Saturday, 7 November 2020

7-11-20 Saturday - GP, L-t Duck, SEO, Hawfinch

Temp 7 to 14°C. Murky overcast start, brightened up after midday a little, no rain

Grey Partridge
Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser
Woodcock
Red Kite
Short-eared Owl
Firecrest
Hawfinch, Brambling, Lesser Redpoll
Snow Bunting

7-11-20 Grey Partridge, Long Ashton garden (Lyndon Roberts)
BRISTOL


Arnos Vale:
Firecrest

Bedminster Down:
Woodcock over
7-11-20 Dipper, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
1 Grey Heron, 2+ Cormorant, 1 Dipper

Shirehampton to Sea Mills:
8 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 8+ Common Sandpiper, 100 Redshank, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Oystercatcher, Curlew, 1 flock Redwing, Stonechat, 70 Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch

7-11-20 Hawfinch, Aust (Matt Hobbs)
Aust + vismig:
12 Golden Plover, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Great White Egret, 2972 Starling, 598 Fieldfare, 743 Redwing, 5 Rock/Water Pipit, 1891 Chaffinch, 28 Brambling, 4 Hawfinch, 40 Greenfinch, 259 Goldfinch

7-11-20 Stonechat, New Passage (Robert Proctor)

New Passage outlet:
Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Teal, 140 Lapwing, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Redshank, 2 Common Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, flock Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 1 Snow Bunting

7-11-20 Snow Bunting, New Passage (Rosemary Setter)
vismig 0815-1000: 1 Great White Egret, 16 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 644 Chaffinch

Chittening, New Pill:
34 Shelduck, 73 Curlew, 2 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

Long Ashton garden:
25 Grey Partridge
7-11-20 Little Egret, Cl-Y (Jason Williams)
Clevedon-Yeo:
60 Shelduck, 4 Gadwall, 45 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 1 Goosander, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 7 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Short-eared Owl, 250 Lapwing, 43 Grey Plover, 60 Curlew, 50 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 350 Redshank, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, lots Fieldfare & Redwing, 4 Stonechat
vismig: 115 Starling, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 97 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 2 Redpoll

Wraxall, Watercress Farm:
130 Woodpigeon, 1 Stock Dove, 10 BH Gull, 1 Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 4 Raven (together), 3+ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 10 Starling, 11 Blackbird, 3 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Robin,  5 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 11 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chaffinch, 15 Goldfinch, 6 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunting.

Sand Point:
Firecrest
vismig: 50 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 2 Siskin

Nailsea, West End:
3 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Heron, 10 Magpie, 1 Wren

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:
1 Peregrine, 1 Kingfisher

Weston-s-Mare:
1 Grey Heron - over the cemetery 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, Northfield Rd:
Red-legged Partridge, Pheasant, Kestrel, Fieldfare, 8 Stonechat, Dunnock, 5 Pied Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, 40 Linnet, Goldfinch, 15 Corn Bunting

Cold Ashton:
120 Golden Plover

Bath Lansdown:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 30 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, Bullfinch, 10 Redpoll, Siskins

Bath, Bloomfield:
2 Blackcap (m/f)

Bath, Rainbow Wood:
2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 2 Raven, 16 Blue Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 60 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Chaffinch, 40 Goldfinch

Newton St Loe:
Red Kite, 100's Fieldfare & Redwing

Paulton:
60 Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 50 Skylark, 12 Starling, 2 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

7-11-20 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tanks (Brian Thompson)
Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck
7-11-20 Redwing, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:

Herons Bay:
1 f Scaup, 1 Goosander, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Snipe, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 24 Cattle Egret pm,  4 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 22 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Fieldfare & Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 5 Meadow Pipit

7-11-20 Sparrowhawk, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
23 Canada Geese, 6 Stock Dove, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 7 Magpie, 2 Raven (lots of calling), 1 Coal Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 50 Fieldfare & Redwing, 2 Stonechat (M&F), 20+ Pied Wagtail, 12 Goldfinch, 30 Linnet

7-11-20 Stratford Hide (Chris Craig)
Stratford Lane:
1 Mealy Redpoll

Herriotts:
2 Shelduck, 12 Wigeon, Pintail - inc 1 imm m, 80 Pochard, 15 Goldeneye, 2 1f 1m im Goosander, 2 Water Rail, 1 Lapwing, 4 GBB Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Peter Bryant, Rob Capel, Allan Chard, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Sean Davies, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Richard Giles, Paul Gregory, Rob Hargreaves, Matt Hobbs, Brian Lancastle, Lisegirl, Brian Martin, Michael Moxon, Fiona Neate, Pagan Birder, Robert Proctor, Aravind Ramesh, Trevor Riddle, Lyndon Roberts, Tony Scott, Rosemary Setter, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler, Brian Thompson, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG