Sunday 6 November 2016

6th Nov '16 Sunday - Blackcap

Blackcap at Portbury Wharf
Grey Plover at Clevedon
Corn Bunting at Marshfield
Bewick's SwanBlack-necked Grebe and Mediterranean Gull at Blagdon Lake
Great White EgretYellow-legged Gull, Jack Snipe at Chew Valley Lake

6-11-16 Great White Egret (Rich Andrews)
24 at ChewValley Lake
BRISTOL 
Stockwood open space:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, 1 Mistle Thrush. (So pleased to see Kestrel, not seen there in 2 years?)


06-11-16 Stonechat (Gill Sapsed)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 14 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Redwing, 1 f Stonechat.
Eastville Park, River Frome & Oldbury Court:
10 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Moorhen, 5 Black-headed Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker (Oldbury Court),
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, 1 Jay, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Warmley Forest Park:
1 Buzzard, 40+ Wood Pigeon, 10 Magpie, 1 Raven, 6 Goldcrests, 9 Great Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 12+ Redwing, 8 Blackbirds, 4 Pied Wagtails, 10+ Goldfinch, 2 Chaffinch,
6 Greenfinch

New Passage/Northwick:
Pintail, 350 Black-tailed Godwit, 95 Knot, 2 Water Pipits (Butts Pool to Salt Marsh), few finches to NE incl Siskin, 6 Redpoll, 5 Bullfinch
Lane by Severn Bridge: 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Jay

Portbury Wharf:
2 Goldeneye, 4 Blackcap

Portishead Battery Point:
3 Meadow Pipit
Good numbers of 'normal' stuff, Robins, Blackbirds, Dunnocks etc...

6-11-16 Shelduck (Higgy)
Clevedon Dowlais:
100 Shelduck, 30 Wigeon, 50+ Mallard, 2 Little Egret, 120+ Dunlin, 12 Curlew, 2 Redshank,
20+ Skylark, 12 Meadow Pipit

Clevedon-Yeo:
2 Mute Swan, 90 Shelduck, 100 Wigeon (Most off Kenn), 40 Teal, 40 Mallard, 5 Little Egret,
24 Oystercatcher, 15 Grey Plover, 10 Lapwing, ~30 Curlew, 15 Turnstone, 250 Dunlin,
200 Redshank (Most at Kenn), 150 Black-headed Gull, 4 Redwing

6-11-16 Little Egret (Richard Bedwell)
Backwell Lake
Backwell Lake:
1 Little Egret, 3 Shoveller, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard

Kenn Moor: 
50+ Mute Swan (across moor), 20+ Canada Goose, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel

6-11-16 Kestrel (PeterCoslett)
Rusmead Lane
Marshfield, Northfield Lane:
3 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Lapwing, 4 Raven, 10 Sky Lark, 500 Starling, Meadow Pipit, 200 Linnet, Chaffinch, 3 Corn Bunting, 20 Yellowhammer
Rushmead Lane: 
1 Kestrel

Newton-St-Loe:
7 Teal, 2 Buzzard, 1 Coot (has returned!), 2 Kingfisher, 300+ Corvids, 9 Skylark, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Blagdon Lake:
11 (2 juv) Bewick's Swan, 2 ad♂ Red-crested Pochard, 11 Little Egret, 2 Scaup, 39 Grey Heron,
1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Goldeneye, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull
1 ad Black-headed Gull yellow '2KXT' (ringed by the North Thames Gull Group)

Chew Valley Lake:
24 Great White Egret, 36 Little Egret
6-11-16 Yellow-legged Gull (Lee Gardiner)
Heron's Green
Heron's Green:
23 Great White Egret, 27 Little Egret, 7 Little Grebe, 2 Water Rail, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe,
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull
Moreton:
1 Goldeneye, 1 Scaup (f), 3 Goosander (2f 1m), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 5 Stock Dove         12+ Long-tailed Tit, 20+ Redwing (cottage)


06-11-16 Fieldfare (Ian Stapp)
Moreton Lane
Moreton Lane to Stratford:
1 Sparrowhawk (same bird after a meal), 12 Fieldfare , 30+ Redwing, 7 Mistle Thrush, 13 Blackbird    
Stratford:
1 Jack Snipe (pond), 2 Siskin (car park trees), 2 Bullfinch
Chew Valley Ringing Station:
3 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest (ringed this morning)
Herriott's End:
5 Shelduck (pond), 1 Little Egret, 3 Water Rail (channel all showing together 2 one side 1 the other), 
2 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch
  

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