29th
- A Snow Bunting was heard, but not seen at
the mouth the Kenn today.
28th
- It was quiet at the Clevedon-Yeo this
morning with the highlights being 1
Bar-tailed Godwit, 7 Black-tailed Godwits, 2
Turnstones, 2 Snipe, c50 Redshank, c50
Dunlin, c150 Lapwing, 235 Shelduck, c50
Wigeon and 2 Stonechats. On the Blind
Yeo there were 2 Little Grebes, 35 Canada
geese and a Ringed Teal, is this the same
bird that was on Portishead Boating Lake?
On
Weston Moor there was 1 Little Grebe, c40
Mallard, 61 Snipe and c30 Redwings.
The Goldeneye that has been present since
September was not seen.
27th
- Today at Portbury Wharf there
were 4 Little Grebes, 12 Tufted Duck,
2 Pochard, 400 Lapwing, 600 Dunlin (good
count here), 27 Snipe, 36 Redshank,
11 Skylark, 1 Stonechat (poor numbers so far
this winter) and c.100 Redwing.
This morning at Clevedon there was a
female Merlin (pic. below, thanks Jim), 3
Little Egrets, 150 Lapwing, 40 Grey Plover,
300+ Wigeon, 100 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 100
Curlew, 300+ Dunlin, 1 Black-tailed Godwit,
Spotted Redshank, a Reed Bunting and 3
Stonechats.
25th
- At the Clevedon-Yeo today there were 30
Golden Plovers (flew NE), c200 Lapwing, 180
Dunlin, 12 Grey Plovers, 4 Black-tailed
Godwits, 4 Little Egrets and 180 Shelduck.
23rd
- Two Short-eared Owls were seen at the
Clevedon-Yeo.
22nd
- A flock of 14 Little Egrets were in a
field near the sewage works at Clevedon-Yeo
today, this is a very large count for
November, along with a large flock
(1750+) of gulls, mostly Black-Headed,
anyone fancy looking through the all?
19th
- A Purple Sandpiper was seen at Battery
Point, Portishead and 5 Pochard are on the
Boating Lake there.
18th
- A 75min Seawatch from Ladye Bay produced
only a flock of c30 Kittiwakes.
16th
- Best news today was of a record of 20
Waxwings flying over the sea wall at the
Clevedon-Yeo on Sunday morning, lets hope
this heralds a mass arrival this
winter. Today at Clevedon there were 5
Little Egret, 15 Canada Goose,
110 Shelduck, 140 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 24
Oystercatchers, 14 Ringed Plovers, 12 Grey
Plovers, 55 Lapwing, 375 Dunlin 375, 13
Black-tailed Godwits, 145 Curlew , 1 Spotted
Redshank, 130 Redshank, 24 Turnstone,
4 Common Guls, 1 GBB Gull, 2+ Rock Pipits, 2
Stonechats, 40+Fieldfare and 50+ Redwing.
14th
- A Firecrest on Wains Hill was a good find
today. At the Clevedon-Yeo there were
2 Short Eared Owls, c375 Dunlin, 15
Turnstone, 40 Grey Plover, 27
Oystercatchers, 8 Black-tailed Godwits, 4
Little Egrets, 1 1st winter/female Scaup, 3
Stonechats, 2 Rock Pipits, 1 Merlin and a
male Peregrine. No
Snow Buntings were seen. Photo of
Short Eared Owl and Snipe from Jim Payne.
13th
- A Snow Bunting was still present at
the Yeo today, along with a 1st
winter/female Scaup, 3 Knot and 9
Black-tailed Godwits.
At Portbury Wharf this morning there were
6 Little Grebe, 36 Wigeon, 140 Teal, 13
Tufted Duck, 60 Dunlin, 42 Snipe, 1 Grey
Wagtail and a Chiffchaff. PM update
- A Pochard and a pair of Gadwall have
appeared on the CEGB pool at Portbury Wharf
and c100 Fieldfares were seen in the area.
12th
- No sign of the Snow Buntings or Twite
today at Clevedon, but a Merlin, Spotted
Redshank, c100 Lapwing and a Raven were
seen.
11th
- A Snow Bunting was seen near Blackstone
Rocks at Clevedon today, but that was the
only one that could be found. Also
seen were a Spotted Redshank at the mouth of
the Yeo along with 8 Little Egrets, 2
Black-Tailed Godwits, 130 Dunlin and 230
Wigeon.
9th
- There were 6 Snow Buntings reported from
the Clevedon Yeo this morning with 3
remaining loyal to the patch of ground near
the mouth of the Yeo. A Twite flew
overhead and a Short-Eared Owl was seen.
7th
- The 3 Snow Buntings were still present at
the Yeo this morning and a group of 4 Twite
were also in the same area. Also seen
were 9 Black-Tailed Godwits, 2 Turnstones, 2
Golden Plover, 10-15 Snipe, c200 Lapwing, 8
Shovelers, 1 female Pintail and a Brent
Goose. The 3 Short-eared owls were
also seen flying over the field by the sea
wall. The image of the Snow Bunting
and Twite are courtesy of Jim Payne.
6th
- The 3 Snow Buntings were still at the
mouth of the Yeo this afternoon and they
allowed close views down to a few meters at
times, as well the picture below further
images are available by following this link
- SNOW BUNTINGS
PICS.
Also
seen were a Peregrine, c150 Dunlin, 20 Grey
Plover, 8 Black-Tailed Godwits, 4 Turnstone,
c200 Lapwing, 5 Oystercatchers, c100
Redshank, 7 Shovelers, 62 Shelduck, 160
Wigeon, and a pair of Stonechats.
5th
- 3 1st winter Snow Buntings were a good
find near the mouth of the Yeo today along
with c75 Redshank, c125 Dunlin, 10
Turnstones, 18 Grey Plover and 3 female
Shovelers. A Little Stint was seen on
the sea wall. There were 3 Turnstones
near Clevedon Pier.
This morning around 5 - 600
Woodpigeons flew over Wains Hill with an
active Peregrine in tow! Also seen
were small groups of Chaffinch, Greenfinch
and Goldfinch. A Peregrine was also
seen hunting over Down Road, Portishead and
my garden (off Down road) held it's first
Blackcaps of the Winter.
4th
- An afternoon visit to the Clevedon Yeo
produced 3 Short Eared Owls, 6 Little
Egrets, Dunlin, Oystercatchers, a few
Turnstones and Stonechats and a Peregrine.
3rd
- This morning at the Clevedon Yeo there
were 5/6 Little Egrets, 90 + Shelduck, 140+
Wigeon, 2 Coot (Yeo River), 230+Dunlin, 5
Black-tailed Godwits, 140+ Redshank, 2
Greenshank, 6 Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 24
Turnstone, 1 Short-eared Owl and 4
Stonechats..
