Wednesday, 16 December 2020

16-12-20 Wednesday - Yellow-browed Warbler

Wet most of the day - but there was a nice sunset

Yellow-browed Warbler
Cattle Egret, Merlin
Marsh Tit

BRISTOL

No reports today - other than the Birds Of Avon - An Annotated Check List has been updated; on the side bar, right at the top, 3rd and 4th lines down.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

16-12-20 Yellow-browed Warbler Patchway (Greg Dawes)
Patchway:

1 Yellow-browed Warbler - in the garden - call caught my attention
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16-12-20 Yellow-browed Warbler Patchway (Greg Dawes)

NORTH SOMERSET


Backwell Lake:
3 Canada Goose, 28 Mute Swan, 11 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 5 Cormorant, 47 Little Egret counted (word of warning could be overcounted as something spooked the egrets and was a lot of rearranging at the roost however minimum of high 30s), 70 Jackdaw in to roost, a mini murmuration of c100 Starling, 2 Mistle Thrush.

Worlebury - garden:
1 Blackcap (f)

Worle Garden:
2 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 13 House Sparrow, 7 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath -Walcot Gate - garden:
1 Water Rail, 1 Marsh Tit - 1st this autumn yesterday, more Coal, Blue & Long-tailed  Tit, 8 to 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap (f), 1 Chaffinch (m), 3 Greenfinch (2m &f), 6 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
5 Great White Egret

Heron's Green:
39 Cattle Egret  - flying over towards Nunnery. 1 Little Egret, 1 Merlin -  over the bay and then after the Starling, as were the 2 Peregrine high over everything else.

Moreton Point:
c2500 Starling - going to roost - or trying to

Reports: Andy Davis, Greg Dawes, Glen Maddison, Rob Martin, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves,