Friday 26 November 2021

26-11-21 Friday

Squally: sunshine with rainbows, heavy showers and a cold wind. Temperature 7- 9°C

Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Woodcock
Yellow-legged Gull
Cattle Egret
Marsh Harrier
Black Redstart
   
26-11-21 Egyptian Goose, Dam CVL (Ian Stapp)


26-11-21 Snipe, Stratford Hide, CVL (Dave Hughes)

BRISTOL

No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Frampton Cotterell:
Mayshill,  late afternoon/dusk -  1 Buzzard, 2 Woodcock, 20+ Magpie, 100 Carrion Crow/Rook mixed flock + 3 Roe Deer

NORTH SOMERSET


26-11-21 Jackdaw, Herriotts Bridge CVL (Ian Stapp)

Kenn:
Duck Lane - 1 m Black Redstart in garden

BELOW M4 & BANES

Cameley:
An interesting week for Redwings just gone:
Hundreds around (and dozens ringed) until yesterday when numbers plummeted, barely any today.
The flocks brought in a few Song & Mistle Thrushes with them.
A couple of Redwings were very dark, possible of the Icelandic race T. i. coburni but difficult to be certain.

One immature had three remarkable sets of
23-11-21 Redwing showing fault bars,
 Cameley (Bob Medland
)
fault-bars indicating mixed food availability 
when it was a nestling earlier this year. 
[See attached photo.]
If seen from behind in the field 
it might have had the observer guessing.

Two Blackcaps each on the 17th.

Two Greenfinches on the 18th.

Jays are more obvious than usual, probably as they are having to forage about in the open for other food due to this non-acorn autumn following the mast year in 2020.


Chew Magna:
c30 Greenfinch (pre-roost gathering) 

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 30+ Goldeneye, 1 m Long-tailed Duck, 2 GBB Gull, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail

Woodford:
24 Pochard, 30+ Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 1 Yellow-legged Gull2 GBB Gull, 1 Great White Egret,  2 Song Thrush, 20+ Redwing, 3 Fieldfare

26-11-21 Redwing, Parklands CVL (George Stacey)
Nunnery:
6 Redwing (Parklands)

Heron's Green:
12 Wigeon,  4 Little Grebe, 2 G-BB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret,1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail

26-11-21 Green Sandpiper, Moreton CVL (George Stacey)
Moreton:
2 juv Scaup, 6 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper,1 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Chiffchaff,  c30 Redwing

Stratford:
4 Snipe

Herriott's inc Pool:
6 Shelduck, 28+ Pintail, 12 Shoveler, 300+ Teal (no sign of Green-winged Teal today), 1 Water Rail, 6 Lapwing, 4 GBB Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 17 Cattle Egret, 1 m Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine,  2 Jay, 9 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

26-11-21 Gadwell and Pintail, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Reports:  Chris Craig, John Croxton, Andy Davis, Dave Hughes,  Mike Jackson, Bob Medland, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, BirdGuides