26th Nov '17 Sunday - Black Redstart

A grey day

26-11-17 Long-tailed Duck at CVL (Bob Brewer)

Long-tailed Duck
Marsh Harrier
Short Eared Owl
Black Redstart

BRISTOL

26-11-17 Mistle Thrush in St Andrews Park (Jon Mortin)

Stoke Bishop:
Blackcap in the garden - first here this winter.

26-11-17 Kingfisher in Eastville (Rich Scantlebury)

Eastville Park area:
2 Mute Swan, Mallard, 4 Cormorant, a Grey Heron, 2 Moorhen, 110, Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, 1 Jay, Carrion Crow, 4 Goldcrest, a flock of Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, and Long-tailed Tit with a Treecreeper tagging along, Wren, 30 Starling, 1 Dipper, Blackbird, Robin, 3 Dunnock, House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 30 Goldfinch.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Little Grebe, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Black Redstart, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Yate, Kingsgate Park:
9 Gadwall, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Blackcap.

26-11-17 Tits in Frampton Cotterell (Sid Simmons)

Coalpit Heath, East:
1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker,1 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper. plenty of Fieldfare and Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 14 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 or 2 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Yellowhammer.

Thornbury Castle:
18 Little Egret (16 in one field, 2 in the next)

26-11-17 Merlin on Northwick Warth (Keith Davies)

New Passage / Northwich Warth:
Many Wigeon on the shore line, Pair of Stonechat

Warmley Forrest Park:
1 Teal, 5 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 40 Woodpigeon, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Magpie,
2 Goldcrest, 6 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Blackbird, 5 Song Thrush,
40 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 7 Robin, 7 Chaffinch, 6 Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch.

NORTH SOMERSET:

26-11-17 Purple Sandpiper at Portishead (Gareth Jones)

Portishead:
3 Cormorant on the marina today.

26-11-17 Little Egret at Clevedon (Jason Williams)

Clevedon-Yeo: combined report

3 Canada Goose, 110 Shelduck, 130 Wigeon, 70 Teal, 4 Little Egret on the shore and 6 inland, 9 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Plover, 20 Lapwing, 10 Turnstone, 900 Dunlin, 300 Redshank, 3 Snipe, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 1 Short Eared Owl, 2 Raven, 20 Redwing

26-11-17 Pochard at Backwell Lake (Mrs Trellis)

Backwell Lake:
2 Gadwall, 56 Mallard, 11 Shoveler, 2 Pochard new in, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 95 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 1 Chiffchaff

26-11-17 Blackcap at Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)

Bleadon:
1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 2 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.

26-11-17 Common Gull at Writhlington School (John Hansford)

Writhlington:
2 Common Gull

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham:
2 Herring Gull, 3 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 9 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch

26-11-17 Fieldfare at Newton Park (NSL-Birding)

Newton St Loe:
10 Teal have returned, that Buzzard with strange blemish, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Jay, 20 Blackbird,
at last a Fieldfare, 25 Redwing and 5 Pied Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

26-11-17 Great White Egret at CVL (Brian Thompson)

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
Peregrine making things sit up.

Villice:
2 Goosander, Cetti’s Warbler, 40 Meadow Pipit

26-11-17 Black-tailed Godwit in Herons Green (David Hughes)

Heron's Green:
14 Goosander, Water Rail, 35 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, Kestrel,

26-11-17 Marsh Harrier at CVL (Bob Brewer)

Moreton:
Marsh Harrier, Stonechat

Stratford:
26 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bearded Tit heard

Herriotts:

26-11-17 Pintail on Herriotts Pool (Brian Thompson)

Reports: Rich Andrews, Bob Brewer, Alan Chard, John Clark, John Hansford, Bill Hewitt, Dave Hughes, Mike Jackson, Gareth Jones, Matt Plenty, Harvey Rose, talkingtobears, Martin Tayler, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, Dan White, Roger White, Jason Williams, Liz Wright, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds