24-11-21 Wednesday - Woodcock & Blackcap

Temp 8 to 9°C. Misty and dull again, but not so cold

Green-winged Teal, Long-tailed Duck

Woodcock

Bearded Tit

Black Redstart
Brambling, Lesser Redpoll

24-11-21 Green-winged Teal, Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

24-11-21 Jay, Clifton Down (Ian Loats)

Clifton Down:

2 m Sparrowhawk, 2 Jay - acorns, good-oh, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Redwing, 3 Bullfinch

Stoke Bishop garden:

1 Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted and Green Woodpecker, 1 m Blackcap, Nuthatch

Stoke Park:

35 Stock Dove

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

24-11-21 Black Redstart, OPS (Peter Coslett)

Oldbury Power Station:

3 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Lapwing, 1 Skylark, 50+ Redwing, 80 Fieldfare, 

1 Peregrine, 2 Black Redstart, 4 Stonechat, 9 Greenfinch, 1 Siskin

New Passage:
26 Greylag Geese, 221 Canada Geese, 4 Gadwall, 3 Oystercatcher, Curlew, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, 15 Knot, Dunlin, Redshank, 1 Peregrine

Chittening Warth:

1 f Marsh Harrier

Kingsgate Park:
8 Mute Swan, 14 Gadwall, Wigeon, 5 Tufted Duck, 90+ Mallard, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Siskins 

Chipping Sodbury, Ridge Woods:
1 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 8 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, Blackbird, 10 Fieldfare, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 6 4m, 2f Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

24-11-21 Woodcock, Portishead (Dave Newton)

Portishead, near Trinity School by Portbury Wharf:

1 Woodcock in the garden

Portishead Lake:
2 Greylag Geese, 55 Canada Geese, 80 Mallard, 7 Tufted Duck, 3 Cormorant, 4 Pied Wagtail

Nailsea garden:

2 Blackcap, first Redwing

Backwell Lake after severe trimming:

20 Mute Swan, 16 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 20 Mallard, Water Rail heard, 4 Moorhen, Coot, 20 BH Gull, 12 Common Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, Cetti’s Warbler heard

Clevedon Pier:

1 Black Redstart

24-11-21 Merlin, Cl-Y (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon-Yeo:
7 Shoveler, 1 Pintail, 5 Goosander, 5 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Merlin, 2 Goldcrest, 10 Rock Pipit, 1 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Oldfield Park garden:

16 Magpie, 1 m Blackcap

Freshford:

1 Brambling

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
Only one Long-tailed Duck, 

24-11-21 Long tailed Duck, Dam (Ian Stapp)

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 10 Shoveler, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 18+ Goldeneye, 1 m Goosander, 5 GBB Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail

24-11-21 Kestrel, Hollowbrook (George Stacey)

Hollowbrook:

1 Kestrel

24-11-21 Goldeneye, Woodford (Michael Moxon)

Woodford:

1 Long-tailed Duck, 30+ Goldeneye, 4 GBB Gull (ring black on yellow D:AE), 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch

24-11-21 GBB Gull, Woodford ring UAE or OAE (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:
4 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail

24-11-21 Lapwing, Moreton (George Stacey)

Moreton:

6 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redpoll heard

North Widcombe, behind Herriotts:

28 Cattle Egret

24-11-21 Nuthatch, Stratford (Dave Hughes)

Stratford:

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Lesser Redpoll

24-11-21 Kingfisher, Herriotts (Michael Moxon)

Herriotts:
5 Shelduck, 15 Shoveler, 20+ Pintail, 120+ Teal, 1 Green-winged Teal, 2 Water Rail, 6 Lapwing, 2 GBB Gull, 5 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 m Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Bearded Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Reports: Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Tony Cook, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Rob Hargreaves, Ian Hayes, Peter Hazelwood, Rupert Higgins, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, Ian Loats, Robin Martin, Michael Moxon, Dave Newton, Dean Reeves, Mathew Rogers, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Lauren Tucker, Roger White, Timothy Warren, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG 

The Birds of Avon, An Annotated Checklist 4 and Supplement to the Annotated Checklist 2 have been updated. They are always available, in the sidebar on the right, in the first set of entries, Bristol Ornithological Club