21-11-24 Thursday

Temp -1°C to +4°C. Frosty start, v cold but sunny day. Light easterly wind swung north then westerly.

Jack Snipe

Spotted Redshank

Short-eared Owl

Firecrest

Black Redstart

Hawfinch

Redpoll

BRISTOL

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

2 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Redwing

Eastville Park:

1 Little Grebe

Arnos Vale Cemetery:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Firecrest

21-11-24 Curlew, Lamplighters Marsh (David Minshall)

Lamplighters Marsh NR:

2 Curlew, 3 Redshank

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

21-11-24 Egyptian Geese, OPS (Pete Hazelwood)

Oldbury Power Station:
5 Egyptian Goose flying upriver, 29 Oystercatcher, 5 Song Thrush, 5 Redwing, 25 Blackbird, 10 Robin, 7 Redpoll, 1+ Siskin

Aust Services:
11 Stock Dove, 6 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, c30 Redwing, 57 Fieldfare, c40 Chaffinch, 2 Hawfinch, 1 Redpoll

Aust Sewage Works: 

Grey Heron, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 2 Peregrine, 18 Redwing, 12 Blackbird, 2 Pied Wagtail, 14 Meadow Pipit

New Passage / Pilning Wetland:

2 Barnacle Goose, 100 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, Shelduck, 20 Shoveler, 18 Gadwall, 140 Wigeon, 80 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Jack Snipe (flushed by SEO), Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank (on 1st Sentry Pool), 1 Little egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Short-eared Owl, (hunting on Northwick Warth), 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven

Severn Beach:

17 Wigeon, Oystercatcher, 20 Turnstone, 1 Grey Heron

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
inc - 8 Shelduck, 15 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 1 Wigeon, 11 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail, 7 Little Grebe, 1 Lapwing, 2 Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Clevedon - Blind Yeo:
1 Goosander (different bird from yesterday - imm or moulting drake)

Clevedon garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Magpie

Claverham Drove:
1 Red Kite

Sand Point/Bay:
vismig inc 112 Woodpigeon, 1 Great White egret, 1 Little Egret, 69 Starling, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 19 Fieldfare, 8 Meadow Pipit, 6 Siskin

present - 6 Teal, 170 Woodpigeon, 25 Oystercatcher, 4 Redshank, 1500 Dunlin, 1 Cormorant, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 110 Carrion Crow, 1 Skylark, 7 Goldcrest, 5 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 9 Meadow Pipit

Uphill Quarry:
1 Black Redstart (f)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, Broadmead:
500 Starling passing through

Marksbury:
1 Red Kite

21-11-24 Blackcap, Radstock (Merv Carlyon)

Radstock garden:
1 Blackcap - 1st of the winter here

RESERVOIRS

21-11-24 Pochard, Barrow Tanks (Lee Wildwood)

Barrow Tanks:
Tank 1 - Pochard

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:

1 Marsh Harrier

21-11-24 Kingfisher, Stratford CVL (Lucy Masters)

Stratford:

Gadwall, Pochard, Tufted Duck, 6 Goosander (3m) flew past towards Herriott’s, 3 Water Rail, 30 Lapwing, c25 Snipe, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Tawny Owl,  1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail

21-11-24 Marsh Harrier, Herriotts CVL (Lee Patch)

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Marsh Harrier

21-11-24 Green-winged Teal, Slimbridge (Rob Martin)

Out of Area - Slimbridge

Green-winged Teal

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Merv Carlyon, John Croxton, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Pete Hazelwood, Matt Hull, Marc Hunt, Rob Martin, Lucy Masters, David Minshall, Blake Norton, Nick Page, Lee Patch, Mark Ponsford, Nigel Povey, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Lee Wildwood 

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