Wednesday 18 January 2017

18 Jan '17 Wednesday - Ring-billed Gull

Colder but drier and brighter today

Ring-billed Gull new in at Chew Valley Lake
The Cattle Egret still near Wick
Long-tailed Duck still on Barrow Tank no.3
Picture evidence of an Egyptian Goose at Aztec West

18-1-17 Ring-billed Gull (Chris Craig)
Herriots, CVL. New in today
Bristol
Clifton/Durdham Downs:
14 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Mistle Thrush
Cotham Hill:
1 Sparrowhawk
Crews Hole:
2+ Tawny Owl, 1 Song Thrush
Park St:
2 Raven
Stockwood garden:
2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit

18-1-17 Robin (Brian Thompson)
Stockwood garden birding
Stockwood Open Space:
1 Buzzard, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, Lots of Blue and Great Tit, 25+ Blackbird, 10 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush, 8 Robin, 8 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Linnet, 1 Chaffinch

Severn Beach:
4 Shelduck, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 7 Redshank, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Stonechat, 15 Linnet, several Reed Bunting

Old Sodbury:
1 Woodcock

Portbury Wharf:
54 Gadwall, 100 Shoveler (really good count for this site), 30 Coot, c.80 Linnet

Weston-Super-Mare, Locking Rd:
2 Raven
18-1-17 Short-eared Owl (Simon Williams)
Not been the best winter for SEOs in the region
Uphill:
1 Short-eared Owl

Aztec West:
1 Egyptian Goose
18-1-17 Exhausted Egyptian Goose (Duncan McLaughlin)
Fresh in from the Nile Valley (probably)

Toghill Farm, nr. Wick:
2 Cattle Egret


18-1-17 Blackbird still sitting tight (Glen Maddison)
Saltford:
1 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Raven, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Fieldfare, 300+ Redwing

Bath, Landsdown:
1 Kestrel, 2 Buzzard
18-1-17 Goal-hanging Buzzard & Kestrel (Sean Whyte)
Lansdown Playing Fields
Barrow Gurney Reservoirs:
Tufted Duck, Pochard, 1 Long-tailed Duck (tank no.3), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 22 Gadwall, 2 Pintail, 1 Little Egret, 20 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
3 Scaup, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Mistle Thrush
Woodford:
1 Scaup, 1 Common Scoter, 25+ Goldeneye, 6 Goosander, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 10+ Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 100+ Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush 
Heron's Green:
1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper

18-1-17 Water Rail (Ian Stapp)
Very showy at Moreton, CVL
Moreton:
55 Teal, 4 Pochard, 3 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Water Rail, 9 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 20+ Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch

18-1-17 2nd winter Mediterranean Gull (Chris Craig)
Herriotts End:
7 Bewick's Swan, 14 Shelduck, 11 Pintail, 3 Goldeneye, 1 Peregrine, 184 Lapwing, 1 2W Mediterranean Gull, 1 Ring-billed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports: Teresa Chard, Chris Craig, Lee Gardiner, Glen Maddison, Duncan McLaughlin, Nige Milbourne, John Mortin, Lois Pryce, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, David Teague, John Thorogood, Chris Vines, Sean Whyte, Simon Williams, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG