24-11-22 Thursday - Avocets

 Temp 7° to 12°C. Cloud, heavy showers, occasional sunny spell. Wind from south.

Bewick's Swan

Common Scoter

Smew

Avocet

Guillemot

Leach's Petrel
Firecrest

24-11-22 Firecrest, Timsbury (Alex Carlisle)

BRISTOL

Redland garden:
2 Wood Pigeon, 5 Feral Pigeon, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Robin, 3 Blackbird, 1 Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Grey Plover, 200 Dunlin, 1 Black Redstart

Pilning Wetland:
3 Shelduck, 300+ Wigeon, 85 Mallard, 250 Teal, 80 Shoveler, 4 Avocet, 320 Lapwing, 7 Curlew, 500+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2500 Dunlin, 10+ Snipe, 250 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff.

Severn Beach:
40 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, 15 Wigeon, 55 Oystercatcher, 22 Curlew, 85 Dunlin, 4 Common Gull, 1 Guillemot, 1 Leach's Petrel, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Rock Pipit, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Redpoll, 1 Reed Bunting  

Ridge Woods:

1 Pheasant, Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Carrion Crow, 3 Coal Tit (calling and singing), 5+ Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, Wren, 1 Treecreeper (calling and singing), 5 Redwing, Blackbird, Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch 

Barnhill Quarry, Chipping Sodbury:

2 Little Grebe

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Sparrowhawk with 5000 Starling

BELOW M4 & BANES

Magpie Bottom, Hanham:
1 Kingfisher

24-11-22 Goldfinch, Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
54 Mallard, 40 Feral Pigeon, 10 Woodpigeon, 4 Moorhen, 1 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 5 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 54+ Goldfinch

24-11-02 Crow chasing Kestrel, Keynsham Ham (Alex Handover)

Keynsham Ham:

Kestrel chased by Crow

24-11-22 Blackcap, Timsbury (Alex Carlisle)

Timsbury:
1 Blackcap (m), 1 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
c. 100 Lapwing, 4 Black-tailed Godwit

Picnic Site 1:

9 Goosander

Heron's Green:
4 Bewick's Swan (4 ad), 32 Cattle Egret

Moreton:
3 Bewick's Swan (2 ad, 1 juv) (these in addition to the Heron's Green birds)

Stratford:
1 Common Scoter, 1 Smew 

Herriott's inc Pool:
3 Bewick's Swan (same birds as above?),  1 Common Scoter (same bird as above?), 1 Smew (f) (same bird as above?), 7 Dunlin, 1 Great White Egret

Out of Area: 

24-11-22 Great Northern Diver, Cheddar Res (Chris Rawlings)

Cheddar Reservoir (Axbridge end):

1 Kittiwake, 1 Great Northern Diver

Reported by:  Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman, Alex Carlisle, Chris Craig, Alan Daniels,  Sean Davies, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Andy Gibb, Alex Handover, Rob Hargreaves, Andrew Harrison, Simon Isgar, Brian Mulgrew, Nick Patel, Chris Rawlings, Rod Taylor, Brian Thompson
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG