Monday 25 November 2019

25-11-19 Monday

Still overcast and mizzly. Bristol temperatures 10 - 13°C

Pink-footed Goose still at Blagdon Reservoir
Long-tailed Duck and Black-throated Diver still at Barrow no 3
Green-winged Teal, Scaup, Red-throated Diver, Great White Egret all still at CVL
Black Redstart still at Oldbury PS

BRISTOL

Henleaze:
1m Blackcap ( 1st of winter here)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Chiffchaff, 1 m Black Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET


25-11-19 Snipe, Portbury Wharf (Howard Taffs)
Portbury Wharf:
44 Wigeon, 5 Teal, 14 Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe, 7 Snipe, 20 Redwing

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:


25-11-19 Peregrine, St John's Church, Bath  (BUPP)
Bath Peregrines nest box cleaned, surveyed (clean bill of health) and regravelled (it's a word, honestly) for the 2020 breeding season

Paulton:
1 Mute Swan, 35 Mallard, 2 Little Grebe, 9 Moorhen, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, 20 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 50 Pied Wagtail (at sewage works), 6 Chaffinch, 4 Bullfinch, 12 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
No 3 Tank - Long-tailed Duck and Black-throated Diver still present, 2 Common Sandpiper

Blagdon:
Adult Pink-footed Goose with Canada Goose flock, 1 Common Sandpiper 

Chew Valley Lake
4 Great White Egret, many Fieldfare,Redwing, Starling ('too many to count')

25-11-19 Jay, Bittern Trail, CVL (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 10+ Long tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Treecreeper


25-11-19 Goosander,  off Sailing Club,  CVL (George Stacey)

Woodford:
7 Goosander (2 m 5 ff), Red-throated Diver still present

Moreton:
1 f Scaup

Heron's Green:
1 Common Sandpiper

Herriott's Pool:
Green-winged Teal still present

Reports: Geoff Daniels, Patrick Hancock, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Bath Peregrines, Birdguides, blagdonlakebirds,  opsbirding