Monday, 2 December 2019

02-12-19 Monday - Avocet

Temp -1 to 6°C. Still getting colder, light wind, grey start turning sunny and warm in the sun

Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Black-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver
Marsh Harrier
Avocet, Spotted Redshank
Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart
Richard's Pipit

2-12-19 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Paul Cousins)
BRISTOL
2-12-19 Carrion Crow, Horfield Common (Jon Mortin)
Horfield Common:
50 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 30 Starling

2-12-19 Blackcap, Kingswood (Keith Williams)
Kingsdown Garden:
3 Jay, 2 Magpie, pair Blackcap

St Andrews Park:
1 Jay 5 Redwing, 4 Goldfinch

2-12-19 Dipper, Eastville Park (Paul Cousins)
Snuff Mills & Eastville Park:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Heron, Moorhens, 2 f Kingfisher, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 m Blackcap in local garden, 2 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Stoke Bishop:
1m & 1f Blackcap

Stockwood Open Space:
2 Great Spotted & 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 10 Blackbird, 3 Fieldfare, 4 Bullfinch, 6 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Black Redstart

2-12-19 Redshank & Snipe, New Passage (Ian Loats)
New Passage:
100 Canada Geese, 30 Wigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 15 Coot, 2 Curlew, 8 Snipe, 100 Dunlin/Redshank. 2 Kestrel

NORTH SOMERSET

Battery Point, 10.15:
1 imm Black Redstart

2-12-19 Avocet & Yellow-legged Gull, Clevedon-Yeo (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon-Yeo:
Shelduck, 120 Wigeon, Mallard, 40 Teal, 2 Goosander, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 10 Oystercatcher, 4 Avocet, 120 Lapwing, 29 Grey Plover, 100 Curlew, 30 Turnstone, 900 Dunlin, 10 Snipe, 200 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 100 BH Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Stonechat, 10's Meadow Pipit, 1 Richard's Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit

Backwell Garden:
13 species inc 5 Tits:- Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit

Worle garden:
7 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Paulton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 60 Skylark, 60 Starling, 2 Redwing, 10 Meadow Pipit, 1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank No.3:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver

2-12-19 Scaup, Nunnery (Rob Hargreaves)
Chew Valley Lake:
9 Shelduck, 21 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 22 Wigeon, 4 Pintail, 6 inc 1m Scaup, 23 Goldeneye, 3m + 4f Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 5 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 juv Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 4 Collared Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Fieldfare, 13 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Chaffinch

Reports: Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, Paul Cousins, Andy Davis, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves, David Howes, Robin Lambert, Lisegirl, Ian Loats, Andy Middleton, Jon Mortin, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Patrick Richards, Harvey Rose, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Martin Tayler, Keith Williams, Paul Williams, blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds