25-11-22 Friday - Little Gulls and Kittiwake

A fine and sunny morning after overnight rain, with a light NW breeze.  Overcast with heavy grey cloud later.  Max temp 11°C.

Bewick’s Swans

Long-tailed Ducks

Common Scoter, Smew

Purple Sandpipers

Curlew Sandpiper

Little Gulls

Kittiwake (at Chew)

Water Pipit

Bewick's Swans at Herriots Bridge,  CVL (Merv Carlyon)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher, 1-2 Stonechat.

Stockwood Open Space:

41 Redwing.

Meadow Pipit  (Ian Stapp)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

10 Oystercatcher, 5 Ringed Plover, 11 Grey Plover, c.200 Lapwing, 900+ Dunlin, 170+ Curlew, 5 Stonechat, 1 Water Pipit, c.20 Meadow Pipit. 

Pilning Wetlands:

380 Lapwing, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, c.5000 Dunlin, 800 Black-tailed Godwit

Severn Beach:
1 Pintail, 3 Kittiwake, 3 Little Gull, 4 Stonechat, 1 Water Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit.

Lower Woods, Wickwar:
1 Woodcock

Yate Rocks (garden):

Flyover Raven, 15 LT Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Redwing.

Charfield Meadow NR:

1 Kestrel, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Redwing, 50 Fieldfare, 7 Long-tailed Tit

Old Sodbury:

(Winter Bird Survey)

8 Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 7 Jackdaw, 8 Rook, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 7 Blue Tit. 2 Great Tit, 6 Skylark, 2 Wren, 11 Redwing, 7 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 3 Robin, 7 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 8 Meadow Pipit, 7 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 5 Corn Bunting

Purple Sandpiper at Battery Point, Portishead (Les Williams)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
Boating lake:  56 Canada Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 94+ Mallard, 8 Woodpigeon, 2 Curlew, 8 Moorhen, 5 Cormorant, 20+ BH Gull, 12 Herring Gull, 1 Pied Wagtail, 23 Carrion Crow.

Battery Point: report from a photographer of 7 Purple Sandpiper.

Clevedon - Yeo:
350 Dunlin, 12 Grey Plover, 300 BH Gull, 3 Stonechat, 5 Goldfinch. 

Bristol Airport:

(dusk yesterday) roost of 210+ Pied Wagtail

Treecreeper at Keynsham MP (Andrew Harrison)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Tormarton:

(Winter Bird Survey)

112 Common Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 3 Rook, 11 Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 13 Skylark. 6 Long-tailed Titm 4 Wren, 73 Starling, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Redwing, 6 Stonechat, 13 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock. 4 Meadow Pipit, 7 Chaffinch

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
52 Mallard, 20 Feral Pigeon, 1 Woodpigeon, 3 Moorhen, 4 Black-headed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Carrion Crow, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 2 Grey Wagtail

Keynsham Hams: 
2 Cormorant, 1 BH Gull, 1 Buzzard, flock of 9 Magpie, 3 prs. Stonechat, 12+ Starling,

Bath (Bloomfield):
m. Blackcap (in a garden, first of the winter)

Newton St Loe:

2 Mute Swan, 50+ Mallard, 1 m. Teal, 1 m. Wigeon (observer's  first here), 1 f. Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 20 BH Gull, 5 Common Gull, 1 Red Kite.

Drake (immature?) Goldeneye (George Stacey)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:

1 Pochard, 1 m. Long-tailed Duck (Tank 1), only 3 Great Crested Grebe, many Little Grebe, 2 Common Gull, 1 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit.

Notice from Bristol Water:

We’re temporarily suspending access to Barrow Tanks 3 due to high levels of toxic blue-green algae.  This means restricting normal access to angling and bird watching activities at Barrow No.3 reservoir.  Blue-green algae is naturally-occurring in places like reservoirs but it can be harmful to animals and humans so please stay away from the reservoir area until the bloom clears.

Please adhere to the warning signs in place at the reservoir. We’ll update you as soon as the restrictions can be lifted. Further information and advice on blue-green algae can be found on the Government website

Female Goldeneye (George Stacey)

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:

2 Goldeneye

Heron's Green:
2 ad. Bewick’s Swan, 1 f. Scaup, 12+ Goldeneye, 1 f. Goosander,  4 Little Grebe, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, 30 Cattle Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 10+ Meadow Pipit.     

Moreton:
10 Wigeon, 30+ Goldeneye, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 20+ LT Tit,.1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 40+ Meadow Pipit, 12+ Linnet 

(a Roe Deer and a  Fox together on the mud at Moreton)

Stratford:
2 ad. Bewick’s Swan (so four in total), 1 f,/juv. Common Scoter, 1 ad. Kittiwake (then flew strongly west), 1 Red Kite, 1 m. Marsh Harrier.

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Shelduck, 1 f. Goosander (flew over), 1 redhead Smew, 1 Water Rail, 1000+ Woodpigeon (in trees and flying south), 4 GBB Gull, 43 Lapwing, 5 Dunlin, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Starling, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.

Wigeon at Chew (Ian Stapp)

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