Sunday, 29 December 2019

29-12-19 Sunday - Bearded Tit

Sun out occasionally - light if cold wind but overcast most of the day.

Bearded Tit
Black-necked Grebe
Marsh Harrier
Golden Plover 
Mediterranean Gull
Black Redstart
Woodcock

BRISTOL

Westbury Park - AWBS:
1 Black-headed Gull !, 1 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 2 Nuthatch - chasing, 4 Redwing - singletons, 30 Goldfinch,

Redland Garden:
1 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Feral Pigeon, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Blackcap (f&m), 1 Nuthatch, 2 Blackbird (f&m), 1 Robin, 8+ House Sparrow.

Bishopston - garden:
3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap (f&m) - having a little tiff & too busy doing so to have time to 'exocet' the other diners,  1 Dunnock.

29-12-2019 Robin EP (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
1 Robin !

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush - both singing, 6 Linnet, 15+ Goldfinch,

29-12-2019 Chaffinch St Anne's (Gill Sapsed)
St Anne's - garden
1 Blackcap (m) Chaffinch and Goldfinch

Southville  - New Cut:
1 Goldeneye, 

Hotwells - New Cut:
2 Common Sandpiper

Sea Mills - to Avon Gorge:
6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull -ad

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Coalpit Heath garden:
1 Sparrowhawk overhead, 3 Woodpigeon, 1 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, c.20 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 10 Goldfinch


NORTH SOMERSET

29-12-2019 Bullfinch Ham Green (Paul Milsom)
Ham Green:
1 Bullfinch

Portbury Wharf:
1 Garganey - been here a week - we hear! Chris Stone found it?

29-12-2019 Cormorant Portishead Marina (John Clark)
Portishead:
2 Cormorant in the marina

29-12-2019 Turnstone Cl-Y (Jason Williams)
Clevedon-Yeo:
12 Canada Goose, 40 Shelduck c 200 Wigeon, 1 Little Egret, c150 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover, c120 Curlew, c100 Dunlin, 6 Snipe, 12 Turnstone, 1 Peregrine, 3 Stonechat.

Congresbury - R Yeo:
2 Goosander (f &m) - flew over, 1 Little Egret and plenty of Fieldfare.

Bristol Airport:
60 Golden Plover 

Uphill - garden wall:
1 Black Redstart.

BELOW M4 & BANES

South Siston -AWBS:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel (m) - and post survey - c50 Fieldfare, c 40 Redwing, 3 Bullfinch,

29-12-2019 Blackcap Keynsham (TtB)
Keynsham - garden:
1 Blackcap (m) - 1st this year

Bath - Combe Grove:
1 Red Kite - mobbed by Carrion Crow,

Bath - Prior Park: - at the close of business:
Robin singing, Blackbird ‘chinking’, Goldcrest coming in to roost amongst the Yews, a late Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming and a distant Tawny Owl just started to call.

Hunstrete - AWBS:
2 Buzzard, 1 Woodcock, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake - 28th:
Goldeneye

Chew Valley Lake

Dam End:
2 Egyptian Goose,

Heron's Green:
5 Great White Egret, 4 Pied Wagtail,

29-12-2019 Goldcrest CVL Morton (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Moreton:
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Scaup (m), 2 Goosander, 1 Water Rail, flock of Long-tailed Tit with 2 Goldcrest,

29-12-2019 Bearded Tit CVL - Stratford (Simon Isgar)
Stratford:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Bearded Tit (2f & 2m)

29-12-2019 Marsh Harrier CVL (Lee Gardiner)
Herriott's - inc Pool:
42 Canada Goose, 29 Mute Swan, 1 Shelduck, 4 Cormorant, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier

Reports: Rich Andrews, Jon Angell, Nancy Barrett, TtB, Chris Bungay,  Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, John Clark, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Lee Gardiner, Bob Goodman, Nick Hawkridge, Adrian Hockey, Simon Isgar, Mike Jackson, Glen Maddison, Paul Milsom, Gill Sapsed, Chris Stone, Jason Williams