Saturday 5 December 2020

05-12-20 Saturday - Tundra Bean Goose

Temp 3 to 7°C. Very wet and cold in the wind in the morning but a decent bit of sunshine in the afternoon

Tundra Bean Goose
Firecrest
Black Redstart

5-12-20 Tundra Bean Goose, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)
BRISTOL

Blaise Castle:
Firecrest
5-12-20 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:

1 Kingfisher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
112 Canada Geese, 10 Greylag Geese, 11 Tundra Bean Goose

Aust Warth diversion footpath:
Redwing, Long-tailed Tit, Greenfinch, Goldfinch

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
c.60 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 30+ Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, c.250 Wigeon, c.40 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, c.100 Oystercatcher, c.250 Lapwing, c.40 Curlew, 4 Turnstone, c.80 Dunlin, c.60 Redshank, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit

Almondsbury garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush

NORTH SOMERSET


5-12-20 Black Redstart (Matt Hull)
Clevedon Pier:

pair Blackcap in a local garden, 1 Black Redstart

Nailsea, Backwell Common:
8 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk Brook Farm, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  2 Raven + 2 Brook Farm, 5 Magpie, 2 Pied Wagtail

Backwell Lake:
3 Canada Geese, 39 Mute Swan, 14 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 50+ BH Gull, To Roost - 4 Cormorant, 40+ Little Egret, 100+ Jackdaw

Kingston Seymour, a field:
3 Mute Swan, 23 BH Gull, 5 Common Gull, 47 Little Egret, 30 Starling

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley, in front of the Old Grange School:
2 Dipper
5-12-20 Blackcap, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)
Chew Stoke:

1 m Blackcap

5-12-20 Little Owl, Hunstrete (Rob Hargreaves)
Hunstrete:
25 Stock Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl, 50 Starling, a flock inc (2 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 80 Chaffinch & 2 Greenfinch), 1 Bullfinch

Bath, Centre:
1 Water Rail

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:
5 Great White Egret

Woodford:
4 Goldeneye, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Treecreeper, 8 Blackbird, 1 Chaffinch

5-12-20 Snipe, Stratford (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Stratford:

50 teal, 5 Goldeneye, 23 Snipe, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Goldcrest, 5 Redwing

5-12-20 Marsh Harrier, CVL Herriotts (Rob Hargreaves)
Herriotts Pool:

9 Shelduck, 26 Pintail, 1 Goosander, 1 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail

Reports: Phil Barlow, Vera Carpenter, Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Richard Giles & Fiona Neate, Rob Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hull, Gareth Jones, Glen Maddison, Lucy Masters, Mike Moxon, Lois Pryce, Phil Quinn, TalkingToBears, Mike Thomas, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG