Saturday 11 November 2023

11-11-23 Saturday - Sedge Warbler

Temp 5°C to 11°C - Very sunny morning but clouded over in afternoon. Almost no wind at all.

Whooper Swan
Ring-necked Duck
Jack Snipe
Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull
Little Owl
Short-eared Owl
Sedge Warbler
Merlin
11-11-23 Fieldfare, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
BRISTOL

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Water Rail, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 juv Sedge Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 50+ Redwing, c.150 Fieldfare. 
11-11-23 juv Sedge Warbler, Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Whooper Swan - downriver, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier, 30 Redwing, 8 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare.
11-11-23 Marsh Harrier, Oldbury Power Station (Peter Hazelwood)
Aust:
Warth: - 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3+ Short-eared Owl, 1 Peregrine, 1 Skylark, 3 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting.
Sheepfields: - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20-30 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 4 Bullfinch, 3 Linnet. 
11-11-23 Short-eared Owl, Aust Warth (Christopher Teague)
New Passage/Northwick:
28 Canada Goose, 24 Greylag Goose, 30 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 40 Wigeon, 2 Pintail, 1 Stock Dove, 8 Woodpigeon, 18 Oystercatcher, 6 Grey Plover, 25 Curlew, 180 Bar-tailed Godwit, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Turnstone, 2 Ruff, 1200 Dunlin, 300 Redshank, 42 Black-headed Gull, 2 Little Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 45 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Short-eared Owl, 20 Jackdaw, 3 Rook, 30 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 2 Stonechat, 3 alba Wagtail, 35 Linnet.

Pilning Wetlands:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Shelduck, 40 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 15 Wigeon, 260 Teal, 2 Stock Dove, 200 Lapwing, 2 Curlew, 130 Black-tailed Godwit, 130 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Stonechat. 

Wickwar:
c.10 Lapwing, 1 Little Owl, 2 Coal Tit-garden, c.100 Starling, c.30 Redwing , 12 Fieldfare.
11-11-23 Redwing, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Yate:
Rocks: - 1 f Tawny Owl - 05:00am.
Common: - 6 Common Gull

Chipping Sodbury:
Railway Line: - 1 f Tawny Owl - 05:00am.

Rodway Common:
1 m Tawny Owl - 05:40am.

Longwell Green:
c.30 Pied Wagtail - roosting.

NORTH SOMERSET

Wraxall, Watercress Farm Survey - Route 3:
1 Pheasant, 5 Woodpigeon, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 9 Skylark, 4 Goldcrest, 23 Starling, 8 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Pied Wagtail, 15 Meadow Pipit, 11 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 30 Linnet, 80 Goldfinch, 5 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunting. 

Clevedon - Colehouse Lane:
35 Canada Goose, 40 Woodpigeon, 16 Moorhen, 27 Herring Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 17 Magpie, 1 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Starling, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 22 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 17 Goldfinch.

Worle:
80 Woodpigeon-over, 2 Fieldfare, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch (all unusual here).

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Merlin (f)

Keynsham - Charlton Fields:
1 Kestrel, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Greenfinch.

Bath - Charlcombe:
120 Common Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 20 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer.
11-11-2023 Buzzard, Bath (Robert Hargreaves)
Bathampton:
Short-eared Owl
11-11-23 Short-eared Owl, Bathampton (Dave Hughes)
RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
Ring-necked Duck, 1 Great White Egret.

Chew Valley Lake:

North Shore:
1w Little Gull

Out of Area:

East Harptree Plantation:
30 Crossbill

Reported by: Tony Adscott, Paul Bowerman, Peter Cheetham, Jane Cumming, Barry Dursley, Will Feay, Viv French, Anthony Goodwin, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, Linda, Nigel Milbourne, Mike Moxon, Nick Page, Mel Parker, Peter, Patrick Richards, Paul Sadley, Stuart Sammonds, Mark Savage, Larry Sweetland, Christopher Teague, Wayne Tucker.