Sunday 12 December 2021

12-12-21 Sunday - Black-necked Grebe

A balmy 15°C, although it was overcast, with drizzle, there was some sun too!

Black-necked Grebe
Long-tailed Duck
Cattle Egret
Barn Owl 
Siberian Chiffchaff
Green-winged Teal
12-12-2021 Green-winged Teal CVL (Dave Hughes)
BRISTOL

Bedminster:
Victoria Park: - 7 Woodpigeon, 20 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 4 Magpie, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Robin, 4 Goldfinch
City Farm: - 4 Woodpigeon, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 8 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock

Bishopston - garden
2 Coal Tit - super aggro at the feeders.

Eastville Park:
12 Mute Swan - local breeder showing aggression, c100 Feral Pigeon, c120 Black-headed Gull, 13 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher - R Frome, 1 Dipper - on the brook

Golden Hill - Avon Winter Bird Survey (AWBS):
c50 Starling, 5 Redwing

Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
1 Buzzard, 1 Stonechat (f)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Thornbury - garden:
1 Blackcap (f) 1st this winter

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf - Drove Rhine:
Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Chiffchaff 

Portishead -  Battery Point:
1 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon - fly-by, 1 Curlew, 5 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Cormorant - lake, 1 Rock Pipit, 

Gordano Valley:
1 Greylag Goose, c30 Mallard, 2 Buzzard, 3 Raven

Kingston Seymour:
1 Cattle Egret, 11 Little Egret
- - - and the AWBS -
4 Mute Swan (a family on the Blind Yeo), 10 Mallard, 34 WP, 18 Collared Dove, 5 Moorhen, 7 BH Gull, 9 Herring Gull, 1 Buzzard, 7 Magpie (seems low), 53 Jackdaw, 31 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 66 Starling, 33 Redwing, 12 Blackbird, 63 Fieldfare, 4 Robin, (only) 1 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 7 Greenfinch. (Also a Roe Deer, Rabbit and Grey Squirrel)

Nailsea Moor:
10 Lapwing, c300 Starling, 6 Stonechat

Kenn:
2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron

Cleeve - King's Wood:
4 Buzzard - soaring together, 1 Marsh Tit - eating honeysuckle berries

Yatton - Cadbury Hill:
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker - in the same tree!! 1 Marsh Tit - eating burdock

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham - Gover Park:
1 Kestrel (f), 2 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush - singing and close by - 1 Chaffinch (f),  4 Greenfinch

Oldland Common - garden;
1 Sparrowhawk - hunting

Bath - St John's Church:
2 Peregrine, same pair as last year - bit of a sech!! 

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe

Litton Res: - note limited access until Feb
2 Gadwall, 42 Mallard, 9 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 8 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 21 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 12 Long Tail Tit.

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Kingfisher 

Heron's Green:
30+ Cattle Egret - Bickfields Lane, 1 Barn Owl 

Moreton:
1 Green-winged Teal

Stratford:
2 ~ Jack Snipe

Herriott's inc Pool:
2 Shoveler, 4 Pintail

Reports: Jon Angell, BUPP, Ben Crabb, Jane Cumming, Tim Ford, Richard Giles, Nick Hawkridge, Rupert Higgins, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, Iris & Andrew Langson, John Lewis, Nige Milbourne, Fiona Neate, Matt Plenty, Phil Quinn, Matt Rogers, Paul Sawyer, Gary Thoburn, Chris Vines, Jason Williams