Monday, 18 November 2024

18-11-24 Monday - Common Scoter

Temp 7°C to 10°C - Overcast with drizzle for most of the day and very light breeze from SE.

Common Scoter
Firecrest
Black Redstart
Common Scoter, Portbury Wharf (Tim Mason)
BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine (m), 12 Bullfinch, 3 Rock Pipit

Aust Warth:
52 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 100+ Lapwing, 2 Golden Plover, c300 Dunlin, 6 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Mistle Thrush, 32 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Black Redstart (f), 4 Stonechat

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Spotted Redshank

NORTH SOMERSET

Ashton Court
10+ Skylark

Portbury Wharf:
1 Common Scoter

Clevedon (garden):
1 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw
Spotted Redshank, Pilning Wetlands (Paul Bowerman)

Worle (garden):
1 Firecrest

Uphill:
15+ Teal, 300+ Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover (heard), 2 Little Egret, 1 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff (heard), 4 Song Thrush, 4 Redwing, 4 Bullfinch, 30+ Linnet, 5 Reed Bunting

Banwell (garden):
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield Allotments:
1 Red Kite, 4 Stonechat, 40+ Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 40+ Goldfinch, c35 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake (WeBS):
20 Canada Goose, 19 Mute Swan (inc. 3 juvs.), 11 Shoveler, 48 Gadwall, 130 Wigeon, 95 Mallard, 1 Pintail, 53 Teal (u/count), 142 Pochard, 999 Tufted Duck, 13 Goldeneye, 20 Moorhen, 1286 Coot, 5 Little Grebe, 67 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, c30 Black headed Gull, c25 Common Gull, c10 Herring Gull, c1 Great Black-backed Gull, c5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 22 Cormorant, 9 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier (f), 2 Grey Wagtail
Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
15 Shoveler

Stratford:
2 Shelduck, 47 Snipe 

Herriotts inc Pool:
20 Shoveler, 15 Pintail, c150 Teal, 1 Goldeneye (f), 18 Lapwing

Reported by:
John Barnett, Paul Bowerman, Allan Chard, Tim Mason, Ross Nairn, Nick Page, Lee Patch, Nigel Povey, Dean Reeves, Andrew Stockhausen, Howard Taff, Bri Thompson, John Thorogood
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds