27-11-22 Sunday - Woodcock

Temp 10 to 13°C. Grey day, light winds

Bewick's Swan
Long-tailed Duck, Smew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Purple Sandpiper

Woodcock
Mediterranean Gull
Black Redstart

Brambling

27-11-22 Black Redstart, Severn Beach (Brian Lancastle)

BRISTOL

Stockwood Open Space:
2 m/f Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, Great Spotted and Green Woodpecker, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 1st Brambling on site

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

1 f Black Redstart, 2 Stonechat

New Passage:
17 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 800 Black-tailed Godwit,  1 Peregrine, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Redpoll, 1 Siskin

27-11-22 Black Redstart, Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)

Severn Beach:

23 Oystercatcher, 17 Curlew, 2 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 1 f Black Redstart

Chittening Warth:

1 Pheasant, 2 Water Rail, 8 Snipe, 2 GBB Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 8 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting

Drainage ditch by M5:

1 Dipper

NORTH SOMERSET

27-11-22 Purple Sandpiper, Battery Point (Jason Williams)

Battery Point, Portishead:

2 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Rock Pipit

Easton-in-Gordano:

2 Green Woodpeckers, 6 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush singing. 100+ Chaffinches with Goldfinches, Linnet, and Greenfinch

Clevedon-Yeo:

19 Canada Geese, 20 Shelduck, 1 Gadwall, 160 Wigeon, 60 Teal, 50 Mallard, 1 f Goosander, 23 Oystercatcher, 35 Lapwing, 22 Grey Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 170 Curlew, 1 Turnstone, 350 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 475 Redshank, 100 BH Gull, 6 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Raven, 2 Rock Pipit, 10 Meadow Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

27-11-22 Blackbird, Keynsham (Andy Harrison)

Keynsham, Manor Road Community Woodlands:

19 Woodpigeon, 16 Magpie, 10 Rook, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch

Bath, Charlcombe:
330 Common Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 11 Magpie, 12 Skylark, 10 Starling, 2 Mistle Thrush, 12 Redwing, 7 Blackbird, 5 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 30 Meadow Pipit, 5 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 7 Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch, 5 Yellowhammer

Newton St Loe to Stanton Prior:

2 Mute Swan, 1 Wigeon, 63 Mallard, 3 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 12 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 200 Common Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 5 Skylark,  2 Nuthatch, 55 Starling, 65 Redwing, 30 Fieldfare, 7 Mistle Thrush, 60+ Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 15 Linnet, 30 Goldfinch, 20 Yellowhammer, 1 f Reed Bunting (feeding with Yellowhammer)

Cameley, 16.40:

1 Woodcock, first seen in the valley by long-term resident

Tunley:

3 Pheasant, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 5 Blackbird, 7 Redwing, 40 Chaffinch, 110 Linnet

27-11-22 Goldeneye, Woodford, CVL (Lee Gardiner)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank No 1:

1 Long-tailed Duck video by Jonathan Bull

Blagdon Lodge:

1 Mediterranean Gull

Chew Valley Lake

27-11-22 Goldcrest, Dam (Lee Gardiner)

Dam:

Goldcrest

27-11-22 Weasel at Stratford (Gill Sapsed)

Woodford:

Goldeneye

Moreton:

1 f Scaup, 1 f Smew

Stratford:

7 (1juv) Bewick's Swan, 1 f Common Scoter, 1 f Long-tailed Duck, 1 f Smew 

Out of Avon

1 m Hen Harrier flushing Goshawk at Catcott

Reports: Morris Benson, Paul Bowerman, Jonathan Bull, Judy Copeland, Oscar Dewhurst, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Mike Hargreaves, Rob Hargreaves, Brian Lancastle, Andy Mears, Bob Medland, Harvey Aravind Ramesh, Rose, Vic Savery, Matt Scott, Tony Scott, Mark Smith, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, Jason Williams, Jack Wylson, blagdonlakebirds, eBird, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG