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  1. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Yes seen the photos on Avon Birding and Clevedon Birding. Parking could be interesting though if its still at the end of Wharf road Also 3 or so Twite at Oldbury Power Station Sent from my BlackBerry 9800 using Tapatalk
  2. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Great Grey Shrike still showing near Keynsham today (not been back myself) Glaucous Gull at New Passage today. Blagdon Lake still has Slav Grebe,Pink Footed Geese,Bewick's Swans and Long Tailed Duck Short Eared Owls continue to show at Marshfield As for my own patch, highlights today 4...
  3. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Went to have a look for the Keynsham Great Grey Shrike yesterday. There was another birder there when I arrived. We didn't find it by the time I left at about 12 30pm but it looks like the other chap was lucky as it was found at around 1pm further along the bridle track Sent from my BlackBerry...
  4. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    All moved over to Chew now.
  5. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Two Long Billed Dowitchers at Blagdon today. Picture here http://www.cvlbirding.co.uk/logbook/2011october.html Nice showing of Yank waders with the Spotted Sandpiper and the two Pec Sands at Chew
  6. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Looks like a few bits and bobs turned up with a Bonxie and Arctic Skua at Severn Beach and a decent flock of Kittiwakes. Still blowing so still a chance of another Giga petrel !!
  7. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Hi Darren, I think the winds are supposed to have died down by Sunday so seawatching at Severn Beach my be quiet. Are you new to the area ? Chew Valley Lake might be worth a look. Sightings posted here http://www.cvlbirding.co.uk/ You need a permit to enter most of the hides. But plenty of...
  8. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Get yerself down there. Lesser Scaup,Ferruginous Duck,Green Sandpiper and a couple of Little Gulls seen today
  9. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Hi Merlin, I am still alive.I thought this thread died a death so stopped posting on it. Was the factory Coopers ?. There is a big lake at the back of there which unfortunaltely can only be watched through railing around the back of some houses. I have had some decent birds there with a party...
  10. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Hi Stephen, Great Spotted Woodpecker is easy every morning in Kingsgate Park. I hear them drumming at around 8am . Westerleigh common is ok. The area I refer is the back along the railway line. It has the small lake and the woodland. I have recorded some good birds ie Spotted Flycatcher, Jack...
  11. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Hi Luke, ST531798 is the grid ref. Accessed from the A403 into Kingsweston Lane and then left onto the road to the refuse works. The small square is viewed from the road through a wire fence. The RND commutes between here and Portbury Wharf NR ST482770. If it is not in one place it can usually...
  12. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Hi Stephen, Sorry for the delay in replying. The small lake is right at the back of Westerleigh Common. The best way to approach it is to go via Westerleigh Close which is opposite Yate Station just after the Esso Garage. If you walk through the stile and along the track you will come to an...
  13. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Went up to Marshfield on Saturday morningto look for the flock of Brambling that have been at the playing fields. No problem finding them. Yesterday we went to Cheddar Reservoir. I saw the Great Northern Diver, Black Necked Grebes and the flock of Goosander. Couldn't find the Greater Scaup...
  14. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Hey Stephen P, I see you are from Chipping Sodbury. I am from Yate. We have some reasonable sites in CS/Yate. Westerleigh Common is good at the moment with a wintering Water Rail and Snipe. Also plenty of Stonechats down there at the moment. If you are lucky you may see the Kingfisher that is...
  15. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    We have had our share of good birds lately, what with the Cattle Egret at Chew and now the Glossy Ibis. Anybody know if the Great Northern Diver is still knocking about at Barrow? I might pop down if it is.
  16. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Hi Kev. Welcome aboard,any postings welcome. Chew looking interesting at the mo, Fudge Duck still there, two BN Grebes, Little Gull and Black Tern. Still need Black Tern for the year list so hopefully will get over there at the weekend. And Lesser Scaup still at Blagdon with 2 Black Terns
  17. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Lesser Scaup at Blagdon this morning for anyone who didn't see the ones earlier in the year.
  18. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Never thought of that. But I don't think the missus would be to impressed
  19. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Hi Merlin, Wednesday is a nightmare, I can't even go after work as I have to take my daughter to her swimming lesson GRRRRRRRR. Did you get the Spotted Crake or the Spotted Sand at Chew recently ?
  20. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Sabine's at Chew Just came through that there is a Sabine's Gull at Chew. Anybody going for it. I am stuck in work
  21. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    I saw a Peregrine in Yate this lunchtime. It was chasing Starlings around Westerleigh. I managed some record shots via mobile phone Anyway I'm off to Norfolk for a fortnights holiday, hopefully Bristol birding won't be too good while I am away
  22. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    And you say you don't get anything in Easton I had a Yellow Wagtail yesterday at the same site as the Hobby that I saw earlier in the week
  23. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    The Hobby was still hawking insects over the flooded field at lunchtime today along with a Kingfisher,Sedge Warbler,Little Grebe and a party of Bullfinches
  24. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Hi Larry, Quail have been reported from Marshfield this year with the most recent being last week. I went up there on Saturday but didn't hear any. Rushmead Lane is easy to find. If you go along the main road between Marshfield and Tormarton it is called Tormarton Road travelling from...
  25. Darren Pearce

    Bristol/Avon Birding

    Hi Merlin, Tortworth Lake is only open on the first sunday of the month March - Sept inc. There is a good flock of Mandarin there. Also if you carry further down the road over the motorway there is a gateway on your right hand side. If you go over the gate there is a footpath which leads to...
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