Monday 29 November 2021

29-11-21 Monday - Purple Sandpiper

 3°C Light cloud with a gentle breeze

Purple Sandpiper
Spoonbill
Iceland Gull (?)
Great Northern Diver (?)
29-11-21 Purple Sandpiper, Portishead (Vic Savery)
BRISTOL


Eastville Park:
1 Common Gull (adult), 1 Kingfisher

Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
2 Little Grebe, 1Firecrest (Pale Plantation), c20 Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

29-11-21 Probable Great Northern Diver, OPS
(ex video by Pete H)

29-11-21 Probable Great Northern Diver, OPS (ex video by Pete H)

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Great Northern Diver (Probable)

The above photos are stills extracted by Aravind Ramesh from the video in the link below.
Probable GND Video, OPS (Pete Hazelwood)
29-11-21 Spoonbill, Pilning Wetlands (Paul Bowerman)
Pilning Wetlands:
1 Spoonbill, 1 Kingfisher

NORTH SOMERSET

29-11-21 Possible Iceland Gull, Portishead (Vic Savery)

29-11-21 Purple Sandpiper, Portishead (Vic Savery)

Portishead:

2 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Iceland Gull (possible), 1 Rock Pipit

Portishead (garden):
8 Chaffinch

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
310 Woodpigeon, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Dunlin, 5 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Goldcrest, 25 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing, 22 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 170 Chaffinch, 5 Brambling, 2 Bullfinch, 120 Linnet, 1 Siskin, 1 Yellowhammer

Kenn:
1 Black Redstart

Worle:
1 Firecrest
29-11-21 Goosander Cl-Y (Pete Skett)
Clevedon - Strode Rd to Sluice:
4 Goosander (f)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge Mill NR:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 22 Redwing, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

Bitton (Meadow Wood):
1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff (Form Collybita),  2 Blackbird, 18 Redwing

Bitton (yew tree on main road):
5 Long-tailed Tit, 30 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush

Bitton (Golden Valley):
16 Fieldfare

Warmley Forest Park:
1 Teal (drake)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Goldeneye, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
1 Shelduck, 10 Pochard, 12 Goldeneye, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Raven, 8 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush
29-11-21 Comparison Mute and Bewick's Swans,
Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green:

3 Bewick's Swan, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
3 Bewick's Swan (Flyover to HG), 1 Long-tailed Duck (same bird as dam), 12 Goldeneye, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Robin, 2 Stonechat (m+f), 2 Dunnock, 2 Reed Bunting
29-11-21 Black-tailed Godwit, Herriot's (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:

3 Bewick's Swan (same birds as HG), 6 Shelduck, 18 Shoveler, 22 Pintail, 200 Teal, 1 Water Rail, 27 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (m+f), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Reports:  Paul Bowerman, Allan Chard, John Croxton, Paul Francis, Colin & Bette Hawkins, Pete Hazelwood, Matt Hull, Sue Kempson, Chris Mott, Aravind Ramesh, Vic Savery, Jenny & Pete Skett, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland,