Friday 13 November 2020

13-11-20 Friday - Great Northern Diver

Temp 9 to 14°C. Bright Sunshine but still a cold wind, with some heavy showers. Clouded over later

13-11-20 Great Northern Diver, Barrow Tank 2 (Rob Hargreaves)
Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser
Knot
Great Northern Diver
Cattle Egret
Firecrest
Black Redstart
Lesser Redpoll
Snow Bunting

BRISTOL

Bristol Zoo:
Firecrest
13-11-20 Black-headed Gull, Duchess Lake (Patrick Richards)
Stoke Park and Duchess Lake:
6 Mallard, Cormorant, Buzzard, 8 Moorhen, BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 26 Feral Pigeon, Collared Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Magpie, 10 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, Raven, Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Nuthatch, 6 Starling, 2 Redwing, 6 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 1 f Stonechat, 12 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, Grey Wagtail, 2 f Chaffinch, 8 Goldfinch

13-11-20 Black Redstart, Temple Street (Gill Sapsed)
Temple Street:
Black Redstart

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Yate, Ridge Woods:
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker and Nuthatch heard this morning

13-11-20 Snow Bunting, New Passage (Rob Hargreaves)
New Passage:
20 Curlew, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Turnstone, 100 Dunlin, 60 Redshank, 2 Snow Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET


Portbury Wharf:
4 Canada Geese, 15 Shovellers, 30 Wigeon, 35 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 10 Lapwing, 10 Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest

Clapton Moor:
Pheasant, 37 Common Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, Blue and LT Tits, 3 Fieldfare, lots of Redwing

Wraxall Moor:
21 Little Egret

Sand Point:
Red-breasted Merganser, 50 Lapwing, 7 Grey Plover, 1 Knot, 1 Kestrel, 5 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 4 Goldcrest, a few Redwing, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

West Harptree:
6 Collared Dove

13-11-20 Dipper, Pensford (Ian Stapp)
Pensford:
12 Mallard, 3 Moorhen, 4 Blackbird, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Bath:
Sparrowhawk fell out of a tree onto a gloved gardeners hand, unfortunately flicked off before he realised what it was
100's of Pied Wagtails roosting this year in a tree outside New Look/McDonalds, a bigger tree!

13-11-20 Black Redstart, Peasedown (Sue Leycock)
Peasedown:
Black Redstart

Paulton:
2 Mute Swan, 48 Mallard, 7 Moorhen, 50 BH Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 11 Blackbird, 20 Redwing, 6 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 100 Linnet, 2 Siskin
at the sewage works: 14 Pied Wagtail, 9 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

13-11-20 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tanks (Brian Thompson)
Barrow Tanks:
11 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 28 Mallard, 1 m Long-tailed Duck, 1 juv Great Northern Diver, 24 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 42 Cormorant, 2 Raven, 3 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 1 Lesser Redpoll

Chew Valley Lake:
76 Egrets to roost tonight, 39 Cattle Egret  at Herons Green, 23 Great White Egret at Herriotts Pool, 14 Little Egret at Herons Green

13-11-20 Chaffinch,  Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
Herons Bay:
4 Shelduck, 12 Wigeon, 7 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 6 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull (one killed and ate a Cormorant), 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat, c.100 Pied Wagtail roost, 6 Chaffinch

Moreton:
4 Stock Dove, 1 Water Rail, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Blackbird, 7 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 4 Stonechat, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 7 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch, 10 Linnet, 1 Fox

13-11-20 Shelduck, Herriotts Bridge (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts:
3 Shelduck, 20 Pintail, exactly 100 Teal, 90 Pochard, 20 Goldeneye, 2 f Goosander, 400 Woodpigeon, 2 Water Rail, 11 Snipe, 4 GBB Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 14 Little Egret, juv Buzzard begging, 1 Kingfisher, c.1000 Jackdaw to roost, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 7 Siskin, 4 Reed Bunting

Reports: Chris Clarke, Jane Cumming, Alan Daniels, David Gibbs, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves, John Lewis, Rob Laughton, Sue Leycock, Dean Reeves, Gill Sapsed, Rosemary Setter, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, Suk Trippier, Keith Vinicombe, Sean Whyte, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG