Long-tailed Duck, Scaup
Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver
Black-necked Grebe
Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Jack Snipe
Ring-necked Parakeet
Reed Warbler
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| 23-12-19 Back-of-camera shot of Reed Warbler, Moreton, CVL (Rich Andrews) |
BRISTOL
Coombe Dingle:
Garden - 1 Green Woodpecker, not seen in garden for several years, so a welcome pre-Christmas present. Also 3 Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Blackcap (m, f), several Blackbird, Robin, 1 Dunnock, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch
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| 23-12-19 Ring-necked Parakeet, Eastville Park, Bristol (Allan Chard) |
1 Ring-necked Parakeet
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
5+ Stock Dove, 1 Treecreeper, Fieldfare
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon:
Alexandra Rd Garden - 1 Goldfinch, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Black Cap (m + f), Blue Tit.
Strode Road bridge - 19 Goosander inc 3 adult males
Clevedon-Yeo:
Dowlais - 4 lapwing on the flooded fields, 110 Carrion Crow
Kenn:
Kenn Moor, Yacwag Reserve- 2 Jack Snipe, 62 Snipe. (My best count since January 2013)
Kenn:
Kenn Moor, Yacwag Reserve- 2 Jack Snipe, 62 Snipe. (My best count since January 2013)
Kenn Moor Drove - 24 Mute Swan (incl at least 12 in the model airfield area
Yatton:
Bleadon, Bleadon Levels and Uphill:
1 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Curlew, 1 Snipe, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Blackcap,1 Redwing
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
Lidl - 1 Ring-necked Parakeet at 11.20 going South
Wellow to Midford:
4 Buzzard - circling in group, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
No 3 tank Great Northern and Black-throated Divers still present
No 2 Tank Long-tailed Duck
Chew Valley Lake
12 Scaup, c22 Goldeneye, 5 Great White Egret, 3 Goosander
Wemberham Lane- 2 Peregrine, perched on separate pylons
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| 23-`12-19 Kingfisher, Bleadon (Bill Hewitt) |
1 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Curlew, 1 Snipe, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Blackcap,1 Redwing
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
Lidl - 1 Ring-necked Parakeet at 11.20 going South
Wellow to Midford:
4 Buzzard - circling in group, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel
RESERVOIRS
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| 23-12-19 Back-of-camera shot of Great Northern and Black-throated Divers, Barrow Tank no 3 (NSL Birding) |
Barrow Tanks:
No 3 tank Great Northern and Black-throated Divers still present
No 2 Tank Long-tailed Duck
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| 23-12-19 Black-necked Grebe, Moreton, CVL (Bri Thompson) |
Woodford:
Scaup -2 ad drk, 3x 1w drk, 2f distantly from Woodford toward Nunnery
Moreton:
5 (2x 1w drk and 3f ) Scaup, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Marsh Harrier (juvenile and an older bird), 1 Reed Warbler, first noted by R.Mielcarek. First two letters on ring are AY. Winter records in UK are very unusual (one at CVL Jan 2015).
Avon Bird Report 2015 says: 'According to the BTO there is one previous record of this species being ringed in January ( a bird in Hertfordshire in 1981) whilst there are two records of birds ringed in December (2000 and 2003), underlining this as an exceptional occurrence.'
Stratford:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail (by feeders)
Reports: Jim Boyd, Jonathan Bull, Allan Chard, Dave Child, Andy Davis Alastair Fraser, Richard Giles, Rob Hargreaves, Bill Hewitt, David Hughes, Richard Mielcarek, Matt Plenty, Trevor Riddle, Howard Taffs, Reuben Veal, nslbirding
Scaup -2 ad drk, 3x 1w drk, 2f distantly from Woodford toward Nunnery
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| 23-12-019 Great White Egret, Moreton Lane, CVL (Bri Thompson) |
Moreton:
5 (2x 1w drk and 3f ) Scaup, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Marsh Harrier (juvenile and an older bird), 1 Reed Warbler, first noted by R.Mielcarek. First two letters on ring are AY. Winter records in UK are very unusual (one at CVL Jan 2015).
Avon Bird Report 2015 says: 'According to the BTO there is one previous record of this species being ringed in January ( a bird in Hertfordshire in 1981) whilst there are two records of birds ringed in December (2000 and 2003), underlining this as an exceptional occurrence.'
Stratford:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail (by feeders)
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| 23-12-19 waterskiing Cormorant, Statford, CVL (David Hughes) |
