Friday 9 December 2022

09-12-22 Friday - Merlin

 Temp -2° to 3°C     Bright day - but blooming chilly.

Bewick's Swan
Merlin
Barn Owl
Long-tailed Duck
Jack Snipe
Shag
Black Redstart
Marsh Tit
Golden Plover
09-12-22 Bewick's Swan CVL (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL


Avonmouth - Station:
1 Black Redstart, 20 Linnet

Bishopston - garden:
2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Blackbird (m), 1 Robin, 

Blaise Estate:
2 Mallard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 26 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Blackbird, 12 Redwing, 3 Robin,

Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher

St Andrews - garden:
4 Blackcap (2f & 2m)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
60 Canada Goose, 200 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 40 Oystercatcher, 60 Curlew, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 1500 Dunlin, 80 Redshank, 
09-12-22 Black-tails and Dunlin PIL (Paul Bowerman)
Pilning Wetlands:
60 Canada Goose, 26 Shoveler, 50 Wigeon, 150 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 400 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 800 Black-tailed Godwit, 5000 Dunlin, 20 Snipe, 80 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier (f) - over the reedbeds, 1 Merlin
09-12-22 Black Redstart SB (Rob Emery)
Severn Beach:
70 Wigeon, 16 Ringed Plover, 40 Curlew, 600 Dunlin, 60 Redshank, 1 Blackcap, 1 Black Redstart, 2 Stonechat, 25 Greenfinch

Wickwar - garden:
1 Tawny Owl - call, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
1 Kingfisher

Yate Rocks - garden:
1 Redwing

Chipping Sodbury Common:

Alverston:
2 Goldcrest, mixed flock of Fieldfare & Redwing

Frampton Cotterell - garden:
10 Redwing

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
Herring Gull  - -  escorted MH off site, 1 Marsh Harrier - 3pm 'Quartering across reedbed opposite hide'

Clevedon - marine lake:
2 Shag - juv

Clevedon - Yeo:
1 Merlin, 2 Peregrine - pr hunting together

Kingston Seymour:
1 Lt Egret, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker. 1 Treecreeper, 2 Bullfinch.

Yatton - Wemberham Lane:
1 Lt Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 10 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail and 1 Bullfinch

Weston-Super-Mare - STW:
1 Marsh Harrier, 50+ Skylark

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
23 Golden Plover, 2 Little Egret, 4 Siskin

Willsbridge:
- Mill: 1 Dipper
- R Avon: 1 Little Grebe

Hanham - R Avon:
4 Linnet
09-12-22 Kingfisher Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)
Keynsham, Memorial Park:
66 Mallard, 31 Feral Pigeon, 5 Woodpigeon, 3 Moorhen, 56 Black-headed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackbird, 6 Robin

Keynsham Hams
1 Kestrel, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Robin, 4 Stonechat, 5 Meadow Pipit

Stowey, Folly Farm:
20 Lapwing, 3 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Marsh Tit, a big flock of Fieldfare with some Redwing  - in the orchard, a small party of Bullfinch

Chew Stoke - garden:
1 Blackcap

Paulton:
5 Stock Dove, 15 Black-headed Gull, 25 Common Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 60 Skylark, 4 Blackbird, 4 Fieldfare, 6 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 10 Linnet

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Bewick's Swan, 100s of Teal, 27 Lapwing, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
20+ Pochard, 13 Goldeneye, 1 Grey Heron, 2 G-W Egret, 3 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
2 Grey Heron, 2 G-W Egret, 2 Raven, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch

Heron's Green:
4 Little Grebe, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 G-BB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 G-W Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat (m), 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit

Moreton:
2 Wigeon, 4 Pintail, 40+ Teal, 7 Goldeneye, 2 Snipe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 G-W Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ Long Tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Blackbird, 40+ Redwing, 5 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 6+ Meadow Pipit, 
09-12-22 Goosander CVL (Simon Isgar)
Stratford:

2 Bewick's Swan, 1 Long-tailed Duck - distant, 9 Goosander, 2 Jack Snipe, 6+ Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 4 G-W Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 6+ Meadow Pipit, 9 Chaffinch

Herriott's inc Pool:
8 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 6 Pintail, 1 Water Rail, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 G-BB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 3 G-W Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail

Reported by: John Barnett, Paul Bowerman, Di Bunniss, Pete Burston, Allan Chard,  Mark Coller, Chris Craig, John Croxton, Rob Emery, Patrick Hancock, Alex Handover, Andrew Harrison, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Simon Isgar, Nigel Kempson, Mike Meechem, Linda Moysey Trevor Riddle, John Rossetti,  Paul Sadley, Sue Sayers, Andy Senior, Rosemary Setter, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Paul Tompkins, Peter Walton, Steven Williams
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