29-11-23 Wednesday - Black Redstart

Temp 1°C to 5°C - Fog to start then overcast all day, apart from a burst of sun late morning. A Gentle Breeze from the North East gusting to 14mph

Black Redstart

Woodcock

Bearded Tit

Brent Goose

Cattle Egret

Purple Sandpiper.

BRISTOL

Ashton:

1 Black Redstart - around the chimney pots 

Bishopsworth - Dundry slope:

1 Woodcock - flushed 

Greville Smyth Park:

2 Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk (m) being mobbed by Tits , 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 10 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 40 Starling - a flock, 1 Redwing, 1 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail

New Cut and Cumberland Basin:
7 Mallard, 1 Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 51 Black-headed Gull, 14 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Cormorant, 2 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 1 Great Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch

29-11-23 Green Woodpecker Redland (Nancy Barrett)

Redland - garden:

5 Feral Pigeon, 1 Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1o 2 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Robin, 1 Blackbird (m), 10 House Sparrow

Westbury Park:

1 Lesser Whitethroat - poss eastern race, still coming to the feeders

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Wickwar:

1 Tawny Owl - calling

Yate - Brimshaw Park:
11+ Mallard, 9 Goosanders (5f & 4m), 6 Collared Dove, Woodpigeon,  6 Moorhen, Black Headed Gull, Magpie and Carrion Crow. Blue Tit, Great Tit, 1 Goldcrest, Robin, 2+Redwing, Blackbird, 1 Bullfinch (m), 16+ Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 

NORTH SOMERSET

29-11-23 Purple Sandpiper Battery Point (Jason Williams)

Portishead - Battery Point:

2 Purple Sandpiper.

Clevedon:

Dowlais: - 1 Brent Goose  db, Canada Goose, Shelduck, Wigeon, Teal, Oystercatcher, Curlew, 1 Snipe, Redshank, 2 Turnstone, Dunlin, 1 Little Egret, 1000+ Redwing with at least 1 Fieldfare, 5 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, 1 Linnet

Blind Yeo: - 6 Goosander, 19 Moorhen, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Kingston Seymour, Yeo Bank Lane: - 5 Cattle Egret

Banwell - garden:
2 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (f&m), 1 Marsh Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Nuthatch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield - Shire Bridge:

3 Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 80+ Fieldfare

Willsbridge, Siston Brook- R Avon:

2 Little Grebe

Bitton, fields by Meadow Wood:

5 Starling, 30 Redwing, 15 Fieldfare

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
37 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 1 Blue Tit, 6 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 1 Pied Wagtail

Hunstrete - Common Wood AWBS:

8 Pheasant, 72 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 5 Moorhen, 1 Woodcock, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 10 Jackdaw, 7 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 2 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 8 Blackbird, 3 Fieldfare, 6 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 5 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch - and the best mammal count ever here: 7 Grey Squirrel, 1 Stoat, 2 Muntjac, 5 Roe Deer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

29-11-23 Stonechat CVL (George Stacey)

Picnic Site 1 to 2:

1 Stonechat

Salt and Malt:

29-11-23 ringed BH Gull, CVL (Mike Moxon)

1 ringed (Polish) Black-headed Gull

Walley Bank Path:
8 Goosander (6f&2m)

Woodford - inc path to the dam:
3 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker - yaffling, 2 Jay, 5 Magpie, 2 Raven lots of calling, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff - on the path,  1 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Dunnock - 2 with the foot disease   

Herons Green:
7 Shoveler, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 1 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail    

29-11-23 Knot CVL (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
1 Marsh Harrier (m), 1 Tawny Owl - calling

Lots of Tufted Duck - a long way off in the fog, 13 Goldeneye, 5 Goosander (4m), 3 Stock Dove, 1 Knot, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ L TT + other mixed Tits, 2 Goldcrest, 20+ Starling, 30+ Chaffinch

29-11-23 Goldeneye, CVL (Mike Moxon)

Herriotts inc Pool:

5 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, 1 Mediterranean Gull - 2nd wint, 50+ Common Gull, 2 G-BB Gull, 7 Cattle Egret - roost, 3 Grey Heron, 9 Great White Egret - roost, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Jay, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 4/5 Bearded Tit - lots of calling, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Robin, 2 Cetti's, 2 Reed Bunting.

Reported by: Nancy Barrett, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Andy Gibb, Andrew Harrison, Nick Hawkridge, Nigel Kempson, John Lewis, Andy Middleton, Mike Moxon, Mike Owen, Paul Sadley, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Mike Tranter, John Thorogood, Catherine & Robert Webber, Jason Williams

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