Tuesday 20 December 2016

20th Dec '16 Tuesday - YBW & Blyth's

Cool bright day

Yellow-browed Warbler at Eastville Park
Eider at Weston Super Mare
Blyth's Warbler at Blagdon

20-12-16 Bird watchers (Neil Duggan)
A busy day at Blagdon
Bristol, Eastville Park:
Yellow-browed Warbler

20-12-16 Yellow Browed Warbler (Paul Milsom)
Unusual fluffy wing flaps on this bird
Holy Trinity, Stapleton:
2 Peregrine on church

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Black Redstart showing well at waterworks again, and a Greylag Goose over to NE at 8.30am.

Aust Wharf:
30 Wigeon, 12 Teal, 1 Buzzard, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 40 Redshank, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 10 Long Tailed Tit, 50 Redwing, 5 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 15 Linnet.

New Passage/Northwick:
200+ Wigeon, 8 Gadwall, 140 Teal, 18 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine,
2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 20+ Ringed Plover, 300 Lapwing, 100 Knot, 1000 Dunlin, 12 Snipe,
300 Black-tailed Godwit, 50+ Curlew, 50+ Redshank, 164 Turnstone, 5 Stonechat

Portishead
1 Female Black Redstart, Lockside Square
1 male Pochard and 4 Tufted Ducks at sailing lake
2+ Rock Pipits on Battery Point

20-12-16 Black Redstart at the pier(Vic Savery)
Clevedon pier:
1 f/juv Black Redstart

Yatton:
1 Heron, 1 Peregrine ( feeding on pylon), 450 Jackdaw ( nightly pre roost gathering), 1 Stonechat

Weston-Super-Mare:
Marine Lake
1 Eider female juvenile
20/12/2016 Eider Marine Lake W-s-M. (George Rabin)

WSM, Royal Sands
37 Knot


20-12 16 Goosander at NSL (Wayne Tucker)
Newton St Loe:
25 Teal, 4 Goosanders, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 6 Moorhen, 5 Common Gull,
2 Nuthatch, 30+ Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 10 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Siskin 

20-12-16 Blyth's Pipit at Blagdon (Brian Thompson)
Blagdon Lake:
The County 1st Blyth's Pipit. Also Bewick's Swans, at least 7 Great White Egrets, 1 Little Stint


20-12-16 Blyth's Pipit at Blagdon (Brian Thompson)
Note claw on bird's foot
Chew Valley Lake:
Moreton to Stratford lane the Stile has now been repaired by Bristol Water & has a new Step

20-12-16 Oystercatcher at Villice (Bob Brewer)
Villice:
1 Oystercatcher

Herons Green:
3 Little Egret 3 Great White Egrets 1 Green Sandpiper 2 Goosander 2 Little Grebe 1 Buzzard  

Moreton:
40+ Redwing 50+ Chaffinch 1 Reed Bunting 4 Goosander 1 Water Pipit 1 Jay 1 Buzzard 2 Coal Tit 12+ Long-tailed Tit 1 Grey Wagtail  2 Stonechat 1 Green Wood

Stratford:
1 Water Rail 1 Snipe 1 Buzzard 2 Little Egret 2 Great White Egret 3 Goosander 100+Redwing (Stratford lane), 1 Water Pipit

Herriotts End:
1 Kingfisher 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Cetti's 1 Water Rail
2 Little Egret 3 Great White Egrets 4 Goosander 3 Goldeneye 2 Reed Bunting 4 Pintail 14 Shelduck 8 Long-tailed Tit (trees in the channel)
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20-12-16 Goosander at Herriotts (Bob Brewer)
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, Chris Craig, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, David Horlick, Nigel Milbourne, Paul Milsom, Lois Price, Rob Purveur, George Rabin, Trevor Riddle, Vic Savery, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG