Tuesday, 28 November 2023

28-11-23 Tuesday - Great Northern Diver

Temp 1°C to 7°C - Sunny intervals. Very light winds - from the West earlier and from the South later. .

Brent Goose
Golden Plover, Jack Snipe
Great Northern Diver
Short-eared Owl
Firecrest
Black-necked Grebe
Twite
Long-tailed Duck

BRISTOL

Clifton Down:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Blackcap, 20+ Redwing, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 1 Kingfisher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury (village):
1 Great Northern Diver (to SW, 1 mile inland)

Aust Wetlands:
1 Barn Owl, 1 Tawny Owl, 3 Kestrel 

Aust Warth:
1 Great Northern Diver (flew SW)

New Passage/Northwick:
3000+ Dunlin, 1 Great Northern Diver (presumed same bird as Aust and Oldbury), 1 Peregrine (flushed the Dunlin), 1 Twite (calling)

Severn Beach:
 1 Short-eared Owl

Wickwar:
2 Tawny Owl, 1 Kestrel

Yate:
1 Tawny Owl (calling male), 1 Marsh Tit (on feeder)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 1 Curlew (Battery Point), 2 Common Gull

Portishead (ringing at Battery Point):
1 Firecrest (female), 1 Redwing
Brent Goose, Clevedon (Mike Moxon)
Clevedon - Yeo:
1 Brent Goose (juv dark bellied), 2 Stonechat, 1+ Rock Pipit

Watercress Farm:
2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail

Weston-Super-Mare (airfield):
c150 Canada Goose, 14 Mute Swan, 1 Sparrowhawk, c100 Starling

BELOW M4 & BANES

Burnett:
2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Sky Lark, 60 Starling, 30 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 40 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, 3 Yellowhammer

Lansdown (BOC Walk):
2 Pheasant, 7 Feral Pigeon, 9 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 500 Golden Plover, 8 Black-headed Gull, 142 Common Gull (135 flock), 7 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine (after the GP), 6 Magpie, 53 Jackdaw, 7 Rook, 15 Carrion Crow. 2 Raven, 3 Coal Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 3 Skylark, 7 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 39 Starling (30 flock), 12 Redwing, 6 Blackbird, 29 Fieldfare, 4 Robin, 2 Stonechat (pr), 4 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 3 Pied Wagtail, 19 Chaffinch (12 flock), 10 Meadow Pipit, 3 Goldfinch

Newton St Loe:
1 Mute Swan, 22 Mallard, 4 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 9 Moorhen, 7 Coot, 8 Little Grebe, 20 BH Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Song Thrush 2 Mistle Thrush, 17 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail. 1 Pied Wagtail

Bathampton Meadows:
3 Mallard, 7 Teal, 5 Water Rail, 5 Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Heron, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 3 Song Thrush, 9 Redwing, 12 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Meadow Pipit, 13 Pied Wagtails, 21 Chaffinch, 34, Goldfinch, 2 m/f Bullfinch, 7 Siskin

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Gurney Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck, Little Grebe,  Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher, Fieldfare, Dunnock

Chew Valley Lake
Chiffchaff, Bittern Trail (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:

3 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest
Firecrest, Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Mistle Thrush, Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Goldeneye, Dam (George Stacey)
Woodford (and path to dam):

6 Goldeneye, 8 Goosander, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 4 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 1 Mistle Thrush, 6+ Blackbird

Herons Green:
4 Shoveler, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard (a white individual), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied/White Wagtail

Moreton:
++ Tufted Duck, 2 Scaup (+ a possible lesser Scaup, very distant), 6 Goldeneye, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (m+f), 3 Raven, 3 Bearded Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Blackbird, 3+ Fieldfare, 50+ Chaffinch

Herriotts inc Pool:
8 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 30+ Common Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Jay, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied/White Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: ~Alan, Paul Bowerman, Tony Cook, Andy Davis, Matthew Hall, Andrew Harrison, Peter Hazelwood, Nick Hawkridge, David Howes, Glen Maddison, Mike Moxon, Linda Moysey, Jean Oliver, Nick Page, Paul Sadley, Joe Sargent, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland