Friday 13 December 2019

13-12-19 Friday the Thirteenth

Temp 7 to 9°C. Sunny day but windy, keeping the temperature down

Brent Goose
Tufted Duck, Long-tailed Duck
Black-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver
Redwing
Marsh Tit

13-12-19 Redwing, Kenn Moor (Higgy)
Some good numbers today, this one on Kenn Moor
BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle Garden:
Looks like -1 Woodpigeon on the lawn, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Blackcap (2f, 1m), 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch

Kingswood Garden:
4 Woodpigeon, 2 Blue Tits, 1 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackbird, 4 (1 singing) Robin, 10 House Sparrow (4m/6f),  2 Pied Wagtail

13-12-19 Goosander in Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury)
Eastville Park:
6 Mute Swan, c50 Mallard, 5 Goosander, 2 Grey Heron, 12 Cormorant, 2 Sparrowhawk, 13 Moorhen, c170 BH Gull, 1 ad Common Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 f Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Goldcrest, c20 Starling, 1 Redwing, 1 Dipper, Grey Wagtail

Redland Garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Jay, 3 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 m Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Redwing(1 in pond, three in Magnolia tree), 1 Robin, 10+ House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 f Chaffinch

13-12-19 Carrion Crow, Stoke Park (Pat Richards)
Stoke Park:
3 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 2 BH Gulls, 6 Woodpigeon, 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 8 Magpie, 22 Carrion Crow, 43 Jackdaw, 2 Coal Tit, 10 Blue Tit, 15 Great Tit, 15 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 2 m Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1m 1f Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch

Stoke Bishop garden:
4 Woodpigeon, 1 f  Great Spotted and 1 f Green Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 3 Coal, 6+ Blue, 2 Great and 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning, Rookery Farm Winter BS:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Herring Gull, 13 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Magpie, 1 Jay, 20 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 9 Blackbird, 140 Redwing, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch

NORTH SOMERSET

13-12-19 Brent Goose at Dowlais (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon-Yeo:
Brent Goose
13-12-19 Pied Wagtail, Kenn Moor (Higgy)
Backwell Lake:
4 Canada Goose, 28 Mute Swan, 3 Tufted Duck, Grey Heron, 51 Little Egret for evening roost,  5 Cormorant, 100+ Jackdaw in evening roost on island, 2 Mistle Thrush, 20+ Goldfinch

Kenn Moor:
32 Mute Swan, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 20 flock Starling, 30+ Redwing, 2 Long-tail Tit + 6 in my garden, 30+ Pied Wagtail

13-12-19 Tufted Duck Strawberry Line - Yeo, (Mark Savage)
Yatton, Cadbury Hill:
Tufted Duck (Strawbery Line), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Marsh Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Hensley Road:
pair Blackcap

RESERVOIRS

13-12-19 Black-throated Diver, Barrow Tanks (Bri Thompson)
Barrow Tanks:
12 Shoveler on 2, 45 Pochard on 2, 1 m Goldeneye, on 2, 1 Long-tailed Duck on 2, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 5 Little Greb on 2, Grey and Pied Wagtail

13-12-19 Grey Wagtail, Barrow Tanks (Bri Thompson)
Reports: Nancy Barrett, Robert Bright, Allan Chard, Tony Cook, Alastair Fraser,  Robin Martin, Phil Quinn, Patrick Richards, Mark Savage, Rich Scantlebury, Howard Taffs,  Bri Thompson: blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds