16-11-23 Thursday - Black Redstart

Temp 6°C to 8°C. Cloudy day with little rain and light northeasterly wind.

Mandarin Duck

Ring-necked Duck

Great Northern Diver

Cattle Egret

Short-eared Owl

Ring-necked Parakeet

Bearded Tit

Firecrest

Black Redstart

BRISTOL

Clifton Down (by the zoo):

2 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2+ Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Knowle:

1 Sparrowhawk (f), 150 Starling flock

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

16-11-23 Black Redstart, OPS (Pete Hazelwood)

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Great White Egret, 1 Tawny Owl (f, calling), 1 Merlin (f/juv), ca.40 Redwing, 8 Fieldfare, 1 Black Redstart (m), 4 Siskin

Wickwar garden:

2 Coal Tit, 1 (possible) Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap (f)

16-11-23 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)

Almondsbury garden:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Mistle Thrush

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

16-11-23 Short-eared Owl, Bathampton (Mike Trew)

Bathampton:

1 Short-eared Owl

16-11-23 Nuthatch, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

Chew Stoke garden:
6 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Robin, 1 Chaffinch (f), 1 Goldfinch 

RESERVOIRS

16-11-23 Great Northern Diver, Barrow Tank no1 (Bri Thompson)

Barrow Tank no1:
1 Great Northern Diver

Blagdon Lake:

1 Ring-necked Duck, 7 Goldeneye (3 drakes) 2 Great White Egret, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
9 Goldeneye (4 drakes), 2 Goosander (redheads), ca.10 Cattle Egret (over Parkland/Heron’s Green), 4 Great White Egret, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Goldcrest (around carpark)

Moreton:
2 Marsh Harrier (1 m & 1f)

16-11-23 Mandarin Duck, CVL (Dave Hughes)

Stratford:
1 Mandarin Duck (f), 1 Goldeneye (m), 2 Marsh Harriers (1m, 1f - presume same birds as above), 1 Kingfisher, 2 Bearded Tit (1m, 1f)

Reported by: Vera Carpenter, Andy Davis, Dave Hughes, Lucy Masters, Paul Sadley, Joe Sargent, Nigel Sluman, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson, Mike Trew

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG