Wednesday, 14 December 2022

14-12-22 Wednesday - Hen Harrier

Cloudy. Temp -2° to 0°C. Light NE wind.

White-fronted Goose
Bewick's Swan
Long-tailed Duck
Golden Plover
Woodcock
Jack Snipe
Hen Harrier
Black Redstart

BRISTOL

Stoke Bishop garden:
6 Blackcap (3 m, 3 f) on the feeder today, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 
Long-tailed, Coal, Blue, & Great Tits, Redwing, Fieldfare

Redland garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 4 Feral Pigeon, 1 Magpie, 1 Jay, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Robin, 2 Blackbird, 2 Redwing

14-12-22 Snipe, Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Mute Swan, 14 Mallard, 75 Feral Pigeon, 9 Wood Pigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 12 Moorhen, 9 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 9 Golden Plover & 104 lapwing (S over), 7 Snipe, 29 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 24 Magpie, 34 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 2 Wren, 7 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 17 Fieldfare, 3 Robin, 25 House Sparrow, 4 Goldfinch

Eastville Park:
1 Lapwing (N over), 1 Common Gull

Eastville garden: 
2 Lapwing, 1 Common Gull, 1 Herring x LBB Gull, 1 Blackcap (m), 9 Redwing

New Cut & Cumberland Basin:
3 Mute Swan, 10 Mallard, 4 Woodpigeon, 4 Redshank, 16 BH Gull, 54 Herring Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 9 Cormorant, 4 Magpie, 16 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 10 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Song Thrush (continental race 'philomelus' at Baltic wharf), 34 Redwing, 17 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 7 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 7 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
13 Golden Plover, 1 Treecreeper, 18 Yellowhammer

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Red Kite

Pilning Wetlands:
3 White-fronted Goose (to NE), 7 Bewick's Swan (all adults), Golden Plovers, 2 Marsh Harrier

Severn Beach:
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 1 Black Redstart

14-12-22 Black Redstart, Thornbury garden (Dendy Platt)
Thornbury garden:
1 Black Redstart

Tubbs Bottom:
1 Red Kite, 1 Raven, c100 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 600+ Linnet

14-12-22 Long-tailed Tit, Yate (Chris Teague)
Yate gardens:
Gdn 1: 1 Blackcap (f), 15+ Redwing
Gdn 2: 2 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk
Gdn 3: 3-4 Long-tailed Tit

Rudgeway - garden:
2 Blackcap (f&m), 2 or 3 Fieldfare on apples with 20+ Redwing

NORTH SOMERSET

14-12-22 Dunlin, Portbury Wharf (Graham Blacker)
Portbury Wharf:
Dunlin

14-12-22 Curlew & Redshank, Battery Point (Mike Owen)
Battery Point:
Curlew & Redshank

Clevedon - Yeo:
40 Shelduck, 50 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 5 Oystercatcher, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Grey Plover, 40 Curlew, 1,000 Dunlin, 350 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 15 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 5 Greenfinch.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley Forest park:
8 Lapwing (S over)

14-12-22 Buzzard, Wick (Nigel Jones)
Wick:
1 Buzzard

Hanham garden:
3 Blackcap (2f, 1m), Fieldfare

14-12-22 Dipper, Memorial Park Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)
Keynsham, Memorial Park:
43 Mallard, 11 Feral Pigeon, 6 Woodpigeon, 4 Moorhen, 11 Black-headed Gulls, 1 Magpie, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 6 Wren, 6 Redwing, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dipper

Keynsham, Manor Road Community Woodlands:
13 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 7 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 11Rook, 57 Carrion Crow, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 7 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock

Arable sites nr Keynsham:
Stantonbury Hill: 3 Lapwing
Marksbury Plain: 2 Lapwing

Bath garden :
1 Blackcap (f), 1 Redwing

Odd Down, Bath:
1 Woodcock

14-12-22 Stonechat & Redwing, Newton St Loe (Wayne Tucker)
Newton St Loe:
25 Lapwing, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 100+ Redwing, 14 Fieldfare,  Stonechat, 3 Bullfinch

Burnett:
100+ Lapwing, 2 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 150+ Crow & Jackdaw

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (tank no2), 
+ Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Shoveler, Mallard, Teal, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Grey & Pied Wagtails

Chew Valley Lake

Wally Bank Path:
8 Goosander

Heron's Green:
27 Goosander, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat (pair)

14-12-22 Jack Snipe, Stratford CVL (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:
5 Goosander (seen from Herriotts Bridge), 1 Water Rail, 2 Jack Snipe, 6 Snipe, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail 

Herriott's inc Pool:
8 Shelduck (pool), 56+ Shoveler (pool), 18 Pintail (pool), 22 Goosander (in Stratford Bay between Stratford & Moreton), 2 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (1m, 1f), 8 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail 

Reported by: Nancy Barrett, Graham Blacker, Matthew Bowell, Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Barry Dursley, David Hanks, Andrew Harrison, Rupert Higgins, Nick Hudson, Dave Hughes, Simon Isgar, Nigel Jones, Brian Lancastle, Robert Laughton, john Lewis, Brian Martin, Andy Mears, Bob Medland, Linda Moysey, Mike Owen, Dendy Platt, Patrick Richards, Cliff Smith, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Chris Teague, Bri Thompson, Wayne Tucker, Martin Wightman