Monday, 9 November 2026

09-11-26 Monday - Red-crested Pochard

Temp 06°C to 10°C - misty until the sun came through around coffee time, The gentle breeze stayed from the east north east with gusts to 21 mph - around midday

Black-necked Grebe
Marsh Tit
Slavonian Grebe
Red-crested Pochard
Green-winged Teal
Whooper Swan
Scaup

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Teal, 1 Little Grebe

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Golden Plover - over north east, 1 Little Egret, 2 Blackcap

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Shoveler, 50 Grey Plover, 22 Black-tailed Godwit, 600 Dunlin

Aust Wetlands:
1 Firecrest - very vocal
09-11-26 Red Crested Pochard NP-NW (Brian Lancastle)
New Passage/
Pilning Wetlands:
2 Red-crested Pochard (m), 1 Pochard, 3 Grey Plover, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Jack Snipe, 18 Knot, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Merlin

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea Moor:
1 Green Sandpiper, 110 Black-headed Gull, 20 Common Gull, 100 Herring Gull, 1 Little Owl, 100 Fieldfare
09-11-26 Mistle Thrush Clevedon Moor (Wayne Pannell)
Clevedon Moor:
1 Treecreeper, 1 Mistle Thrush
09-11-26 Treecreeper Clevedon Moor (Wayne Pannell)
Yatton:
Cadbury Hill: 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Bullfinch
Chestnut Park: 2 Collared Dove

Sand Point - St Thomas's Head
1 Woodcock

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common:
2 Red Kite

Hanham Green, Hencliff Woods:
1 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Magpie, 1 Raven, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock

RESERVOIRS
09-11-26 Black-necked Grebe BG (Bri Thompson)
Barrow Tanks:

1 Black-necked Grebe

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
2 Goldeneye (f&m)

Little Denny:
1 Scaup (f), 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 

Walley Bank Path:
1 Slavonian Grebe
09-11-26 Song Thrush CVL (George Stacey)
Woodford:

1 Goldeneye (m), 4 Dunlin, 9 Cattle Egret, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 65 Redwing, 48 Fieldfare
09-11-26 Black-tailed Godwit CVL (George Stacey)
Herons Green:

3 Black-tailed Godwit, 

Stratford:
1 Whooper Swan, 4 Pintail, 1 Green-winged Teal, 2 Golden Plover, 330 Common Gull - in the bay, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Marsh Harrier,  600+ Starling - mini murmuration, 1 Stonechat, 63 Linnet, 

Herriotts Bridge:
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Shelduck, 4 Pintail (m), 1 Marsh Harrier, a Martin sp came over twice.

Reported by: Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Tim Ford, Matt Hall, Richard Harding, Brian Lancastle, John Lewis, Emily Lomas, Mike Moxon, Wayne Pannell, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson, 

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