Tuesday, 10 November 2020

10-11-20 Tuesday - Black Redstart

Sunshine and clouds today, not cold not windy.

Tawny Owl
Snow Bunting
Black Redstart
Avocet
Yellow-browed Warbler
Red-breasted Merganser
Mediterranean Gull
Long-tailed Duck
Firecrest

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
13 Mute Swan,  c,40 Mallard, 8 Moorhen, 4 Coot, c.50 Black-h Gull, 2 Lesser Black-b Gull, 5 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Tawny Owl (f), 1 Kingfisher (m), 1 Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit,  3+ Goldcrest, c.20 Starling, c9 Blackbird, 1 Grey Wagtail.

New Cut and Cumberland Basin:
Song Thrush- Riverside Garden Centre, 2 Grey Wagtail by Old Lock Gates, 130+ Pied Wagtails gathering to roost on roof of Lloyd's Bank building.

Sea Mills:
2 Teal, c20 Lapwing, 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull - ad wint, 1 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail

10-11-20 Sparrowhawk Stoke Bishop (Roger White)
Stoke Bishop - garden:
1 Sparrowhawk + ex pigeon, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Goldcrest

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
6 Grey Plover, 2 Knot, 150+ Dunlin, 5 House Sparrow - unusual here, 1+ Black Redstart (fem-type) 12 Bullfinch, inc. 5 (3m, 2f) departed high NE, 2 Siskin, 

10-11-2020 Snow Bunting NP (Craig Lewis)
New Passage/Northwick:

Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Shoveler, Gadwall, a lot of Wigeon, Mallard, Teal, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, Coot, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Dunlin, Redshank, Black-h Gull, Herring Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 5 Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, Robin, 1 Stonechat, House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Goldfinch, 2 Snow Bunting  

Yate:
2 or 3 Goldcrest

Latteridge:
1 Buzzard,1 Kestrel (f), 1 Raven,  a flew Robin

Winterbourne Down:
4 Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Magpie, 34 Jackdaw - inc flock 20, 4 Carrion Crow, 15 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit, 
17 Long-t Tit - 2 flocks, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 5 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 12 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Abbots Leigh:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Raven

10-11-20 Chiffchaff PW (Chris Clarke)
Portbury Wharf:

12 Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 6 Gadwall, 55 Widgeon, 30 Teal, 11 Lapwing, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 10 Redwing, 

Portishead - Black Nore:
16 Woodpigeon, 1 Curlew, 12 Black-h Gull, 26 Herring Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 19 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 6 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 16 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock

10-11-20 Goosander Cl-Y (Paul Dunham)
Clevedon - Yeo:
4 Pintail, 1 Red-breasted Merganser (f), 1 Goosander,  2 Oystercatcher,1 Avocet, c150 Lapwing, 30+ Grey Plover, Knot, 100+ Dunlin,  60/70 Redshank, 1 Peregrine (m), 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Goldcrest, 20 Meadow Pipit

Sand Point area:
1 Skylark, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Firecrest, 30 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Siskin, Yellowhammer,

Yatton - Wemberham Lane:
24 Skylark - headed away south this morning

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Buzzard, Kestrel, 1 Raven, Skylark, 3000 Starling, 6 Pied Wagtail, 6 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, 180 Linnet, Goldfinch,  8 Yellowhammer,  8 Corn Bunting

Oldland Common:
2 Greenfinch

Bath:

English Combe: - 1st Blackcap (m) of the winter.

Twerton -AWBS (AvonWinterBirdSurvey): - 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 27 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 14 Blue Tit, 17 Great Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 7 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 6 Starling, 25 Blackbird, 19 Robin, 35 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 12 Goldfinch

Colour tagged Red Kite (yellow NO) NSL (NSLBIRDING)
Ringed Jan 19 in Dorset, reported from Timsbury and Camerton 
Newton St Loe:

14 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 125 Black-h Gull, 100 Common Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 9 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 10 Skylark, c30 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 15 Starling, 125+ Fieldfare, 100+ Redwing, 10 Mistle Thrush, 6 Meadow Pipit, 20 Chaffinch, 4 Linnet, 40 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting (patch first)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Gurney Res:
1 Long-tailed Duck, plenty of Pochard & Redwing


Chew Valley Lake

10-11-20 Pochard CVL (George Stacey)
Nunnery:

Pochard, 2 Goosander (f), Little  Grebe

Heron's Green:
5 Little Grebe, 2 Great Black-b Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler. 12 Meadow Pipit

Moreton:
30+ Woodpigeon, 17 Lapwing - flying about, 2 Snipe - flushed by a Peregrine, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 20+ Fieldfare & Redwing, 4 Stonechat (2pr), 4 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 

10-11-20 G-W E & Gulls CVL Herriotts Pool (Ian Stapp)
loads of Gull mostly Black-headed, some Common
Herriott's Bridge:

3 Shelduck, 70+ Pochard, 20+ Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Water Rail - calling, 4 Great Black-b Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier - seen twice, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting,  - - -  - and an honorary bird today in the shape of an Otter - swam across the bay at 10:00

Reports: James Beaumont, Dru Brooke-Taylor Allan Chard, Chris Clarke, Mark Coller, Bryan Cook, Pet Coslett, Jane Cumming, Paul Dunham, Barry Dursley, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Craig Lewis, John Lewis, Jean Oliver, Lisa Presland, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Matt Rogers, Rich Scantlebury, Rosemary Setter, George Stacey,  Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Paul Williams