Monday 16 November 2020

16-11-20 Monday

Breezy with frequent showers and nasty thin drizzle ; mild - mostly between 10 and 11°C.


Long--tailed Duck
Spotted Redshank
Great Northern Diver
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier 
Marsh Tit, Bearded Tit 
Black Redstart
 

16-11-20 Long-tailed Tit, Herriotts Bridge, CVL (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL


16-11-20 male Sparrowhawk, High Kingsdown, Bristol (Keith Williams)


Cumberland Basin:
2 Raven over Ashton Avenue bridge.

Sea Mills:
inc WeBS count - 7 Mallard, c. 50 Lapwing, c 60 Redshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 
3 Herring Gull, 165 Black-headed Gull , 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Stonechat, 1 Rock Pipit. Also 
1 white farmyard Goose

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
inc WeBS count -49 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 83 Mallard, 103 Wigeon, 1 Gadwall,  9 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Little Grebe,  80 Curlew, 220 Lapwing, 10 Grey Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, c100 Redshank,  Ringed Plover, 55 Turnstone,  570 Dunlin, 3 Snipe,1 juv Peregrine,1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Stonechat, 3 Black Redstart ( 1adult male and 2 female types, possibly 4 individuals but very mobile and aggressive to each other and harassed by a pair of Stonechat)

New Passage/Northwick:
No reports of  Snow Bunting today


16-11-20 Redwing, Latteridge (Christopheer Teague)
Latteridge:
2 Raven

NORTH SOMERSET

Leigh Woods:
Nightingale Valley - Tawny Owl being mobbed by 2 Jays

Portishead:
First Cormorant on Hall and Woodhouse pontoon in weeks
Lake grounds - 13 species, inc 40 Canada goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 16 Tufted Duck, 2 Curlew, 87 BH Gull, 18 Herring Gull


16-11-20 Black Redstart, Clevedon Pier (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon Pier:
1f Black Redstart

Clevedon-Yeo:
Wains Hill - 1 Raven, 1 pr Grey Wagtail 
inc WeBS count - 62 Canada Goose , 6 Mute Swan, min  100 Shelduck, 140 Wigeon, 70 Mallard, 60 Teal, 1 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 55 Oystercatcher, 110 Lapwing, 11Grey Plover, 16 Ringed Plover, 110 Curlew, 15 Turnstone, 500+ Dunlin, 2+Snipe, 170 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank250 Black-headed Gull, 6 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 f Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 4 Stonechat, 6 Rock Pipit, Meadow Pipit present
       

16-11-20 Raven, Wains Hill, Clevedon (Howard Taffs)

Sand Point/Bay:
2 Chiffchaff,  3 Goldcrest, Fieldfare and a few Redwing

Banwell:
Winthill garden (Day list)  -  Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, Marsh Tit, Chiffchaff, Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 12 House Sparrow, 6 Goldfinch, 2  Greenfinch 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
inc WeBS count - 2 Mute Swan, 34 Mallard, 12 Teal, 2 Moorhen, 3 Little Grebe, 100+ Common Gull 1 Cormorant,  4 Grey Heron,  1 Kingfisher,  8 Skylark, 1 Treecreeper,  24 Starling,   45+ Redwing, 25+ Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 9 Meadow Pipit, 12 Linnet 

Pensford:
1 Dipper,  2 Grey Wagtail

Chew Magna:
2 flyover Skylark

RESERVOIRS


16-11-20 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tank no 1 (David Hughes)
Barrow Tanks:
Long--tailed Duck and Great Northern Diver still present on Number 1 and 2 Tanks respectively. 
Also 2 Common Sandpiper, 60+ Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 2 Grey Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake


16-11-20 Common and Black headed Gulls, Herriotts Pool CVL (Ian Stapp)

Dam:
2 f Goldeneye.


16-11-20 fem Goldeneye, Dam, CVL (George Stacey)



16-11-20 Mistle Thrush, Woodford entrance, CVL (George Stacey)

Woodford:
Entrance - 1 Mistle Thrush, 6+ Fieldfare, 3+ Redwing 

Heron's Green:
50+ Wood Pigeon, 6 Little Grebe,3 GBB Gull, 5 Great White Egret, pre roost gathering of 23 Cattle Egret and 24 Little Egrets in the toe of Heron’s Green,  3 Grey Heron, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat (m + f), 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch 

Parkland:
30+ Redwing

Moreton:
60+ Wood Pigeon, 6 Stock Dove, 1 Water Rail (calling), 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine (sat in a ladder leaning against a tree field on way in), 2 Raven,  40+ Carrion Crow + Jackdaw, 4 Jay,  1 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ LTT, 4 Blackbird, 6 Redwing, 4 Stonechat (2M 2F), 12+ Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Goldfinch


16-11-20 Pintail, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's Bridge:
5 Shelduck (pool) 50 to 60 Pochard 14 Wigeon (lake) 20 Goldeneye (lake) 32 Pintail (pool), 2 Water Rail  4 GBB Gull,  5 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Bearded Tit20+ Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail

BOC 2021 calendar
Email order shortcut

Reports:  John Clark, Jane Cumming, Sean Davies, Paul Gregory, Rob Hargreaves, David Hughes, John Lewis,  Dean Reeves,  Harvey Rose, Tony Scott, Rosemary Setter, George Stacey,  Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, John Thorogood, Keith Williams,  nslbirdingopsbirding,