30-12-18 Sunday - Water Pipits
Overcast with sun breaking through now and then. Mild, about 10℃. Light wind, no rain but some fog.
Brent Geese, Lesser Scaup
Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebes
Cattle Egrets, Great White Egret
Mediterranean Gulls
Merlin, Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart
Water Pipits
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
2 Mute Swan, 31 Mallard, 4 Goosander, 4 Grey Heron, 9 Cormorant, 1 Peregrine, 19 Moorhen, c.80 BH Gull. 2 H Gull. 1 Tawny Owl, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 drumming), 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail.
Northwick Warth:
31 Shoveler, 24 Gadwall, 3 Pintail, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 1 m. Sparrowhawk, 30+ Black-tailed Godwit, 1 (1W) Mediterranean Gull, 104 Common Gull, 1 Water Pipit.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
3 Shelduck, pr. Pintail, 5 Pochard (4 m., 1 f.), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 1 Water Rail (sea wall rhine), just 1 Lapwing, 6 Snipe (South Hide), 8 Common Gull, 3+ Song Thrushes singing around the reserve, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat (m + f), 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch
Drove Rhine (off Royal Portbury Dock road):
Portishead:
1 Coal Tit, 4 LT Tit, 1 f. Blackcap in my garden.
Clevedon south:
11-12 Goosanders (2 m.) on the Blind Yeo from Strode Road bridge (but no sign of GWE or White-fronted Geese there or Dowlais).
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge Mill:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 7 LT Tit, 2 Treecreeper, 4 Fieldfare, pr. Bullfinch, 6 Goldfinch.
Newton St Loe:
67 Teal, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 106 BH Gull, 5 Common Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 150 Rook, 50 Jackdaw, 1 f. Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch, 60+ Goldfinch.
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Heron's Green:
6 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret.
Stratford:
8 Pintail, 1 Lesser Scaup, few Goldeneye, 1 f. Goosander, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe, 43 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 ad. Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Cetti's Warbler.
Herriott's:
7 Shelduck, 5 Pintail.
OUT OF AREA
Gloucester, Morrison's roundabout on Kinmoor Road, Wheatway.
11 Waxwing
Reports: Bob Brewer, Raoul Chandrasakera, Teresa Chard, Anthony Cook, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, John Martin, Robin Martin, Matt Plenty, George Rabin, Matthew Rogers, Richard Scantlebury, Matt Scott, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
Brent Geese, Lesser Scaup
Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebes
Cattle Egrets, Great White Egret
Mediterranean Gulls
Merlin, Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart
Water Pipits
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| Goldeneye at the dam, Chew (Bob Brewer) |
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
2 Mute Swan, 31 Mallard, 4 Goosander, 4 Grey Heron, 9 Cormorant, 1 Peregrine, 19 Moorhen, c.80 BH Gull. 2 H Gull. 1 Tawny Owl, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 drumming), 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail.
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| Grey Heron at Eastville Park (Richard Scantlebury) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
2 Brent Goose (dark-bellied form) at Shepperdine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Grey Plover, 21 Snipe, 1 Merlin, 1 Short-eared Owl (Lagoon 3). c,2000 Starling, 1 Black Redstart, 3 Redpoll (Lagoon 2).
Oldbury Power Station:
2 Brent Goose (dark-bellied form) at Shepperdine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Grey Plover, 21 Snipe, 1 Merlin, 1 Short-eared Owl (Lagoon 3). c,2000 Starling, 1 Black Redstart, 3 Redpoll (Lagoon 2).
Northwick Warth:
31 Shoveler, 24 Gadwall, 3 Pintail, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 1 m. Sparrowhawk, 30+ Black-tailed Godwit, 1 (1W) Mediterranean Gull, 104 Common Gull, 1 Water Pipit.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
3 Shelduck, pr. Pintail, 5 Pochard (4 m., 1 f.), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 1 Water Rail (sea wall rhine), just 1 Lapwing, 6 Snipe (South Hide), 8 Common Gull, 3+ Song Thrushes singing around the reserve, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat (m + f), 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch
Drove Rhine (off Royal Portbury Dock road):
1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 15 Siskin.
Portishead:
1 Coal Tit, 4 LT Tit, 1 f. Blackcap in my garden.
Clevedon south:
11-12 Goosanders (2 m.) on the Blind Yeo from Strode Road bridge (but no sign of GWE or White-fronted Geese there or Dowlais).
WBS: Little Egret, Mallard, Moorhen, Fieldfare, Goldcrest. LT Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, House Sparrow, Goldfinch.
Weston-Super-Mare:
2 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew.
Weston-Super-Mare:
2 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge Mill:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 7 LT Tit, 2 Treecreeper, 4 Fieldfare, pr. Bullfinch, 6 Goldfinch.
Newton St Loe:
67 Teal, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 106 BH Gull, 5 Common Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 150 Rook, 50 Jackdaw, 1 f. Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch, 60+ Goldfinch.
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| Goldeneye at the dam, Chew (Bob Brewer) |
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
c.10 GoldeneyeHeron's Green:
6 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret.
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| Water Pipit at Stratford (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
8 Pintail, 1 Lesser Scaup, few Goldeneye, 1 f. Goosander, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe, 43 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 ad. Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Cetti's Warbler.
Herriott's:
7 Shelduck, 5 Pintail.
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| Grey Wagtail at Chew (Robin Martin) |
OUT OF AREA
Gloucester, Morrison's roundabout on Kinmoor Road, Wheatway.
11 Waxwing
Reports: Bob Brewer, Raoul Chandrasakera, Teresa Chard, Anthony Cook, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, John Martin, Robin Martin, Matt Plenty, George Rabin, Matthew Rogers, Richard Scantlebury, Matt Scott, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
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