Tuesday, 14 November 2023

14-11-23 Tuesday

 Temp 7°C to 11°C - Persistent, heavy rain all morning, some sun in the afternoon, a gentle breeze  from the West (9 mph).

Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart

BRISTOL

Clifton Down:
3+ Jay, 3+ Goldcrest, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Bullfinch, 5+ Greenfinch, ++ Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Black Redstart, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
48 Wigeon, 11 Teal, 2 Pheasant, 6 Moorhen, 63 Lapwing, 10 Curlew, 800 Dunlin, 22 Redshank, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret (in flight across fields and Oldbury Village), 50 Winter Thrush sp, 450 Starling, 1 Black Redstart (f), 8 Linnet
Marsh Harrier, Aust (Lee Gardiner)
Aust Warth:
++ Curlew, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

Easton-in-Gordano (BOC walk):
1 Feral Pigeon, 16 Woodpigeon, 12 Collared Dove (- in one tree), 2 Black-headed Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 12 Magpie, 176 Jackdaw (- 2 flocks; one over the village, the other up the hill), 14 Carrion Crow, 13 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 19 Skylark (- 13 in the Rudgleigh field others on the way back), 6 Starling, c20 Redwing, 4 Blackbird, c10 Fieldfare, 2 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail (- as we climbed the hill above the cows), 27 Chaffinch (- inc one flock of c20 mixed with LI), 3 Greenfinch, c20 Linnet (- mixed with CH), 44 Goldfinch (- inc flock of 35 at the start)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wick:
1 Tawny Owl (calling, female)
Short-eared Owl, Bathampton (Merv Carlyon)
Bathampton:
1 Short-eared Owl

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
Kingfisher, Stratford (Anthony Cook)

Kingfisher, Stratford (Bri Thompson)
Stratford:

1 Snipe (over), 3 Cattle Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (m+f), 2 Kingfisher
Sparrowhawk, Herriotts (Bri Thompson)

Herriotts inc Pool:

1 Sparrowhawk (hunting wagtails)

Reported by: Merv Carlyon, Anthony Cook, Lee Gardiner Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, Nigel Jones, Andrew Middleton, Lois Pryce, Joe Sargent, Bri Thompson