Friday 19 November 2021

19-11-21 Friday - Long-tailed Duck

Mild with some showers, but overcast all day. Temperature 13-15°C

Long-tailed Duck
Yellow-legged Gull
Black Redstart
Whooper Swan

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
2 Jay, 1 Coal Tit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Water Rail, 14 Oystercatcher, c600 Dunlin, 1 Merlin - missed a Dunlin, 73 Fieldfare - flock, 1 Black Redstart (m)

YATE

Brimsham Park Lake:
13 Mallard and 6 newly hatched ducking - it's mid Nov for goodness sake! I Jay

Kingsgate Park :
8 Mute Swan - inc 6 cygnets, 9 Gadwall, 83 Mallard, 1 Wigeon (f), 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 58 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon Pier;
1 Black Redstart (f)

Clevedon Sluice:
1 Common Sandpiper
19-11-21 Stonechat Kenn Moor (Colin Higgins)
Kenn Moor:

1 Goosander (f), 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, c75 Redwing and Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 

Sand Point - Woodspring Priory, R Banwell 
Mute Swan, 2 Whooper Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose,  c200 Lapwing, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk (f), 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine (m), 70 Skylark, lots of winter thrush, 1 Stonechat (m), 1 Meadow Pipit

Weston-Super-Mare, Grove Park:
5 Jay, 2 Mistle Thrush

Uphill:
Flock of Teal, 2 Curlew, Plenty of Redshank, 1 Reedbunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bitton Station:
16 Collared Dove
19-11-21 Fieldfare-Redwing, Stanton Prior (Robert Hargreaves)
Newton St Loe to Stanton Prior:

6 Mallard, 9 Teal, 7 Pheasant, 6 Woodpigeon, 3 Collard Dove, 1 Water Rail, 5 Moorhen, 90 Common Gull, 2 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 45 Starling, 1 Mistle Thrush, 20 Redwing, 80 Fieldfare, 40 House Sparrow, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 5 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 200 Linnet, 20 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

19-11-21 Green Sandpiper  CVL (George Stacey)
Dam:

8 Shoveler, 40+ Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Pied Wagtail

Denny Island:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Main reed bed:
3 Marsh Harrier - evening roost

Heron's Green:
4 Little Grebe, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 40+ Redwing - few over towards Nunnery, 2 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
1 Scaup (f), 4 Goldeneye, (3f & m), 2 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier (m)

19-11-21 G-BB Gull CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:

2 Bewick's Swan, 6 Shelduck, 9 Shoveler, 22+ Pintail, 80 Teal, 1 Water Rail - calling, 2 Lapwing, 200+ Common Gull, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 32 Cattle Egret - evening roost, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay 6 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports: Derek Angell,  Karle Burford, Paul Chapman, Anne Crow, Andy Davis, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Colin Higgins, Matt Hull, David Jackson, Nigel Kempson, Rob Martin, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Martin Wightman

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