Thursday 28 November 2019

28-11-19 Thursday - Richard's Pipit

28-11-19 Sparrowhawk
Sharpness (Dan White)
Temp 7 - 11°C. Sunny morning, a gentle West wind, pleasant day

Whooper Swan
Green-winged Teal
Red-crested Pochard
Long-tailed Duck
Red-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver
Marsh Harrier
Barn Owl 
Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart
Richard's Pipit

BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle garden:
1 f Blackcap (first sighting of winter), 1 Wren

28-11-19 Cormorant, Eastville Park (Martin Tayler)
Eastville Park:
1 Goosander, 7 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher

28-11-19 Stonechat, Stoke Park (Pat Richards)
Stoke Park:
3 Mallard 2m 1f, 1 Sparrowhawk 1m, 1 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 5 Woodpigeon, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 11 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 18 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 9 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Starling, 7 Blackbird 2m 5f, 7 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Robin, 2 Stonechat 1m 1f, 7 House Sparrow, 1 Chaffinch 1f, 8 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Sharpness Docks (Gloucestershire):
1 m Sparrowhawk

Oldbury Power Station:
57 Canada Goose & 1 Greylag Goose on the lake for a second day, 5+ Stonechat, 3+ Rock Pipit
Pillhead Gout, High Tide: 1 Little Egret. 3 Ringed Plover, c250 Curlew, 1 Turnstone, 1 Knot, c1600 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 20+ Redshank

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Barn Owl

28-11-19 Black Redstart & Little Egret, Clevedon Pier (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Clevedon Pier:
1 Little Egret, 1 Black Redstart

28-11-19 Short-eared Owl, Clevedon-Yeo (Ian Loats)
Clevedon-Yeo:
160 Canada Geese, 150 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 140 Wigeon, 80 Mallard, 50 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 6 Little Egret, 2 Cormorant, 52 Oystercatcher, 50 Lapwing, 210 Curlew, 24 Turnstone, 600 Dunlin, 200 Redshank, 600 BH Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Raven, 2 Stonechat, 100's Meadow Pipit, 1 Richard's Pipit, 2 Greenfinch
28-11-19 Richard's Pipit, Clevedon (Howard Taffs)

Worle garden:
6 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

28-11-19 Water Rail, Bath (Glen Maddison)
Bath central garden:
2 Moorhen, 1 Water Rail, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Twerton), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch

28-11-19 Buzzard, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)
Newton St Loe:
Whooper Swan, 10 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 8 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay,
3 Common Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 10 Skylark, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Nuthatch,1 Treecreeper, 1 Redwing (just one ?), 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, M/f, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch
28-11-19 Whooper Swan, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)

RESERVOIRS

28-11-19 Black-throated Diver, Barrow Tanks, (Tony Scott)
There are many more photos on our Twitter feed
Barrow Tank No.3:
1 ad m Long-tailed Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 87 Cormorant, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail

28-11-19 Goldeneye, Barrow Tanks (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Chew Valley Lake:
2 Pintail, 4 Scaup, 8 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 1 juv Red-throated Diver, 4 Great White Egret, 1 juv Marsh Harrier, 221 Lapwing, 2 Peregrine

28-11-19 Red-crested Pochard, Herriott's (Pagan Birder)
Herriott's:
1 juv Green-winged Teal, 3 (2m 1f) Red-crested Pochard

Lots more detail and photos in our Twitter feed, see sidebar

Reports: Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Anne Crowe, Andy Davis, Rob Emery, Alastair Fraser, Rob Hargreaves, Dave Horlick, Steven Jones, Ian Loats, Glen Maddison, Merv. John Mortin, Pagan Birder, Dean Reeves, Patrick Richards, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Tony Scott, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Dan White. Martin Taylerblagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds