Tuesday, 3 December 2024

03-12-24 Tuesday - Richards Pipit

Temp 01°C to 6°C - Misty over the Avon and CVL to start. Later, sunny intervals with very light winds from the south.

Richards Pipit
Ring-necked Duck
Slavonian Grebe
Marsh Tit

BRISTOL

Bishopston (garden):
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Magpie, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Wren, 4 Starling, 1 Redwing, 2 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 10 Goldfinch
Firecrest/Redwing, Troopers Hill, (Duncan Evered)
Troopers Hill/Crews Hole (woodlands survey inc. mist netting):
3 Rock Dove, 3 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk (dropped a dead Robin into the net), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Redwing, 2 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury-on-Severn (Pillhead Gout):
1 Richards Pipit (flew towards Littleton)

Aust Warth - Cake Pill:
35 Shelduck, c50 Wigeon, c30 Oystercatcher, 10 Curlew, 3 Snipe, 1 Kestrel, 8 Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
1 Barnacle Goose, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Water Rail, 88 Oystercatcher, 144 Lapwing, 102 Curlew, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 19 Turnstone, c500 Dunlin, 67 Redshank, 12 Common Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 23 Meadow Pipit

Tormarton:
45 Golden Plover (in field next to Tormarton to Old Sodbury road)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon (Poets' Walk):
+ Rock Dove, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 3 Curlew, + Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, + Herring Gull, + Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, + Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, + Carrion Crow, + Blue Tit, + Great Tit, + Long-tailed Tit, 1+ Goldcrest, 1 Wren, + Blackbird, + Robin, + House Sparrow, 1 Pied/White Wagtail (yarrelli)

Clevedon (garden):
2 Magpie, 1 Robin

Goblin Coombe:
2 Marsh Tit (top goat field)

Banwell (garden):
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Wren, 1 Nuthatch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Abbeywood:
1 Water Rail, 4 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Goldfinch, 20+ Siskin
Blackcap, Downend (Craig Lewis)
Downend (garden):
1 Blackcap (m)

Keynsham (garden):
2 Raven, 12+ Long-tail Tit, 3 Greenfinch, 20+ Goldfinch

Newton St Loe:
6 Teal, 7 Little Grebe, 3 Nuthatch, 30+ Redwing, 24 Fieldfare, 8 Greenfinch

Norton Malreward:
1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 1 Mistle Thrush

Burnett:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel   50+ Crow & Jackdaw (in a field)

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard

Chew Magna - Stanton Drew
20+ Cattle Egret

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
Great Crested Grebes (displaying), Stratford (Lucy Masters)

Goldeneye, Dam (George Stacey)
Dam:

1 Goldeneye (m)
Chiffchaff, Bernard King Hide, (George Stacey)
Bernard King Hide:

1 Goldeneye (f), 6+ Chiffchaff

Hollowbrook:
4 Goosander (1m+3f)

Villice:
1 Water Rail, 1 Great Black-backed Gull (yellow leg ring, black writing DMJ)

Herons Green:
2 Goldeneye, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Long-tailed Tit

Moreton:
2 Scaup (m), 1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Red Kite, 2 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler
Snipe, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Tawny Owl, Stratford (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:

1 Ring-necked Duck, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 56+ Snipe, 4 Grey Heron, 24+ Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 2 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
9 Shelduck, 1 Mandarin Duck, 2 Pintail, 68+ Teal, 15 Lapwing, 24+ Common Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 50+ Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Reported by: Jon Angell, Pete Brain, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Chris Craig, John Evans, Duncan Evered, Rob Laughton, Craig Lewis, Lucy Masters, Mike Meechem, Ross Nairn, Nigel Povey, Mike Prior, Lois Pryce, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andrew Stockhausen, John Thorogood
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