Thursday 5 December 2019

05-12-19 Thursday - Long-tailed Duck

Close to freezing at the start, warming up markedly mid-morning. Bristol temperatures 1 - 10.6°C

Long-tailed Duck, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver  all still at Barrow Tank no 3
Whooper Swan, Common Scoter
Great White Egret, Cattle Egret
Marsh Harrier
Avocet, Jack Snipe  

05-12-190 Long-tailed stunner, Barrow Tank no 3 (Bri Thompson)
BRISTOL

The Dingle, Blaise Estate:
1 Buzzard, 1 GS Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 8 LTT, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Treecreeper,  1 Nuthatch, 1 Grey Wagtail
near Grove Road - second tit flock-  10 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Goldfinch.  (Frustratingly, no sign of yesterday's Firecrest with either flock)

Coombe Dingle:
Garden - 1 Blackcap (m)

05-12-19 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Martin Tayler)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 singing Mistle Thrush ( + 1 Weasel)

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
17 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 25 Shelduck, 14 Shoveler, 18 Gadwall, c.150 Wigeon, c.30 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 5 Moorhen, 25 Coot, c.40 Lapwing, 35 Curlew, c.30 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Turnstone, c.150 Dunlin, 7 Snipe, c.90 Redshank, 10 LTTit, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 10 Goldfinch

Yate:
Kingsgate Park - 2 Blackcap

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Teal, 2 Jack Snipe, 4 Snipe
River Frome  at Chipping Sodbury - 1 Little Egret
  
Kingswood:
Garden - 4 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (on feeder), 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin,  6 (4m2f) House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Tickenham:
1 Barn Owl - sighted at approx. 2300hrs on 4th December  on the Nailsea side of SS Quiricus and Julietta Church, Tickenham, on the left hand side of the causeway with your back to the church (Tickenham Moor ?)


Nailsea:
1 Tawny Owl calling in the vicinity of Holy Trinity Church at approx. 0100hrs 

Sand Point/Bay:
2 Common Scoter downriver

Axe Estuary:
Avocet still at high tide

BELOW M4 & BANES


05-12-19 another entrant to the Garden Sparrowhawk Club, Bath (Sean Whyte)
Bath:
Weston garden -1 Sparrowhawk, 1 f Blackcap (present 3 weeks)



05-12-19 the long-staying Whooper Swan at Newton St Loe (NSLBirding)
Newton St Loe:
7 Mute Swan, 1 Whooper Swan, 16 Teal, 1 f Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 4 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Jay,  1 Song Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail,  3 Chaffinch, 25 Goldfinch


05-12-19 f Tufted Duck, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)
[ A patch rarity]
05-12-19 Mirror Carp + Robin and Moorhen diners (NSLBirding)

RESERVOIRS

05-12-19 Great Northern Diver, Barrow tank no 3 (Bri Thompson)
(bird still encumbered by fishing line)
Barrow Tanks:
No 3 tank Long-tailed Duck, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver  still present plus38 Wigeon, 1 Pintail,  5 Goldeneye, 1 f Marsh Harrier

Blagdon Lake:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Cattle Egret

Chew Valley Lake

No reports

Out of Avon:
Greylake, RSPB, car park area -  Yellow-browed Warbler still present

Reports: Robert Bright, Alex Carlisle, Mark Coller, Alison Everett, Trevor Ford, Alastair Fraser, Paul Gregory, Adrian Hockey, Lois Pryce, Martin Tayler, Bri Thompson, Sean Whyte, Birdguides,  blagdonlakebirdsnslbirdingopsbirding,