Friday 25 November 2016

25th Nov '16 Friday - Gannet

A lot nicer day today, very cold in wind but warm in sun & still beautiful colour in the leaves

Mandarin Duck, Marsh Harrier and Black Redstart at Oldbury Power Station
White-fronted Geese and Little Owl at New Passage
Gannet at Locking Road, Weston-Super-Mare
Bewick's SwansGreat White Egrets and Water Pipits on the reservoirs

25-11-16 Redwing (Rod Holbrook)
BRISTOL
Henleaze:
Fieldfare in garden
Stoke Park:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Grey Heron, Goldcrest, Stonechat, Meadow pipit, pair Bullfinch
Stockwood Open Spaces:
2 Green Woodpecker, 15 Blackbird, 10 Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 30+ Goldfinch, 2 Linnet,
2 Reed Bunting

25-11-16 Reed Bunting at Oldbury (Mrs Trellis)
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Mandarin Duck, 97 Wigeon, 1 ad fem Marsh Harrier (downriver at 2pm), 120 Lapwing,
1200+ Dunlin, 25 Curlew, 30 Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 85 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing,
1 male Black Redstart, 2 Pied Wagtail, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Aust Wharf:
300+ Lapwing flew in

New Passage/Northwick:
4 White-fronted Geese flying over, 1 Sparrowhawk chasing 1000+ Starlings, 2 Buzzards,
1 Kenny Kestrel, Waders galore, 2 Little Owl. 2 Grey Wagtail

25-11-16 Black Redstart at Clevedon (Vic Savery)
Clevedon:
2 Black Redstart

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:
2 Heron, 1 Peregrine, 4 Skylark, 60 Fieldfare, 120 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail

Weston-Super-Mare - Locking Road:
1 Gannet (Rob Purveur) landed to sit with gulls on a rooftop just off Locking Road  at 10:26am

Barrow Tank 2:
15 flyover Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe

Blagdon Lake:
16 Bewick's Swans, 20 Little Egrets, 8 Great White Egrets

25-11-16 Great White Egret at Herriotts End (Allan Chard)
Chew Valley Lake:
1 1st-w male Scaup, 2 Black-necked Grebes, 13 Little Egrets, 57 Lapwings, 1 Dunlin, 3 RavensDenny Island:
11 Goosander (4 m 7 f), 9 Goldeneye, 60+ Lapwing
Woodford:
1 Raven, 2 Meadow Pipit (slipway)
Heron's Green:
10 Canada Goose (pond), 2 Little Egret (bay), 4 Little Egret (wet field), 2 Great White Egret (wet field),
4 Little Grebe, 16 Lapwing (wet field), 1 Snipe, 100+ Corvids, 100+ Starlings, 1 Stonechat,
4 Meadow Pipit
Moreton:
1 Scaup (f), 1 Water Rail, 1 Tawny Owl (trees cottage), 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker (cottage),
1 Coal Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 6+ Fieldfare (drive), 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 20+ Chaffinch
Stratford:
1 Water Pipit
Herriotts End:
6 Shelduck, 1 Pintail, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher,
1 Reed Bunting

25-11-16 Water Pipit at Moreton  (Ian Stapp)
Reports: Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, Geoff Daniels, Lee Gardiner, Peter Hazelwood, Lisegirl, Nigel Milbourne, Robert Purveur, Trevor Riddle, Vic Savery, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Keith Vinicombe, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds