Monday 14 November 2016

14th Nov '16 Monday - Garganey, Barwit

Mild dull day

1 Garganey, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 8 Great White Egret, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit
and 50+ Grey Heron at Blagdon Lake

Still good numbers of Great White Egret at Chew Valley Lake

Record number of Black-tailed Godwit (536) at New Passage

14-11-16 Some of the 50+ Grey Heron at Blagdon today along side Bewick Swan (Robert Hargreaves)
Bristol, Coombe Dingle:
Blue Tits, Chaffinch and a dozen Goldfinch scattered by Sparrowhawk (local garden). Wren and Dunnock later in the day.

Bristol, Staple Hill:
1 Sparrowhawk

14-11-16 Sparrowhawk keeping watch on 50 or so Sparrow in Staple Hill today (Beverley Easton)

Oldbury Power Station:
13/11/16: 125 Wigeon, 9 Teal, 1 Shoveler, 4 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 2 Water Rail, 455 Lapwing,
1200 Dunlin, 127 Curlew, 27 Redshank, 800 BH Gull, 100 Common Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Chiffchaff,
4 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat

New Passage/Northwick:
21 Canada Geese, 2 Shelduck, 650 Wigeon, 6 Gadwall, 90 Teal, 20+ Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck,
2 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine (making the most of it), 60 Oystercatcher, 240 Lapwing, 140+ Knot,
2000 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 17 Snipe, 536 Black-tailed Godwit (record count - 20 was the record not so long ago), 
90 Curlew, 2 Raven, 20+ Fieldfare, 1 Water Pipit

Severn Beach:
5 Heron (in a fly by), 1 Kestrel

Portishead:
6 Dunlin (on the foreshore)

Backwell Lake:
1 Water Rail, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 9 Shoveler, 1 Kingfisher

Blagdon Lake:
50+ Grey Heron, 1 Stonechat.

14-11-16 Bewick Swan at Blagdon today (Robert Hargreaves)
Blagdon Lake WeBS count: 61 Mute Swan, 16 Bewick’s Swan, 328 Canada Goose, 9 Barnacle Goose, 440 Wigeon, 164 Gadwall, 1041 Teal, 485 Mallard, 6 Pintail, 1 Garganey, 243 Shoveler, 
2 Red-crested Pochard, 67 Pochard, 224 Tufted Duck, 1 Scaup, 3 Goldeneye, 29 Little Grebe, 
86 Great Crested Grebe, 96 Cormorant, 10 Little Egret, 8 Great White Egret, 38 Grey Heron, 
156 Moorhen, 1474 Coot, 350 Lapwing, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Dunlin, 1 Peregrine, 2 Raven

Chew Valley Lake:
Herriott's End:
4 Shelduck, 10 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 1 Water Rail, 5 Lapwing, 
2 Little Egret, 1 Great-crested  Grebe, 1 Jackdaw (ringed), 1 Kingfisher

14-11-16 Kingfisher at Herriott's end (Jessica Killey)
Heron's Green Bay: 
6 Teal, 10+ Little Egret, 10+ Great White Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Lapwing 

14-11-16 Great White Egret and Little Egret at Heron's Green Bay (Jessica Killey)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Janey Clark, Beverley Easton, Robert Hargreaves, Jessica Killey, Andrew Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Lisa Presland, Tim Warren, blagdonlakebirds, severnsidebirds