Sunday, 19 November 2023

19-11-23 Sunday - BN Grebe & RT Diver

Temp 11°C to 13°C - Overcast with rain most of the day. Moderate breeze from the SSW with gusts up to 32mph.

Common Scoter
Red-throated Diver
Black-necked Grebe
Kittiwake, Little Gull
Storm Petrel, Leach's Petrel
Fulmar, Gannet
Mediterranean Gull
Purple Sandpiper
Ring-necked Duck

BRISTOL

Sea Mills- WeBS:
2 Canada Geese, 38 Mallard, 1 Water Rail, 5 Lapwing, 6 Dunlin, 7 Common Sandpiper, c100 Redshank, c300 BH Gull, 1 adult winter Mediterranean Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 15 LBB Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severn Beach:
1 Brent Goose, 4 Common Scoter,  1 Purple Sandpiper, 23  Kittiwake, 1 Little Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Red-throated Diver, 2 Storm Petrel, 4 Leach's Petrel, 1 Fulmar, 1 Gannet

Yate Rocks to Wickwar:
1 Snipe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, c30 Fieldfare, c50 Redwing flushed by a Sparrowhawk, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Yellowhammer

NORTH SOMERSET

19-11-23 Black-necked Grebe, Portbury Wharf (Chris Clarke)

Portbury Wharf:
1 Black-necked Grebe
19-11-23 Purple Sandpiper, Portishead (Jason Williams)

Portishead:
2 Purple Sandpiper

Uphill- WeBS:
327 Shelduck, 12 Wigeon, 20 Mallard, 180 Teal, 2 Feral Pigeon, 45 Oystercatcher, 350 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, 25 Curlew, 1500 Dunlin, 75 Redshank, 10 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Starling, 1 Pied Wagtail

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
9 Red Kite

Newton St Loe:
54 Mallard, 13 Teal, 1 f Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Collared Dove, 4 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 400 gulls inc 11 Common Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, 100 Rook, 4 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS
19-11-23 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow (Merv Carlyon)

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake:
82 Canada Goose, 2 Wigeon, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Goldeneye (m), 2 GBB Gull,  57 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret

Chew Valley Lake

Herriotts inc Pool:
5 f Mandarin

Reported by:
Merv Carlyon, Chris Clarke, Peter Coslett, Jane Cumming, Alan Daniells, Oscar Dewhurst, Dursley Birders, Rob Hargreaves, Paul Marshall, Linda Moysey, Matt Rogers, Tony Scott, Ben Sykes, Jason Williams,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG