Wednesday 1 December 2021

01-12-21 Wednesday

Temp 10 to 8°C. Only a little Sunshine, more showers as the day went on, still windy

Bewick's Swan
Long-tailed Duck, Goosander
Bar-tailed Godwit, Purple Sandpiper
Skylark
Firecrest

Black Redstart 

1-12-21 Purple Sandpiper, Portishead (Raoul Chandrasakera)
BRISTOL

Blaise, on souther slopes:
Firecrest

1-12-21 Mallard, Duchess Pond (Patrick Richards)
Stoke Park & Duchess Pond:

35 Mallard (inc 10 ducklings), 29 Feral Pigeon, 15 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Water Rail, 11 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 3 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 16 Magpie, 25 Jackdaw, 14 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 1 Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 2 Treecreeper, 9 Starling, 5 Blackbird, (4m, 1f), 35+ Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 3 Robin, 42 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 30+ Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Black-tailed Godwit

1-12-21 Black-tailed Godwit, Pilning Wetland (Tony Scott)
Pilning Wetland:

100's Canada Geese, a few Shelduck, Shoveler, Mallard, lots Wigeon, Teal, 100+ Lapwing, 100's Black-tailed Godwit

Easter Compton:
5 Herring Gull, 1 Feral Pigeon, 26 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 12 Magpie, 27 Jackdaw, 1 Rook, 9 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 11 Starling, 9 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 2 Robin, 6 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

Yate garden:
4 red-listed Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

1-12-21 Purple Sandpipers, Portishead (Pete Bunniss)
Portishead, Battery Point:
2 Tufted Duck (Boating Lake), 1 Oystercatcher, 7 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Rock Pipit

Tyntesfield:
1 singing Mistle Thrush

Clevedon Pier:
Black Redstart

Clevedon - Blind Yeo:
43 Canada Geese, 2m Goosander, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Otter

Kingston Seymour, Ham Lane:
Cattle Egret

Sand Point:

c.20 Dunlin downriver, flock 250+ Skylark, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Mistle Thrush, 50 Redwing, 12 Fieldfare

BELOW M4 & BANES

1-12-21 Dipper, Avon (Allan Chard)
Bitton, R Boyd from main road bridge:
1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

Bath, Walcott St:
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest

Bath, Bloomfield:
1 Sparrowhawk past the house

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
Long-tailed Duck

1-12-21 Bewick's Swan, CVL (David Hughes)
Villice Bay:
5 4ad/1j Bewick's Swan, 2 Great White Egret

Nunnery Point:
1 m Goosander

Herons Green:
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret

Moreton:
1 Chiffchaff

Herriotts:
67 Lapwing, 25 Black-tailed Godwit

Reports: Di Bunniss, Pete Bunniss, Paul Chapman, Tony Cook, Stephen Curtis, Alan Daniells, William Earp, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, Simon Isgar, Frankie Peter Hazelwood, Macrow, Glen Maddison, Brian Martin, Chris Mott, Jean Oliver, Patrick Richards, Carol Rushton, Tony Scott, Roger Staples, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG