Saturday 25 November 2023

25-11-23 Saturday - Woodcock

Temp -1°C to 6°C - Cold and frosty start, followed by beautiful, crisp sunshine. Virtually no wind. 

Ring-necked Duck, Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Black-necked Grebe
Purple Sandpiper
Woodcock, Jack Snipe
Bittern, Cattle Egret
Barn Owl, Little Owl
Bearded Tit
Firecrest
Black Redstart
Water Pipit
Brambling
Twite
25-11-2023 Firecrest, Woodford (Merv Carlyon)
BRISTOL

Sea Mills:
25 Lapwing, 5 Snipe, 4 Common Sandpiper, 10 Redshank, 2 Grey Heron, 1 m Bullfinch. 

College Green-Bristol Cathedral:
1 m Black Redstart

St Anne's Park:
1 Mute Swan, 2 Cormorant, 1 Song Thrush.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
25-11-2023 Little Owl, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Oldbury Power Station:
310 Woodpigeon, 3 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 27 Lapwing, c.500 Black-headed/Common Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 29 Fieldfare, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 f Brambling, 6 Greenfinch, 4 Siskin.

Aust:
Cliff:
1 Goosander - SW, 4312 Woodpigeon, 12 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Snipe, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 113 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 28 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 15 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 49 Chaffinch. 1 Brambling, 3 Linnet, 7 Goldfinch, 12 Siskin. 
Warth:
20 Stock Dove, 300 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Water Rail, 1 Oystercatcher, 15 Lapwing, 3 Curlew, 2 Snipe, 50 Black-headed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 40 Rook, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Goldcrest, 500 Starling, 3 Song Thrush, 200 Redwing, 500 Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat, 10 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting. 

New Passage/Northwick:
150 Canada Goose, 40 Greylag Goose, 12 Shoveler, 25 Gadwall, 140 Wigeon, 438 Teal, 3 Stock Dove, 5 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 3 Little Grebe, 7 Avocet, 260 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1000 Dunlin, 6 Snipe, 2 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Rock Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 23 Linnet, 1 Twite,  Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting.

Pilning Wetlands:
35 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 300 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 250 Lapwing, 150 Black-tailed Godwit, 120 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 3 Grey Heron.

Severn Beach:
6 Shelduck, 70 Wigeon, 4 Curlew, 90 BH Gull (one flock), 4 Little Egret, 1 Blackcap, 15 Redwing, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch.

Wickwar:
100 Lapwing (one flock), 3 Snipe, 1 Little Owl, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Song Thrush.
25-11-2023 Coal Tit, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Yate-Coopers Lake:
9 Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander.

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Stonechat.

Winterbourne - duck pond:
1 Grey Heron
25-11-2023 Grey Heron, Winterbourne (Les Williams)
Hanham Abbot's-Cleeve Wood:
6 Stock Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk hazing a Buzzard, 3 Bullfinch. 

Longwell Green:
1 Buzzard

NORTH SOMERSET
25-11-2023 Black-necked Grebe, Portbury Wharf NR (Jason Williams)
Portbury Wharf:
3 Little Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 6 Lapwing, 1 Cattle Egret
25-11-2023 Black-necked Grebe & Cattle Egret, Portbury Wharf (Mark Savage)

Portishead - Battery Point:
Purple Sandpiper

Ashton Court Estate:
Woodcock

Clevedon - Pier:
1 Slavonian/Black-necked Grebe - drifting north.

Kenn Moor:
3 Little Grebe, 6 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 7 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 3 Redwing, 9 Fieldfare, 50 Starling (one flock), 2 Stonechat, 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Greenfinch.

Kingston Seymour:
1 Pheasant, 3 Stock Dove, 120 Woodpigeon, 5 Collared Dove, 250+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 170+ Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 1 Goldcrest, 160 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 35+ Redwing, 30+ Fieldfare.

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
1 Goosander - NE, 965 Woodpigeon, 22 Lapwing, 1 Common Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1+ Raven, 20 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 10 Goldcrest, 910 Starling, 13 Song Thrush, 14 Redwing, 32 Fieldfare, 5 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 42 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 3 Greenfinch, 19 Linnet, 1 Redpoll, 15 Siskin, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Reed Bunting.  
25-11-2023 Stonechat, Sand Point (Matt Hull)
BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Shire Valley:
12+ Red Kite 
25-11-2023 Redwing, Shire Hill Lane (Les Williams)
Shire Hill Lane:
c.100 Redwing/Fieldfare

Keynsham-Hick's Gate:
1 Peregrine

Bath-Lansdown:
450 Golden Plover, 30 Common Gull, 1 Peregrine, 5 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 4 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch.
25-11-23 Golden Plover, Lansdown (Rob Hargreaves)
RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck, (T1), 3 Goosander (T3).

Blagdon Lake:
Ring-necked Duck

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
Firecrest, 1 Goldcrest.
25-11-2023 Goldcrest, Woodford (Merv Carlyon)
Nunnery:
c.40 Cattle Egret
25-11-2023 Cattle Egrets, Nunnery (Lucy Masters)
Moreton:
2 f Scaup

Stratford:
1 poss hybird Lesser Scaup, 1 Snipe, 5 Bearded Tit.

Herriotts inc Pool:
Bittern

Reported by: Pete Allen, Paul Bowerman, Peter Burston, Merv Carlyon, Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Oscar Dewhurst, Barry Dursley, Gill, Robert Hargreaves, Martyn Hayes, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hull, Simon Isgar, Nigel Kempson, Lucy Masters, Andy Mears, Lois Pryce, Phil Quinn, Paul Sadley, Mark Savage, Ben Sykes, Bri Thompson, Tom, Les Williams.