Thursday, 9 November 2023

09-11-23 Thursday - Twite

 Temp 8°C to 11°C. Cloudy with some sun & showers AM, solid rain PM. Light wind from SSW.

Whooper Swan
Bar-tailed Godwit
Kittiwake
Mediterranean Gull
Bearded Tit
Twite
09-11-23 Marsh Harrier, CVL (Robin Martin)
BRISTOL

Clifton Down:
Woodpigeons, Herring Gulls, Magpies, Jackdaws, Crows, 1 Blackbird, the odd Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
09-11-23 Egyptian Geese, OPS (Pete Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
2 Mute Swan, 2 Whooper Swan (to NE - high over far, ie Glos, side of estuary), 4 Egyptian Goose, 6 Grey Plover, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, c300 Dunlin

Aust Warth:
1 Sparrowhawk,  2 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 1 Stonechat, 2 Twite ("probable")

Pilning Wetland / Neew Passage:
110 Canada Goose, 55 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 16 Shelduck, 40+ Shoveler, 90 Wigeon, 240 Teal, 80 Oystercatcher, 190 Lapwing, 20 Curlew, 40 Turnstone, 30 Dunlin, 150 Redshank, 3 Grey Heron,, 1 Rock Pipit

Severn Beach:
19 Shelduck, 21 Wigeon, 100 Kittiwake, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 80 Oystercatcher, 300 Turnstones, 32 Knot, 280 Dunlin

Wickwar gardens:
1 Tawny Owl (calling), 1 Coal Tit

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
09-11-23 Kingfisher & Marsh Harrier, CVL (Wayne&Lauren Tucker)
09-11-23 Pintail, CVL (Robin Martin)
Stratford:
1 Pintail (male),  2 Water Rail, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier (male, female and juvenile), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Bearded Tit (heard)

Reported by: Andy Davis, Robin Martin, Alan Piper, Paul Sadley, Joe Sargent, Nigel Sluman, Wayne&Lauren Tucker: