Saturday 19 December 2020

19-12-20 Saturday - Brent Goose

Mild (10-11°C) but with heavy rain in the afternoon.

Brent Goose 
Avocet
Woodcock 
Marsh Harrier 
Redpoll

BRISTOL

19-12-20 Grey Heron, Eastville Park (Martin Tayler)
Eastville Park:
Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher

Blaise/Kingsweston:
3 Woodpigeon, 1 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Blackbird

Coombe Dingle:
1 m Sparrowhawk, 3m 1f Blackcap

19-12-20 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Northwick Warth:
40 Shelduck, 300 Wigeon, 2 Pintail, 1 Water Rail, 140 Oystercatcher, 5 Avocet, 160 Lapwing, 160 Curlew, 100 Redshank

New Passage/Pilning:
138 Oystercatcher, 255 Lapwing, 58 Curlew, 20 Turnstone, 110 Dunlin, 60 Redshank

Horton:
20 Pheasant, Buzzard, Jay, Blue Tit, Blackbird, 15 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, 6 Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Redpoll, 10 Yellowhammer

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
18 Lapwing, 600+ Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 2 Common Gull, 15 Skylark, 18 Linnet, 6 Reed Bunting

Backwell Lake:
Mute Swan - one obliging bird stayed still long enough to have its leg ring read, 21 Shoveler, 11 Gadwall and 6 tufted Duck.

Dowlais (high tide):
165 Canada Goose, 51 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 19 Redshank, 11 Skylark, 2 Stonechat

Worlebury (garden):
1 Coal Tit, 6 Goldfinch

Uphill:
1 Brent Goose (on Brean side at the edge of the salt marsh), 27 Mute Swan, 143 Shelduck, 62 Wigeon, 7 Mallard, 275 Teal, 7 Woodpigeon, 2 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, 80 Oystercatcher, 400 Lapwing, 25 Curlew, 6 Dunlin, 1 Woodcock (flushed out of a ditch along the dyke across the levels), 40+ Redshank,
200+ BH Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 15+ Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, various corvids including a Raven and 5 Magpies, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 70 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, Robin, Blackbird, Starling, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 50 Linnet

Nailsea:
Gable Farm pond: 1 Mute Swan, 2 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush
Nailsea East End (Brook Farm): 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard
Nailsea Park: 7 Magpie

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath - Bloomfield:
1 Redwing on Crab Apple Tree

Bath - Prior Park:
Nuthatch, garden full of Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, Chaffinch

Newton St Loe:
5 Red-legged Partridge, 25 Teal, Rosy-billed Pochard, 1 Tufted Duck, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Little Grebe, 8 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 4 Skylark, 35 Starling, 3 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 20+ Linnet

19-12-20 Rosy-billed Pochard, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)

19-12-20 Linnets, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)
Paulton:
30 Woodpigeon, 35 Rook (plus 100 mixed flock of Jackdaw & Carrion Crow), 70 Skylark, 1 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 13 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 26 House Sparrow, 4 Meadow Pipit, 5 Chaffinch, 12 Goldfinch, 5 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

19-12-20 Stonechat, Moreton (CVL) (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake


Dam:
1 f Goldeneye

Woodford:
12 Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush

19-12-20 Fieldfare, Woodford Orchard (CVL) (Graham Wagner)

Heron's Green:
2 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 2 Stonechat, 4 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
50+ Pochard, 20 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 2 GBB Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 40+ Woodpigeon, 2 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Long-tailed Tit & mixed tit flock, 2 Stonechat

Stratford:
Slavonian Grebe reported, 200+ Lapwing, 10 Snipe

Hollow Brook:
3m + 2f Goldeneye, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff

19-12-20 Goldeneye, Hollow Brook (CVL) (George Stacey)

Herriott's Bridge:
4 Shelduck, 8 Pintail, 8+ Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 2 GBB Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

19-12-20 Cormorant, Stratford (CVL) (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Reports: Richard Belson, Peter Bryant, Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Derek Clarke, Jane Cumming, Alastair Fraser, Richard Giles & Fiona Neate, Patrick Hancock, Glen Maddison, Brian Martin, NSL-Birding, Jean Oliver, George Rabin, Dean Reeves, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler, Graham Wagner, Lee @Wildwood_photos blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG