Sunday 21 February 2016

Sightings 21/2/16

21/2/16 Wood Duck (Gill Sapsed)
Winterbourne pond, seen here intermittently since January 2015.
Bishopsworth (Bristol):
Crox Bottom: 1 Little Grebe, 1 Goldcrest, 14 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Goldfinch.

St Andrews Park (Bristol):
40 Starling, 15 Redwing.

Wickwar:
Lower Woods: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Marsh Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 75 mixed Fieldfare/Redwing, 4 Bullfinch.

Winterbourne:
Pond: the Wood Duck still present.

Warmley:
Goldney Ave garden: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 16 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch of note.

Littleton Warth: 20/2/16:
20 Little Egret into roost at the AWT reserve.

Easter Compton:
30 LBB Gull, 90 Herring Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 60 Jackdaw, 20 Rook, 60 Starling, 15 Redwing.

Aust Warth:
1 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting.

Severn Beach:
7 Common Scoter, 50+ Kittiwake.
21/2/16 Kittiwake (Dan White)
50+ here this afternoon during strong winds
Portishead:
Battery Pt: 4 Purple Sandpiper (Bethany Gale, aged 10).

Yatton:
Cadbury Hill: 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 7 Redwing, 1 Bullfinch.

Newton St Loe:
18 Teal, 4 Goosander, 9 Grey Heron (nesting), 1 Little Grebe, 200 Woodpigeon, 2 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Skylark, 2 Nuthatch, 150 Starling, 1 Fieldfare, 60 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 5 Siskin, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Yellowhammer.

Bath:
Lidl store: 1 flyover Peregrine this evening.

Backwell Lake:
16 Mute Swan, 7 Canada Goose, 2 Pochard, 10 Tufted Duck, 18 Little Egret (into roost), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 175 BH Gull, 100+ Woodpigeon (into roost).

Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 3 Black-necked Grebe still, 1 Siskin.

Planet Chew:
Herriott's end: 1 Bittern this morning (Mya-Rose Craig).
Other stuff, 1 Greylag Goose, 3 Barnacle Goose, 17 Shelduck, 2 GBB Gull, 40 Starling, 40 Fieldfare, 45 Redwing.
21/2/16 Buzzard (Mrs Trellis)
the pale bird frequenting Heron's Green end in recent months

Reports: Mya-Rose Craig, Nick Cryer, Steve Emery, Bethany Gale, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, Paul House, Nigel Milbourne, Chris Perry, Dave Poulton, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle, Gill Sapsed, Mrs Trellis, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, Dan White, severnsidebirds.