29-11-18 Thursday - Great Skua
Mild, strong winds and torrential rain up to mid-morning. Sunny early afternoon, sufficient to tempt me out in time for the next set of showers
Great Skua, Little Stint, Lesser Scaup, Purple Sandpiper, Red-throated Diver, Red-breasted Merganser
BRISTOL
Finzells Reach:
1 Peregrine
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
Great Skua - attacking juv Herring Gull; regurgitation achieved, Shepperdine
Severn Beach:
3 Red-breasted Merganser (also seen at Oldbury Power Station), 1 Great Crested Grebe, 30+ Kittiwake (in the wind heading NE)
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
6 Cormorant (marina), 2 Purple Sandpiper (Battery Point)
Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head:
2650 Dunlin - vismig, steady stream 08:30 to 10:00, and 2 Kittiwake
Sand Point/Bay:
Red-throated Diver (over the end of the point heading up river)
BELOW M4 & BANES
Newton St Loe:
20 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Jay, 3 Raven, 1 Fieldfare, 100+ Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 8 Chaffinch, 20+ Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer,
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Goosander (f), but only 15 Lapwing - all at CVL!
Chew Valley Lake
154 Canada Goose (off Woodford), 2 Egyptian Goose, 11 Bewick's Swans (7 flew off South / still family party of 4 at Moreton)
2 Shelduck, 9 Pintail (Herriott's pond), 3 Red-crested Pochard (2F 1M), 4 Scaup, 1 Lesser Scaup (way out on the lake, quite dark looking, probably still in eclipse), 6 Goosander (2M-4F), 15+ Goldeneye
4 Cattle Egret (Lane to Stratford), 5 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail (Moreton & Herriotts), 600 Lapwing, 8 Black-tailed Godwit (5 HG Stratford), 1 Snipe (HG), 5 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kittiwake (adult over lake), 5 Great Black-backed Gull
2 Stock Dove, 40+ Woodpigeon (Shoot at Moreton), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 5 Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 2 Cetti's, 40+ Starling (Woodford), 3+ Fieldfare (Woodford), 20+ Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat (Moreton & HG), 1 Grey Wagtail (HG), 16 Meadow Pipit (Moreton), 3 Water Pipit, 2 Bullfinch (Woodford), 30+ Goldfinch (Woodford), 3 Reed Bunting (Herriotts)
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Raoul Chandrasakera, John Clark, Andy Davis, Jeff Hazel, Pete Hazelwood, John Martin, Christopher Robinson, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
Great Skua, Little Stint, Lesser Scaup, Purple Sandpiper, Red-throated Diver, Red-breasted Merganser
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| 29-11-18 Common Sandpiper (George Stacey) |
Finzells Reach:
1 Peregrine
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
Great Skua - attacking juv Herring Gull; regurgitation achieved, Shepperdine
Severn Beach:
3 Red-breasted Merganser (also seen at Oldbury Power Station), 1 Great Crested Grebe, 30+ Kittiwake (in the wind heading NE)
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
6 Cormorant (marina), 2 Purple Sandpiper (Battery Point)
Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head:
2650 Dunlin - vismig, steady stream 08:30 to 10:00, and 2 Kittiwake
Sand Point/Bay:
Red-throated Diver (over the end of the point heading up river)
BELOW M4 & BANES
Newton St Loe:
20 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Jay, 3 Raven, 1 Fieldfare, 100+ Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 8 Chaffinch, 20+ Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer,
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Goosander (f), but only 15 Lapwing - all at CVL!
Chew Valley Lake
154 Canada Goose (off Woodford), 2 Egyptian Goose, 11 Bewick's Swans (7 flew off South / still family party of 4 at Moreton)
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| 29-11-18 Bewick's Swan at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
2 Shelduck, 9 Pintail (Herriott's pond), 3 Red-crested Pochard (2F 1M), 4 Scaup, 1 Lesser Scaup (way out on the lake, quite dark looking, probably still in eclipse), 6 Goosander (2M-4F), 15+ Goldeneye
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| 29-11-18 Goldeneye (George Stacey) |
4 Cattle Egret (Lane to Stratford), 5 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail (Moreton & Herriotts), 600 Lapwing, 8 Black-tailed Godwit (5 HG Stratford), 1 Snipe (HG), 5 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kittiwake (adult over lake), 5 Great Black-backed Gull
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| 29-11-18 Black-tailed Godwit at Heron's Green (Ian Stapp) |
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Raoul Chandrasakera, John Clark, Andy Davis, Jeff Hazel, Pete Hazelwood, John Martin, Christopher Robinson, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
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