Tuesday, 23 November 2021- Bearded Tit

 Light cloud and light winds, rather dull and chilly. Temperature 5-7°C

Brent Geese

Green-winged Teal

Golden Plover

Woodcock

Jack Snipe

Little Owl

Bearded Tit

Black Redstart

Corn Bunting

23-11-21 Bearded Tit, Stratford, CVL (Lucy Masters)

BRISTOL

Netham Park:

1 Woodcock (flew back into the patch of woodland just behind the Feeder Canal in the park)

Old Sneed Park:

40-50 Fieldfare (flying east)

Eastville Park:
1 Cormorant

23-11-21 Cormorant, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

M32, Broomhill/Frenchay area)

1 Red Kite (mobbed by gulls) 

Oldbury Power Station:

3 Gadwall, 10 Mallard, 6 Teal, 4 Moorhen, 1 Oystercatcher, 25 Curlew, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Starling, 2 Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 1 Black Redstart (m), 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Bullfinch (1m/2f), 1 Goldfinch

23-11-21 Golden Plover, Hawkesbury Upton (Rob Hargreaves)

Hawkesbury Upton (BOC walk):

6 Pheasant, 1 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 15 Lapwing, 75 Golden Plover, 60 Common Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 7 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Rook, Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 10 Skylark, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Wren, 100 Starling, 1 Mistle Thrush, 50 Redwing, 7 Blackbird, 100 Fieldfare, 6 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 13 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch (m), 4 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch, 2 Corn Bunting, 8 Yellowhammer

23-11-21 Corn Bunting, Hawkesbury Upton (Rob Hargreaves)

Coalpit Heath

1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 47 Skylark,  1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 7 Mistle Thrush, 47 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Yellowhammer

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon Pier:

1 Black Redstart

Blind Yeo Kenn Pier to Craft Centre Clevedon:

1 Goosander (m), 1 Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay

23-11-21 Brent Geese, Kenn (Paul Chapman)

Kenn estuary & Dowlais:

3 Brent Geese (mouth of Kenn), 150 Canada Geese, 40 Wigeon, 12 Turnstone, 200 Dunlin, 1 Sparrowhawk (f),1 Peregrine (m), 4 Skylark, 2 Stonechat

Kingston Seymour lanes:

1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:

1 Little Owl, 1 Kestrel, 230 Starling

23-11-21 Little Owl, Marshfield (Rob Hargreaves)

Bath, Lansdown:

600 - 850 Golden Plover

Pensford, Lords Wood:
1 Teal, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher 

RESERVOIRS

23-11-21 Goosander, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake

3 Goosander (2 m/1 f) 

23-11-21 Goldeneye, Dam, CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Dam:

1 Egyptian Goose, 16 Shoveler, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 20+ Goldeneye, 5 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail  

Woodford:

12 Pochard, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 25+ Goldeneye, 2 Goosander (m/f), 16 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 20+ Redwing, 20+ Fieldfare, 20+ Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch     

    

23-11-21 Pintail, Herriott's, CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Lane to Villice:

1 Sparrowhawk (hunting Meadow Pipit), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven,  20+ Long-tailed Tit, 60+ Redwing, 20+ Blackbird, 40+ Fieldfare, 12+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch 

Heron's Green:

4 Little Grebe, 1 Snipe, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 1 Song Thrush, 20+ Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail      

Moreton:

20 Redwing, c20 Blackbird (Moreton/Stratford Lane)

Stratford:

1 Jack Snipe, 1 Snipe, 4 Bearded Tit

1 Otter showing well from Stratford Hide at midday

23-11-21 Green-winged Teal, Herriott's, CVL (Rob Laughton)

Herriott's inc Pool:

5 Shelduck, 17 Shoveler, 22+ Pintail, 80+ Teal, 1 Green-winged Teal (m), 1 Goosander (m), 1 Water Rail (calling), 7 Lapwing, 4 GBB Gull, 4 Grey Heron, c34 Cattle Egret (roost), 2 Great White Egret (1 Herriot's End), 1 Little Egret, 2 Marsh harrier (m/f), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 12+ Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting  

Reports: Erin Blessitt, Merv Carlyon, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Patrick Haigh, Rob Hargreaves, Mike Jackson, Iris Langson, Robert Laughton, Lucy Masters, Chris Mott, Ian Stapp
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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