30-11-20 Monday Ring-necked Duck

Still largely gloomy, overcast and chilly. Bristol temperatures 6 - 11°C

Ring-necked Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Long-tailed Duck

Cattle Egret, Great White Egret

Great Northern Diver

Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier

Merlin
Marsh Tit

30-11-20 Grey Wagtail, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp)
A welcome splash of colour on a dull day

BRISTOL

Blaise Estate:

Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 2 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Mistle Thrush, Grey Wagtail 

Eastville:

Muntjac calling on the Frome along Glenfrome Road/Cottrell Road around 8-00 pm

Sea Mills:

26 Mallard, 2 Oystercatcher, 19 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, 28 Redshank, many Black-headed Gulls, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, many Feral Pigeon, 1 Jay, 24 Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
250 Lapwing, 30 Snipe, Kestrel, f Merlin

NORTH SOMERSET

Banwell:
Twenty different species seen in the garden today included:-1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (m&f), 2 Nuthatch, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Wren, 7 Goldfinch
Towards dusk several groups of Starling flew purposefully over in a southerly direction. 

BELOW M4 & BANES

 
No reports

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck and Great Northern Diver still present

Blagdon Lake:
37 Lapwing, 1 Great White Egret, 2 pr Stonechat 

Chew Valley Lake

30-11-20 Meadow Pipit, Dam, CVL (Lucy Masters)

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose

Heron's Green:
8 Cattle Egret in toe of bay

30-11-20 Stonechat, CVL (Simon Isgar)

Moreton:
200+ Wood Pigeon, 20+ Lapwing,  2 Grey Heron,  2 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Stonechat 

Stratford:

Harrier Sp. very probably an immature male Hen Harrier flew west across the lake and disappeared behind Stratford Island at 9.40. Not seen subsequently.

CVRS:

In May 2018 a nestling Black-headed Gull was colour-ringed in north-east Poland. The bird has been reported 6 times at CVL during winters of 18/19, 2019 and now in 2020. Data from Ornithological Station Museum and Institute PAS, Gdańsk.
Shelduck,15 Herriott’s Pool, late afternoon

30-11-20 Ring-necked Duck, Herriotts Bridge, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's Bridge:

15 Shelduck,28 Gadwall, 25 Pintail, 40+ Wigeon, 28 Gadwall, 120+ Teal, 1m Ring-necked Duck (main lake), 1 f Red-crested Pochard, 20+ Goldeneye (lake) 24 Pintail (pool) 1 Goosander (pool), c100 Wood Pigeon over, 3 Water Rail, 1 Dunlin, 5 GBB Gull, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Peregrine, 3 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff,  25+ LTT, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail 

Book Launch on Zoom, Tuesday 1st December at 7.00pm

TOMORROW!

Link to book launch: https://tinyurl.com/BirdsOfChew

(live from 6.45pm) 

Birds of Chew Valley Lake

Ecology – History – Tales

          by Keith Vinicombe 

Editor John Rossetti will describe the scope of the book and show some of the beautiful photos and artwork assembled for this exciting project. 

The book is a beautifully produced hardback of 450 pages, with over 300 illustrations including photographs, 26 commissioned original paintings from Ray Scally and over 70 drawings from the late Laurel Tucker, many of which are published for the first time. 

SPECIAL OFFER! 

Pre-order at 20% off  (£19.95 + £5 p + p = £24.95) from   https://tinyurl.com/ChewBirds

Reports: Raoul Chandrasakera, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Rob Hargreaves, Simon Isgar, John Lewis, Lucy Masters,  Jean Oliver, Justin Quinnell,  Ian Stapp, John Thorogood, Keith Vinicombe, Birdguides, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS