Wednesday 2 December 2020

02-12-20 Wednesday - Yellow-browed Warbler

Dank, miserable - got colder and wetter as the day wore on - -  tomorrow, ha, don't even get out of bed!.

01-02-20 Book Launch - Birds Of Chew Valley Lake
Link to event Video

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Yellow-browed Warbler
Black Redstart
Cattle Egret
Black Redstart
Long-tailed Duck, Great Northern Diver

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
12 Mute Swan, 40 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Jay, 40 Carrion Crow, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Song Thrush - singing, 1 Pied Wagtail, 

Royate Hill LNR:
1 Sparrowhawk, Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff

Westbury Park - AWBS:
19 spcs - highlights; 1 Herring Gull - orange right leg ring but too distant to read, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Mistle Thrush

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Black Redstart (f)

02-12-20 Waders NP-NW (Martin Tayler)
New Passage/Northwick:
Wigeon, Oystercatcher, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Redshank, Little Egret  

02-12-20 Blackcap Ithington (Heather England)
Itchington:
1 Blackcap 

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake - roost count:
32 Mute Swan, 3 Shoveler, 1 Water Rail - calling, 31 Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler - calling

Portishead - Marina
1 Cormorant

Kenn - Duck Lane:
1 Black Redstart - 1st in 20yrs

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Woodpigeon – one flock of c.120 & one of c.60 –, 7 Golden Plover, feathers of 1 dead Grey Heron (looked like fox kill – bones and feathers bitten through), 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 5 Raven, 5 Skylark, 1 Goldcrest, c.120 Fieldfare, c.40 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, c.15 Chaffinch.

Newton St Loe:
3 Mute Swan, c25 Mallard, 8 Teal, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, c50 Black-h Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-b Gull, 9 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant,1 Sparrowhawk,1 Buzzard, Tawny Owl (heard), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-t Tit, Goldcrest, Wren, Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, Starling, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Robin, 8 Greenfinch - 5/3 flocks, Goldfinch.

Bath:

Carrs Woodland:
1 Stock Dove, 50 Black-h Gull, 30 Common Gull, 3 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 80 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush  - but  no finches!
Bloomfield:
7 Goldfinch - on the feeders

Paulton:
2 Raven, 6 Skylark, 7 Blackbirds, 17 Fieldfare, 15 Chaffinch, 4 Linnet, 12 Goldfinch, 10 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

02-12-20 Great Northern Diver BG (Matt Scott)
Barrow Gurney Res:
4 Teal, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe,  1 Lapwing, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Little Egret,  1 Kingfisher, mixed thrushes on the berry bushes, 1 Grey Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake
125 Pochard, 2 Goosander, 9 Water Rail - heard, 35 Lapwing, 7 Great White Egret, 8 Little Egret, 31 Cattle Egret, Marsh Harrier -juv, c800 Jackdaw - flying in to roost, 7 Cetti's Warbler - singing, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Stonechat (f&m), 24 Pied Wagtail, 5 Bullfinch, 5 Linnet 

Heron's Green:
29 Cattle Egret

Herriott's Bridge:
21 Pintail, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine  - - - plus a Black-h Gull dashed to bits by a speeding car - idiots

OUT OF AREA

Mudgley:
128 Cattle Egret - flocks of 95, 28 and 5

Reports: Jon Angell, John Clark, Tony Cook, John Croxton, Andy Davis, Michael Davis, Ryan Frost, Paul Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, Brian Martin, Rob Martin, Lois Pryce, Rich Scantlebury, Matt Scott, Martin Tayler, Keith Vinicombe
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