Saturday 12 December 2020

12-12-20 Saturday - Tundra Bean Geese

 Temperature 8 to 10°C, still and with cloud. 

Tundra Bean Goose 
Long-tailed Duck 
Slavonian Grebe 
Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper
Great Northern Diver 
Black Redstart 
Water Pipit
Redpoll    

BRISTOL

12-12-20 Starling, Redland (Mike Owen)

Stoke Park:
1 f Stonechat chased off by a Robin (11.12.20)

Redland (gardens):
5 Feral Pigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 10+ House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail

Golden Hill, Henleaze (Avon Winter Bird Survey):
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 44 Starling, 100+ House Sparrow, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

12-12-20 Grey Wagtail, Redland (R Barrett)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
11 Tundra Bean Goose, 10 Curlew, Kestrel, 1 female-type Black Redstart, Stonechat, 9 Redpoll, Reed Bunting

12-12-20 Kestrel, Oldbury Power Station (Heather England)

Yate:
60 Redwing

Easter Compton:
1 Mute Swan, 3 Mallard, 1 Common Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 40 Jackdaw, 45 Rook, 1 f. Blackcap, 50 Starling, 1 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail

Huntingford:
1 Raven, 1 Dipper, 3 Siskin

NORTH SOMERSET


Blind Yeo, Clevedon:
2 Mallard, 7 distant Goosander, 1 Little Grebe, 6 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret

Kingston Seymour:
8 Mallard, 24 Woodpigeon, 10 Collared Dove, 2 Moorhen, 42 BH Gull, 14 Herring Gull, 1-2 Buzzard, 1 m. Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Magpie, 33 Jackdaw, 30 Carrion Crow, 7 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 90 Starling, 7 Blackbird, c.260 Fieldfare but only 6 Redwing, 3 Robin, 1 Stonechat (unusual for the patch, but there seem to be a lot around this winter), 1 singing Dunnock, 4 House Sparrow,  2 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch

Backwell Lake:
3 Canada Goose, 39 Mute Swan, 53 Mallard, 1 Pochard, 19 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Farmyard Duck, 2 Collared Dove, 14 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 125 BH Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 4 Cormorant, 56 Little Egret, 95 Jackdaw, 4 Magpie, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Pied Wagtail

Nailsea:
2 Mute Swan (Jacklands Fishing Ponds), 5 Collared Dove, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Nuthatch (Nowhere Wood),

Yatton:
5 Teal, 200 Lapwing, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Green Sandpiper (record count for area), 3 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 1 Skylark, 60 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
5 Red-legged Partridge, 20 Golden Plover (near A420 roundabout), 2 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 150+ Corvids, 1 Raven, 6 Skylark, 1200 Starling, 7 Blackbird, 40 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 20 House Sparrow, 30 Linnet, 12 Corn Bunting

Compton Dando:
12 Pheasant, 6 Stock Dove, 100+ Woodpigeon, 2 Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, 200+ Jackdaw, Rook & Carrion Crow, 4 Raven, good numbers of Blue Tit & Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 200+ Starling, 5 Blackbird, 30+ Redwing, 100+ Fieldfare, 20+ House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 60+ Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 20+ Goldfinch

12-12-20 Little Owl, Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)

Pensford:
20+ Jackdaw, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Charlcombe:
14 Common Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 3 Skylark, 100 Starling, 20 Fieldfare, 16 Redwing, 40 Chaffinch, 12 Goldfinch, 8 Yellowhammer

Paulton:
10 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Dunnock, 30 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 4 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

12-12-20 Great Northern Diver, Barrow Tanks (Christopher Teague)

Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck and Great Northern Diver

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Woodford Orchard:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12+ Jackdaw, 40+ Redwing & Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush

Heron's Green:
5 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
8 Goldeneye, 80+ Woodpigeon, 1 Water Rail (calling), 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 20+ Long-tailed Tit (with mixed Tit flock), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 4 Goldfinch

Herriott's Bridge:
8 Shelduck, 12 Pintail, 12+ Goldeneye, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 2 GBB Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier (Orange tag 17 on wing), 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jackdaw, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail
 
Stratford:
1 Slavonian Grebe, 3 Snipe, Water Pipit

12-12-20 Great Crested Grebe, Herriott's (Ian Stapp)

OUT OF AVON

Steart:
4 Penduline Tit

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