Wednesday 22 December 2021

22-12-21 Wednesday - Firecrest

 Another chilly day with very little sun or breeze. Temperature 6°C

Peregrine
Penduline Tit
Firecrest
Black Redstart
Redpoll
22-12-21 Penduline Tit, Weston Airfield (Paul Cousins)
BRISTOL

Bishopston garden (BS7)
3 Woodpigeon, 3 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 (m/f) Blackcap, 1 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 1(f) House Sparrow 
4 Chaffinch (2m/ 2f), 8 Goldfinch

Eastville Park:
1 Grey Heron

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Moorhen, 8 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing

Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
2 Stonechat

Westbury on Trym garden:
1 (m) Blackcap

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Black Redstart (m with a bold white wing panel/F or imm m), 1 Redpoll (alders on SW side of Lagoon 2 and 5)
22-12-21 Black Redstart, OPS (Rob Emery)
Aust STW:
6 Chiffchaff (inc. Siberian)

Severn Beach:
Ringed Plover & Turnstone with Dunlin (100s) on the rocks

Goose Green, Mill Farm:
Teal (on pond)

Frampton Cottrell:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
8/9 Firecrest - near the bend on Woodland Road

Clevedon garden:
1 (f) Blackcap (first for a long time)

Woodspring Bay (Yeo – Banwell):
(WeBS count) 20 Mute Swan plus 5 dead (Avian flu?), 59 Shelduck, 57 Shoveler, 66 Wigeon, 15 Mallard, 39 Teal, 1 Coot, 175 Lapwing, 85 Curlew, 100 Dunlin,  4 Jack Snipe, 13 Snipe, 194 Redshank, 38 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull,  3 LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret

West Hewish:
c.40 Mute Swan, 1 (m) Marsh Harrier
22-12-21 Penduline Tit, Weston Airfield (Chris Snook)
Weston-Super-Mare (Airfield):
Canada Geese, Wigeon, Teal, 1 Water Rail (heard), 2 Grey Heron (ad/imm), 1 Little Egret, 3 Penduline Tit, Bearded Tit (heard), Cetti's Warbler (heard), 2 Stonechat (m/f), Pied Wagtail, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting (m/f) 
22-12-21 Stonechat, Weston Airfield (Paul Cousins) 
Uphill:
(WeBS count) 30 Mute Swan (on the Brean side), 75 Shelduck (much lower than the autumn counts here), 5 Wigeon, 19 Mallard, 13 Teal, 1 (f) Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 41 Oystercatcher, 6 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 400+ Dunlin, 220+ Redshank, 270 BH Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 5 LBB Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, Redwing

Banwell:
1 Kestrel

BELOW M4 & BANES

Shortwood (golf course)
1 Peregrine (flew toward Goose Green)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
22-12-21 Goldeneye, Picnic Site 1, CVL (George Stacey)
Picnic site 1:
5 Goldeneye (2 m/3f) 

Woodford orchard:
50+ Redwing, 20+ Fieldfare
22-12-21 Redwing, Woodford Orchard, CVL (George Stacey)
Moreton:1 Black Throated Diver 

Stratford:
1 Water Rail, 5 Snipe, 4 Jack Snipe, 1 (f) Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher
 
22-12-21 Snipe, Stratford, CVL (Lucy Masters)
22-12-21 Water Rail, Stratford, CVL (Lucy Masters)
Herriott's inc Pool:
6 Shelduck, 8 Pintail , 4 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret

Reports: Paul Cousins, Chris Craig. Jane Cumming, Geoff Dring, Rob Emery, Paul Francis, Matthew Hall, Simon Isgar. Lucy Masters, Mike Meechem, Derek Miller, Chris Mott, Giles Morris, Mike Moxon, Chris Snook, Geroge Stacey, Larry Sweetland, Martin Tayler, Gary Thoburn, Gordon Youdale,