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
KittiwakeLittle Gull
Storm Petrel, Leach's Petrel
FulmarGannet
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 Gull1 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:
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, CVRSopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG