Wednesday 7 December 2016

7th Dec '16 Wednesday - Black Redstarts

Sunnier and milder than of late

Female Eider still on Weston-Super-Mare Marine Lake
2 male Black Redstarts back at Oldbury Power Station

7-12-16 Blue Tit (Brian Thompson)
Garden birding in Stockwood
Bristol
Easton:
12 Fieldfare over
Shirehampton/Kingsweston Woods:
6 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Nuthatch, 3 Mistle Thrush

Oldbury Power Station:
2 ♂ Black Redstart (on lagoon 2 side of towers), 2 Redpoll

7-12-16 Nuthatch, Litton Reservoir (Steve Griffiths)
Severn Beach:
6/12/2016: 2 Knot, 220 Dunlin, 2 Stonechat

Easter Compton, Dyer's Common:
2 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 22 Lapwing, 90+ Herring Gull, 35 Rook, 70+ Carrion Crow, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 20 Fieldfare, 60+ Redwing, 15 Goldfinch

Clevedon-Yeo:
Dowlais scrape:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 115 Lapwing, 5 Curlew, 500 Starling
Foreshore:
1 Little Egret, 24 Skylark
Kenn Estuary:
Shelduck, Wigeon, 6 Oystercatcher, 200 Dunlin, 40 Curlew,  600+ Starling

Weston-Super-Mare:
Marine lake:
1 ♀ Eider
Locking Castle:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Fieldfare, 60+ Redwing, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

7-12-16 Blackbird (Brian Thompson)
More from Brian's back garden
Yatton:
18 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Jack Snipe, 120 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 1 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat

Latteridge:
1 Cormorant

Bradley Stoke, Three Brooks:
3 Little Grebe

Newton Park:
4 Mute Swan, 37 Teal, 40+ Mallard, 2 Buzzard, 6 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 30+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1  Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Grey Wagtail

Bishop Sutton:
1 Buzzard

Stanton Wick:
4 Buzzard
7-12-16 Bewick's Swan, Blagdon Lake (Geoff Daniels)
Blagdon Lake:
2 Bewick's Swan, 2 Pintail, 1 Goosander, 2 Great-White Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper

7-12-16 Disgruntled Grey Heron (Simon Williams)
Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Goldeneye, 4 Little Grebe
Woodford:
120+ Canada Goose, 9 Barnacle Goose, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 20+ Starling, 15+ Redwing, 2 Bullfinch
Villice:
many Shoveler, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper

7-12-16 Goosander, Moreton CVL (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green:
11 Goosander, 6 Little Egret, 12 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 70+ Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 1 Stonechat
Moreton:
5 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit

7-12-16 Water Pipit, Moreton CVL (Geoff Daniels)
Herriotts End:
12 Shelduck, 8 Pintail, 1 Goosander, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Reed Bunting
Other taxa:
5 Brimstone butterflies seen at Moreton today   

Reports: John Croxton, Geoff Daniels, Michael Davis, Steve Griffiths, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Chirstopher Teague, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, Simon Williams, opsbirding