Wednesday, 6 December 2023

06-12-23 Wednesday

 Temp 4°C to 5°C  Light cloud with a gentle breeze from the South-East

Lesser Scaup
Black-necked Grebe
Purple Sandpiper
Long-tailed Duck
Great Northern Diver
Golden Plover

BRISTOL

Clifton:
11 Redwing

Avonmouth:
1 Hawfinch (flew North - per RBA)
Curlew, Lamplighters Marsh (David Minshall)
Lamplighters Marsh NR:
1 Curlew, 2 Redshank, ++ Blackbird

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Black Redstart

New Passage:
c30 Greylag, c6 Curlew

Yate (Coopers/Stanshaws Lake):
4 Tufted Duck, 7 Goosander

Yate (Kingsgate Park)
10 Tufted Duck
Fieldfare, Horton, Christopher Teague)
Horton:
c6 Fieldfare

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
+ Stock Dove, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 1 Common Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, + Redwing, + Fieldfare, + Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, + Linnet, + Goldfinch

Portishead (Battery Point):
5 Purple Sandpiper

Kenn (Littlewood Reserve and surrounds):
3 Lapwing ( flyover), 6 Cormorant, 1 Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk , 2 Buzzard,  1 Raven, 2 Goldcrests, 3 Stonechats, 20 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wick:
c15 Starling

Hanham Abbotts:
9 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, c20 Redwing, c5 Fieldfare

North Common:
2 Red Kite
06-12-23 Dunnock Lansdown (Andrew Harrison)
Lansdown:
100+ Golden Plover, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Wren, 5+ Redwing, 30+ Fieldfare, 6 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch

Bath:
(Unconfirmed report of c20 Waxwings flying between Culver Hay Academy and the city centre 0905hrs - observer was driving a car and unable to pursue)

RESERVOIRS
Great Northern Diver, Barrow Gurney (Mike Moxon)
Barrow Tanks:

No.1 Tank: c75 Pochard, + Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Great Northern Diver
No.2 Tank: 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cormorant

Blagdon Lake:
4 Great White Egret, 1 Stonechat

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford and path to Dam:
4 Goldeneye, 8+ Goosander, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 3+ Redwing, 6+ Blackbird, 4+ Fieldfare, 6+ Chaffinch, 5+ Bullfinch, 3 Goldfinch
Lesser Scaup, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Lesser Scaup, CVL (Bri Thompson)
Sutton Wick:

1 Lesser Scaup
Stonechat (male-left), Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:

5 Lapwing (flyover), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard (the white bird), 10 Magpie (in 1 tree), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat (m+f), 2 Pied/White Wagtail

Moreton:
13 Pochard, 2 Scaup, 5+ Goldeneye, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (juvs)1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 6+ Fieldfare, 10+ Chaffinch

Herriotts inc Pool:
6 Shelduck, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (m+juv), 2 Jay, 5 Jackdaw, 1 Bearded Tit (calling), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Mark Coller, Andy Davis, Andrew Harrison, Nigel Jones, Nigel Kempson, David Minshall, Michael Moxon, Dave Poulton, Trevor Riddle, Joe Sargent, Rosemary Setter, Marcus Smith, Ian Stapp, Christopher Teague, Bri Thompson