Sunday, 29 November 2020

29-11-20 Sunday - Iceland Gull

Temp 8 to 8°C. The temperature did go half a degree either side but thick fog most of the day kept it even

Bewick's Swan
Ring-necked Duck, Long-tailed Duck
Woodcock
Iceland Gull
Great Northern Diver
Cattle Egret
Merlin
Dusky Warbler
Black Redstart
Lesser Redpoll

29-11-20 Iceland Gull, Herriotts (Simon Isgar)
BRISTOL

Bishopston Garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 6 Starling 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 6 House Sparrow

New Cut and Cumberland Basin:
1 Redshank, 1 f Peregrine on Bond warehouse A, 2 Raven on  Bond  warehouse C, 30 Redwing over east, 2 Grey Wagtail 
29-11-20 Redwing, Fishponds (Allan Chard)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Peregrine, 1 f Black Redstart, 2 Stonechat

Pilning Wetland, Northwick Shore:
340 Wigeon, plenty Teal, Oystercatcher, Redshank, 70 Lapwing, 240 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 200+ Dunlin, 1 m Merlin

Hanham garden:
Woodcock over

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea, Backwell Common:
2 Moorhen, 19 Little Egret (field with cattle on village side of railway), 1 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl calling (Lodge Lane) 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Magpie 11 Pied Wagtail

Backwell Lake, 15.47 to 16.25
29 Little Egret to roost

BELOW M4 & BANES

Kelston to Swineford:
150 Redwing

RESERVOIRS

29-11-20 Common Sandpiper, Barrow Tanks (Dan White)
Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck, 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great Northern Diver

29-11-20 Bewick's Swan, Blagdon Lake (Rob Hargreaves)
Blagdon Lake:
Bewick's Swan, 9 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Stonechat, 3 Lesser Redpoll

29-11-20 Song Thrush Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake


Herons Green:
4 Little Grebe, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 30 Fieldfare and Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 5 Pied Wagtail

29-11-20 Fieldfare, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
200 Woodpigeon, 4 Little Grebe, 30 Lapwing, 2 GBB Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Jay, 20 Rooks & Crows, 6 Blackbird, 100 Fieldfare and Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 12 Chaffinch

Wick Green:
Ring-necked Duck
29-11-20 Dusky Warbler, CVRS (Chris Craig)
CVRS:
Dusky Warbler again

29-11-20 Iceland Gull, Herriotts (Brian Thompson)
Herriotts Bridge:
6 Shelduck, 28 Gadwall, 12 Pintail, 2 Goldeneye, 6 Goosander, 3 Water Rail, 14 Lapwing, 4 GBB Gull, 1 juv Iceland Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail

Do check the Twitter feed in the right-hand column for further photos of Pintail, Iceland Gull, Diver, etc.

Reports: Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Ian Dickie, Richard Giles and Fiona Neate, Rob Hargreaves, Simon Isgar, Robert Kelsh, John Lewis, Lisegirl, Glen Maddison, Andy Mears, Brian Mulgrew, Jean Oliver, Gill Sapsed, Ian Stapp, Mike Thomas, Brian Thompson, Dan White, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG