Monday 27 December 2021

27-12-21 Monday - Penduline Tit

Temp 8 to 12°C. Wet dull day forecast but some sunshine around lunchtime. Getting warmer all day

Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Jack Snipe
Cattle Egret
Penduline Tit
27-12-21 Penduline Tit, WSM Airport (Nigel Sluman)
Firecrest
Black Redstart

BRISTOL

Blaise Castle:
1 f Firecrest

Bryants Hill:
1 Kingfisher fling at Magpie

Horseshoe Bend to Sea Mills:
46 Mallard, 40 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 100 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 4 Long-tail Tits.

Duchess Pond:
21 Mallard (15m, 6f), 1 f Teal, 50+ Feral Pigeon, 14 Wood Pigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 14 Moorhen, 9 Coot, 3 Little Grebe, 4 BH Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 11 Magpie, 24 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 5 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 21 Starling, 8 7m+1f Blackbird, 16 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Robin, 20 House Sparrow, 1 f Chaffinch, 1 m Bullfinch, 3 Goldfinch
27-12-21 Collared Dove, Duchess Park (Patrick Richards)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
30 Canada Goose, 1 Pintail (m), 2 Black Redstart

Ham Green - Chapel Pill Farm:
10 Mallard, 100 Wood Pigeon, 1 Grey Heron. 

Aust Warth:
2 Wigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Stonechat

Chipping Sodbury, Ridge Woods:
2 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush

NORTH SOMERSET

27-12-21 Curlew, Portishead (Diana Bunniss)
Portishead to Black Nore Lighthouse:
10 Wigeon, 1 Turnstone, 3 Redshank, 1 Curlew, 2 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Wren, 7 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 50 Goldfinch

Backwell Lake, evening 26th:
31 Mute Swan, 6 Canada Geese, 19 Moorhen, 1 Water Rail, 45 Mallard, 32 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 2 tufted Duck, 130 BH Gull,  5 Cormorant, 29 Little Egrets (where are the rest?), 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Blackbirds calling on territory,  70 Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 23 Starling

Weston-Super-Mare airport:
Penduline Tit

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

27-12-21 Long-tailed Duck. Barrow Tank 2 (Nigel Sluman)
Barrow Tank 2:
1 m Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe (in front of the Lodge), 230 Lapwing, 47 Snipe, 1 Great White Egret.

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
c.20 Cattle Egret

Moreton:
2 m Scaup, 21 Goldeneye, 43 Lapwing

Stratford:
Jack Snipe, 6 Snipe, I Great White Egret, 1m Marsh Harrier, 2 Water Rail, Otter

Herriotts:
2 Great White Egret

Reports: Richard Belson, Morris Benson, Diana Bunniss,  Raoul Chandrasakera, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Richard Giles, Simon Isgar, Gareth Jones, Chris Mott, Fiona Neate, Lois Pryce, Nigel Sluman, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG