Breezy with frequent showers and nasty thin drizzle ; mild - mostly between 10 and 11°C.
Long--tailed Duck
Spotted Redshank
BRISTOL
Cumberland Basin:
Great Northern Diver
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Marsh Tit, Bearded Tit
Black Redstart
Black Redstart
16-11-20 Long-tailed Tit, Herriotts Bridge, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
16-11-20 male Sparrowhawk, High Kingsdown, Bristol (Keith Williams) |
Cumberland Basin:
2 Raven over Ashton Avenue bridge.
Sea Mills:
Portishead:
First Cormorant on Hall and Woodhouse pontoon in weeks
Clevedon-Yeo:
BELOW M4 & BANES
Newton St Loe:
Chew Magna:
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
Long--tailed Duck and Great Northern Diver still present on Number 1 and 2 Tanks respectively.
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
2 f Goldeneye.
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
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
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 Tit, 20+ Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail
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
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)
3 Herring Gull, 165 Black-headed Gull , 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Stonechat, 1 Rock Pipit. Also
1 white farmyard Goose
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
No reports of Snow Bunting today
2 Raven
NORTH SOMERSET
Leigh Woods:
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
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 Redshank, 250 Black-headed Gull, 6 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 f Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 4 Stonechat, 6 Rock Pipit, Meadow Pipit present
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
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) |
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 Tit, 20+ Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail
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