red-throated Diver
Marsh Harrier
Great White Egret
Yellow-legged Gull
Marsh Tit, Bearded Tit (10th)
Black Redstart
Red-breasted Merganser

BRISTOL

Stockwood Open Spaces:
1 f Sparrowhawk (mobbed by 2 BH Gulls), 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Little Grebe, 100 Dunlin (actually nearer Sheppardine), 1 f Black Redstart (on the fence by the jetty), plenty of Fieldfare and Redwing

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
Yeo - 90 Shelduck, 36 Wigeon, 71 Teal, 1 Grey Plover, 6 Snipe, 3 Common Gull, 1 m Peregrine, 150 Starling, 2 Fieldfare, 6 Meadow Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit

11-11-19 Goldfinches, Langford (David Goodliffe)
Langford:
Garden - 1 f Sparrowhawk, 1 Collared Dove,  2 Coal Tit, 4 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 5 LTTit, 1 Robin,  2 Dunnock, 2 m 8f House Sparrow, 1 m  Bullfinch, 9 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Saltford:
1 Cormorant, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Raven, 19 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 14 Blackbird, 4 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 36 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 3 Chaffinch, 12 Goldfinch

Bath:
Tucking Mill - Limpley Stoke- 2 Little Grebe,  Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 7 Marsh Tit + 1 late and tatty Red Admiral 

Newton St Loe:
6 Mute Swan, 1 Whooper Swan, Mallard, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, Moorhen, 3 Coot, 32 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Wren, Nuthatch, Blackbird, 5+ Mistle Thrush, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, Goldfinch

Cameley:
20+ Redwing,1 m Greenfinch ( first for over two years)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon:
2 juv Marsh Harrier, 1+ Bearded Tit (10th - details on blagdonlakebirds)

11-11-19 Wigeon, Heron's Green, CVL (George Stacey)

Chew Valley Lake
3 Wigeon (HG), Goldeneye, 2 Goosander (Walley Bank), 1 Red-breasted MerganserRed-throated Diver (far offshore), 4 Great White Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper (HG) 1 Yellow-legged Gull (Dam)

11-11-19 Red-breasted Merganser, CVL (George Stacey)

11-11-19 Roe Deer, Bittern trail, CVL (George Stacey)

Reports: Anthony Cook, William Earp, Paul Francis, David Goodlliffe, Rob Hargreaves, Nick Hudson, Glen Maddison, Bob Medland, George Stacey, Howard Taffs,  blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding