Friday 15 January 2016

Sightings 15/1/16

Penduline Tit (Bob Telford)
the Glos birds at Horsebere Brook SO866 188
A417 park at lay-by by the Premier Inn
Penduline Tit is a great rarity in Avon, just 1 accepted record (Portbury Jan 2012) and 1 pending record (Dyrham Park March 2015).

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Magpie, 20+ Blackbird, 12 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 25 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch.

Ashton Court (Bristol):
Mansion House environs: 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 70 Redwing, 2 Nuthatch.

Eastville Park (Bristol):
2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Firecrest still, 12+ Goldcrest.
(14/1/16) Kingfisher (Lee Gardiner)
a flight shot from yesterday we like

15/1/16 Goldcrest (Rich Scantlebury)
lots in the park today apparently
Brentry (Bristol):
Fishpool Hill: 2 Siskin, garden feeders this morning.

Shirehampton (Bristol):
Lamplighters: 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Redshank, 4 Raven.

Sea Mills (Bristol):
WeBS: 20 Mallard, 3 Grey Heron, 17 Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 94 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 6 LBB Gull, 9 Herring Gull.

Marshfield:
Thorough thrash of the patch, 6 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 42 Golden Plover, 10 Lapwing, 50 BH Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2,500 Common Gull, 100 LBB Gull, 150 Herring Gull, 100 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 1,000 Corvid (mainly Jackdaw), 150 Skylark, 150 Fieldfare, 100 Starling, 5 Stonechat, 50 Chaffinch, 60 Corn Bunting.
15/1/16 Mediterranean Gull (Martyn Hayes)
Marshfield farm, in with other gulls
Chipping Sodbury:
Robin Way: 1 flyover Peregrine to NW 1pm.

Oldbury Power Station:
WeBS: 2 Shelduck, 240 Wigeon, 500 Teal, 128 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Plover, 500 Lapwing, 160 Dunlin, 56 Snipe (good count here), 300 Curlew, 21 Redshank.
Other stuff, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 500 Starling (evening roost), 2 House Sparrow, 2 Stonechat.

New Passage-Northwick:
Shore & wetland: 7 Mute Swan, 8 Canada Goose, 32 Shelduck, 500 Wigeon, 20 Gadwall, 110 Teal, 1 Pintail, 51 Shoveler, 11 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 male Merlin, 2 Water Rail, 100 Oystercatcher, 160 Lapwing, 500 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 140+ Curlew, 30+ Redshank, 35 Turnstone, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Water Pipit.
15/1/16 Turnstone (Lisa Presland)
Severn Beach:
3 Shelduck, 30 Mallard, 4 Cormorant, 80 Oystercatcher, 7 Ringed Plover, 31 Snipe, 70 Curlew, 22 Redshank, 80 Turnstone, 2 Rock Pipit.

Portishead:
Battery Pt: 8 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Rock Pipit.
Boating Lake: 5 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Tufted Duck.
Sailing Club: 1 regular Sparrowhawk.

Wraxall:
Tyntesfield: 1 Buzzard.

Kenn Moor:
43 Mute Swan, 19 Canada Goose, 20 Teal, 4 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 8 Little Grebe (river Kenn, Manmoor), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 100 Fieldfare, 300 Starling, 1 Stonechat, 40 Goldfinch, 10 Siskin.

Yatton:
Wemberham Lane: 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 150 Fieldfare.

Chelvey:
50 Starling, 150 Redwing.

Kewstoke:
15/1/16 Buzzard (Steve Judd)
in fields at Sand Rd
Sand Bay:
Beach Rd: 1 Dartford Warbler still (opp No.43 today), 4 Stonechat, 1 Bullfinch.

Paulton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 11 Blackbird, 20 Fieldfare, 100 Redwing, 30 Linnet, 5 Yellowhammer plus 100 flyover BH Gull, presumably en route to Planet Chew.

Radstock:
1 Dipper (river Somer), 1 Treecreeper.
15/1/16 Treecreeper (Rob Beale)
Backwell Lake:
16 Mute Swan, 13 Canada Goose, 1 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Water Rail, 100 BH Gull, 8 Common Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Otter again 3.30pm.

Planet Chew:
14 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon, 1 Scaup (Moreton), 18 Goldeneye, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 GBB Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Siskin, 2 Bullfinch.
15/1/16 Red-breasted Merganser (Ian Stapp)
off Moreton

Reports: Sheila Ablitt, Rob Beale, Nick Beamson, Paul Bowerman, Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, Chris Craig, Mark Dadds, Patrick Hancock, Ian Hayes, Martyn Hayes, Higgy, Adrian Hockey, Steve Judd, Andy Middleton, Lisa Presland, John Rickard, Trevor Riddle, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Bob Telford, Mrs Trellis, severnsidebirds, TBOSG.