Monday 18 January 2016

Sightings 18/1/16

Snuff Mills (Bristol):
1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper.

Eastville Park (Bristol):
1 Dipper.
18/1/16 Sparrowhawk (Geoff Daniels)
in a nearby garden
St George (Bristol):
Crews Hole: 2 Jay, garden.

St Andrews (Bristol):
Park: 50 Starling, 10 Redwing, 30 Goldfinch.

Clifton (Bristol):
College Fields: 2 Blackcap, 26 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush.

Avonmouth (Bristol):
Docks shore: 15 Shelduck, 7 Gadwall, 31 Teal, 77 Mallard, 2 Cormorant, 4 Oystercatcher, 10 Ringed Plover, 1,000 Dunlin, 9 Curlew, 77 Redshank, 2 Turnstone, 150 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 33 Herring Gull, 2 GBB Gull.

Marshfield:
Rushmead Lane: 400 Golden Plover.
Shirehill Lane: 200+ Fieldfare.

New Passage-Northwick:
27 Canada Goose, 30 Shelduck, 450 Lapwing (only 40 yesterday).

Severn Beach:
1 Purple Sandpiper still at the pipes (Matt Hobbs). 1 Grey Plover, 200 Turnstone here also.

Portbury Dock:
Shore: 102 Shelduck, 18 Wigeon, 1 Cormorant, 400 Dunlin, 25 Curlew, 40 Redshank, 20 BH Gull, 2 Common Gull, 22 LBB Gull, 17 Herring Gull, 4 GBB Gull.

Portbury Wharf:
Shore: 112 Wigeon, 200 Teal, 4 Mallard, 11 Dunlin, 12 Curlew, 5 Snipe, 15 Redshank, 15 BH Gull, 3 Herring Gull.

Portishead:
Boating Lake: 4 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 8 Tufted Duck.
Springfield Rd: 2 Blackcap.
Marina: 1 Redshank, lifeboat station.
Lower Down Rd: 1 Blackcap.
18/1/16 Blackcap (Geoff Harris)
Kenn Moor:
Manmoor Bridge: 2 Mute Swan, 29 Canada Goose, 1 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe.

Yatton:
Stowey Rd: 2 Coal Tit, 2 Blackcap, 100 flyover Fieldfare, 500 flyover Starling, 4 Reed Bunting.

Clevedon:
Woodland Glade: 6+ Long-tailed Tit regular in garden plus several Coal Tit.
Lower Knowles Rd: 2 Black Redstart still present.

Worle:
Lower Kewstoke Rd: 2 Blackcap, 2 Brambling.
18/1/16 Brambling (Dean Reeves)
Sand Bay:
Beach Rd: 2 Dartford Warbler still (possibly a 3rd bird),  6+ Stonechat (Mike Donne). Birds mobile along road between Nos. 32-70.

Weston beach/Axe Est:
16 Ringed Plover, 31 Lapwing, 13 Sanderling, 800 Dunlin, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 23 Curlew, 11 Redshank, 2 flyover Raven.

Keynsham:
Civic Centre: 1 drake Mandarin Duck, river Chew with Mallard this morning.

Newton St Loe:
Lake: 21 Goosander (9m, 12f) of great note for here. Lauren and Wayne Tucker currently in orbit somewhere over Bath.
Other stuff, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Siskin

Blagdon Lake:
2 Black-necked Grebe.

Litton Res:
1 Canada Goose, 6 Teal, 11 Tufted Duck, 8 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Wagtail.

Planet Chew:
3 Goldeneye, 14 Little Egret (HG field again), 1 Buzzard, 2 GBB Gull, 3 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 18 Fieldfare, 2 House Sparrow, 3 Bullfinch.

Pochard: 80 drakes and 12 ducks counted.

Reports: Geoff Daniels, Geoff Dicker, Mike Donne, David Esam, Lee Gardiner, Geoff Harris, Higgy, Matt Hobbs, Jon Mortin, Shane Pannell, Helen Pedder, Dean Reeves, John Rickard, Lyndon Roberts, Mrs Trellis, BL birds, severnsidebirds, TBOSG.