Saturday 16 November 2019

16-11-19 Saturday - Short-eared Owl

Some sun and warmer today. Bristol temperatures 6 - 9 °C

Whooper Swan, Green-winged Teal, Scaup
Red-throated Diver
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Red Kite
Jack Snipe
Yellow-legged Gull
Short-eared Owl
Merlin
possible Siberian Chiffchaff
Black Redstart
Brambling

BRISTOL

Stoke Bishop:
Reports from 2 separate gardens of  visiting Blackcaps (first of the winter for one site, at least). 1m 1 f in Garden A, 1m in Garden B

Sea Mills:
inc WeBS count - 22 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 35 Lapwing, 1 Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 5 Common Sandpiper, 60 Redshank, 93 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 3 Herring Gull. 1 LBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail


16-11-19 m Goosander, Eastville Park, Bristol (Richard Scantlebury)
Eastville Park:
6 Mute Swan, c40 Mallard, 1 m Goosander, 2 Grey Heron, 7 Cormorant, 6 Moorhen, c50 BH Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 1 f Tawny Owl, 2 Nuthatch, c20 Redwing (flyover), 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
7 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 9 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Meadow Pipit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
inc WeBS count - 76 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Gadwall, 82 Wigeon, 79 Mallard, 264 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, 147 Lapwing,3 Ringed Plover, 15 Curlew, 60 Turnstone, 3 Knot, 1350 Dunlin, 44 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 32 Redshank, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 5 Skylark, 2 Mistle Thrush, Redwing (small flocks), 2 Black Redstart (1 m, 1f), 5 Stonechat, 105+ Pied Wagtail (roost late afternoon), 1 pr Bullfinch,  Reed Bunting

Pilning Wetland:
2 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:
Wains Hill - 1 Jack Snipe, 3 Redwing, 20 Meadow Pipit, 30 - 40 Chaffinch, 3 Brambling
Also brief views of a possible Siberian Chiffchaff in with Long-tailed Tits - 'heard first but views too much into the light to be certain'

Clevedon - Yeo Estuary - 215 Shelduck, 380 Wigeon, 300 Teal, 6 Goosander (Blind Yeo, all females), 7 Little Egret, 4 Cormorant, 7 Oystercatcher, 360 Lapwing, 4 Grey Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 300 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Turnstone, 1 Sanderling (Yeo), 250 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe (Blake’s Pools), 54 Snipe, 400 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper (Yeo), 1 Short-eared Owl (Channel View Sea Wall), 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 64 Skylark, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 4350 Starling (very large movements to W in coastal fields at Yeo Estuary), 175 Fieldfare, 375 Redwing, 3 Stonechat, 10 Pied Wagtail, 280 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 4 Bullfinch, 80 Greenfinch (Channel View Sea Wall), 150 Linnet, 75 Goldfinch, 6 Reed Bunting.

16-11-19 Sparrowhawk, Langford (David Goodliffe)




Langford:
1 f Sparrowhawk ('becoming a bit of a pain eating all the birds in my garden') also  1 Wren, 7 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 2 Robin,  1 m 5 f House Sparrow, 7 Goldfinch,  1 m Bullfinch



BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Down Road area - 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 Jay,
3 Raven, 400 Starling, 38 Fieldfare, Stonechat, 30 Linnet


Newton St Loe:


16-11-19 Whooper Swan, Newton St Loe (Mike Trew)
RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake


16-11-19 Green-winged Teal (Mike Trew) and Yellow-legged Gull (Lee Gardiner)
5 Egyptian Goose, 1 Green-winged Teal (Herriott's Pool),  3 Scaup, 12 Goldeneye, 6 GoosanderRed-throated Diver (Dam), 5 Cattle Egret (flew towards Nunnery Point to roost), 8 Great White Egret, 112 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper,1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Kingfisher

16-11-19 Egyptian Goose, Herons Green, CVL (Rob Hargreaves)
16-11-19 Red-throated Diver, Dam, CVL (Mike Trew)

16-11-19 Who's the daddy? Odd goose at CVL (Rob Hargreaves)

Reports: Pete Coslett, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley,  Lee Gardiner, David Goodliffe, Rob Hargreaves, Pete Hazelwood, Henry Kirkwood, Lisegirl, Andy Middleton, Matt Plenty, Louis Pryce, Phil Quinn, Steve Sanins, Richard Scantlebury,  Matt Scott, Tony Scott, Howard Taffs, Mike Trew, Roger White, opsbirding