Monday 9 November 2020

09-11-20 Monday - Ring Ouzel

Overcast start, sunshine and showers later in the day. Bristol temperatures between 13 - 16 °C

Brent Goose
Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser
Golden Plover 
Yellow-legged Gull
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret   
Ring Ouzel, Black Redstart  
Siskin, Snow Bunting


09-11-20 f Snow Bunting, New Passage (Paul Dunham)

    
BRISTOL

Eastville:
Garden - 1 Chiffchaff 


09-11-20 Grey Herons fishing, Eastville Park, Bristol (Allan Chard)
       
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
59 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting

Stapleton:
1 Peregrine

River Trym - Coombe Dingle to Sea Mills stretch
8  Mallard, 50+ Redshank, 50 + Black Headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 4 Magpie, 1 Rook, 8 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Wren, 1 Tree Creeper, 1 Redwing, 3 Robin, 4 Goldfinch


09-11-20  Redshank, Sea Mills (Di Bunniss)


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station + Shepperdine:
117 Mallard, 1 Gadwall, 58 Wigeon, 25 Teal, 12 Moorhen, 32 Curlew, 150+ Lapwing, 2 Grey Plover,  60 Turnstone,  c500 Dunlin, 8 Snipe, 23 Redshank, c 500 Dunlin, 39 Common Gull, 8 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Fieldfare, 9 Redwing, 3 Stonechat, 2+ Black Redstart on buildings by jetty (ad m & 1 or 2 fem-types) late afternoon, c30 Pied Wagtail,  c5 Meadow Pipit.

09-11-20 another photo of that Snow Bunting, New Passage (Alastair Fraser)

New Passage
1 f Snow Bunting still ( many observers and photos on Twitter). 
Also Curlew, c 30 Turnstone, c 24 mixed Ringed Plover and Dunlin,  Stonechat, numerous Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail

Lane behind Easter Compton to M49:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Great Spotted  Woodpecker, c.50 Rook, 12 Redwing.

Latteridge:
1 f Kestrel, Ravens, Blackbird, 2  Redwing, 1 pr Stonechat

Cribbs Causeway
1 Pheasant with Corvids, on grass verge

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
Woodhill Bay - 2 Curlew

Clevedon-Yeo:
Clevedon Pill - 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 50+ Redshank, 4 Rock Pipit

Blind Yeo - 3 Brent Goose in flight 13.30hrs (landed out of sight behind the Blackstone rocks)

Yeo - Mallard, Teal, Wigeon, 3 Pintail, 2 Pochard, Goosander, Red-breasted Merganser, 15 Golden Plover  over

Sand Point/Bay:
70 Golden Plover over, 1 Kestrel, Tawny Owl calling, 3 Skylark over, 5 Chiffchaff, a few Goldcrest, 1 male Ring Ouzel heading south, 1 Redwing, 4 Chaffinch, 3  Siskin over


BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed DuckCommon Sandpiper; 3 Raven, Grey Wagtail .

Blagdon Lake:
4 Pintail, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Stonechat, c30 Linnet 

Chew Valley Lake


09-11-20 Great White Egret, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp)

11 Lapwing, at least 11 Little Egret in total


09-11-20 Great Crested Grebe, CVL (George Stacey)
              
Heron's Green:
1 Goosander, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Cattle Egret, 5 Great White Egret , 9 Little  Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 pr Stonechat


09-11-20 Moreton Hide, CVL (Ian Stapp)


Moreton (NB hide closed) :
30+ Wood Pigeon,10+ Stock Dove, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay,100+ Fieldfare, 40+ Redwing, 20+LTT +Blue & Great Tit,  4 Stonechat (2M 2F), 20+ Meadow Pipit,12+ Linnet, 8 Goldfinch 


09-11-20 Pair Pintail, Herriotts Bridge, CVL (George Stacey)

Herriott's Bridge:
2 Shelduck, 10+ Pintail,  60+ Pochard,  6+ Goldeneye, 1 pr Goosander, 1 Water Rail (calling), 4 G BB Gull, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Little  Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting 

2021 BOC CALENDAR 

The Bristol Ornithological Club is producing a 2021 calendar full of lovely birdy pics. The cost will be £7 including postage. To order,  email boccalendar2021@gmail.com. The calendars will be ready for postage to you before the end of November, in time for Christmas presents.


Reports: Karen Ash, Di Bunniss, Allan Chard, Andy Davis, Paul Dunham, Alastair Fraser, David Gibbs,  Paul Gregory, Geoff Hardman, Pete Hazelwood, David Howes, John Lewis,  Lisegirl, Andy Middleton, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves,  George Stacey, Ian Stapp,  Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague,  blagdonlakebirds opsbirding