Sunday, 3 December 2023

03-12-23 Sunday

Temp 8°C to 6°C - Heavy cloud when it's not raining. Wind in the South gusting to 16mph

Long-tailed Duck
Great Northern Diver
Woodcock
Ring-necked Duck

BRISTOL

If you are near the council offices on College Green, please glance up at the towers of the Cathedral. Black Redstart has been seen - but good to get another sighting this month.

Eastville Park - inc the R Frome:
7 Mute Swan, c40 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 11 Coot, c100 Black-headed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper

Fishponds Garden:
3 Greenfinch

Redfield - garden:
2 Feral Pigeon, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Robin, 30 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock
03-12-23 Coal Tit St George (Lee Gardiner)
St George - garden:
2 Coal Tit

Stoke Park - Sims' Hill:
1 Woodcock

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage:
150 Canada Goose, 56 Greylag Goose, 20 Shelduck, 5 Shoveler, 250 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 6 Curlew, 66 Black-tailed Godwit, 1000 Dunlin, 55 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Stonechat

Pilning Wetlands
1 Shelduck, 40 Shoveler, 20 Wigeon, 200 Teal, 120 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Grey Heron,1 Kestrel, 1 Jay

Severn Beach:
11 Shelduck, 1 Gadwall, 55 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 200 Dunlin, 15 Redshank, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit, 6 Greenfinch
03-12-23 Starling Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar - playing fields & garden:
1 Kestrel - hunting, 2 Rook, 1 Starling, Coal Tit, 12 House Sparrow, 2 Greenfinch

Yate - garden:
2 Blackcap (f)

Almondsbury - garden:
4 Chaffinch, 1 Blue Tit

03-12-23 Jay Bradley Stoke (Mike Prior)
Bradley Stoke - garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET
03-12-23 Little Egret Cl-Y (Jason Williams)
Clevedon - Kingston Seymour
5 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret (over), 20-25 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Chiffchaff, loads of Redwing & Fieldfare

Backwell Lake:
22 Mute Swan, 10 Gadwall, 1 Little Grebe, 26+ Little Egret, 5 Cormorant
03-12-23 GSW Radstock (Merv Carlyon)
Radstock:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker:

BELOW M4 & BANES

Kingswood - Cock Ridge:
1 Red Kite - lingering

Keynsham - STW:
52 BH Gull - no juveniles, 2 Common Gull, 21 Herring Gull, 5 LBB Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 15 Skylark, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 50+ Pied Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit, 3 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet - 4 1st winter, 1 adult, 5 Goldfinch

Charlton Fields:
20 Common Gull

Keynsham, Manor Road Community Woodlands:
15 Woodpigeon, 3 Black-headed Gull, 13 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Rook, 11 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 14+ House Sparrow, 6 Goldfinch

Burnett - Business Park:
6 Skylark, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Redwing, 50+ Fieldfare, 1 Meadow Pipit, 6 Chaffinch, 8 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch
03-12-23 Pied Wagtail Bath (Anne Crowe)
Bath - Southgate shopping centre
95 Pied Wagtail in to roost and oblivious to the market below

RESERVOIRS
03-12-23 Great Northern Diver (BG (Bri Thompson)
Barrow Tanks:

1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Great Northern Diver
03-12-23 Long-tailed Duck BG  (Bri Thompson)
Blagdon Lake:

1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Scaup, 2 Water Rail - heard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great White Egret

Chew Valley Lake
03-12-23 Starling CVL (Patrick Hancock)
Herriotts inc Pool:

c4000 Starling

Reported by: Jon Angell, Merv Carlyon, VÄ•ra Carpenter, Anne Crowe, Alan Daniells, Sid Durruti, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Andrew Harrison, Andy Mears, Chris Mott, Nick Page, Alan Piper, Mike Prior, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson, Tim Warren, Jason Williams