Saturday 28 January 2017

28 Jan '17 Saturday - Dartford Warbler

Grey start, some rain, some sun later

Strangely quiet for a reasonable weekend day

Great White Egret on Blind Yeo
Dartford Warbler at Sand Bay
Cattle Egret at Toghill Farm
Black-necked Grebe at Chew

BRISTOL
Bishopston Garden:
1 m Blackcap chasing Great Tits, Dunnocks, House Sparrows, and Goldfinches off the feeders

Bristol Garden:
1 Wood Pigeon, 2 Great Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 7 Goldfinch

Duchess Pond:
2 Teal, 4 Redwing
City Centre:
3 Peregrine
28-1-17 Peregrine (Dan White)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Peregrine

Littleton Pits:
3 Shoveler, 1 Water Rail, 120+ Lapwing over, Cetti's Warbler, 2m Bullfinch,  1 House Sparrow

Aust Wharf: 
1 Kestrel

New Passage/Northwick:
8 Gadwall, 11 Tufted Duck, Knot, Dunlin, c.300 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Rock Pipit


NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake:
15 Mute swans; 4 Canada Geese; 2 Gadwall, Shoveler, 6 Pochard, 2 pair Goosander, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Water Rail, 50 BH Gulls; 1 LBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, plus resident Muscovy Duck

Clevedon-Blind Yeo:
1 Great White Egret

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:
3 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush singing

Weston Moor:
2 Gadwall, 15 Meadow Pipit


28-1-17 Dartford Warbler at Sand Bay (Simon Williams)
Sand Bay:
2 Dartford Warbler


Below M4 & BANES

Pennsylvania:
4 Buzzard, 100 Golden Plover, 40 Fieldfare, 200 Starling, 1 Stonechat

Marshfield:
7 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Buzzard, 77 Golden Plover, 110 Lapwing, 300 Common Gull, 4 Collared Dove, 3 Magpie, plenty of Jackdaw, Rook and Carrion Crow. c.40 Skylark, c.30 Starling, c.70 Fieldfare, c.15 Redwing 5 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 18 Meadow Pipit, 6 Chaffinch, c.20 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, c.40 Yellowhammer,1 Reed Bunting, c.16 Corn Bunting

28-1-17 Cattle Egret at Toghill Farm (Nigel Johnston)
Toghill Farm:
Cattle Egret

Newton St Loe:
3 Mute Swans, 10 Goosander, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 8 Moorhen, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 30+ Redwing, 18 Goldfinch


RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank 3:
8 Gadwall, 30 Teal, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 36 Lapwing

Blagdon Lake:
No reports
28-1-17 Scaup at CVL (Lee Gardiner)
Chew Valley Lake:
10 Scaup, 1 Common Scoter (Dam)

Heron's Green:
Black-necked Grebe


Reports: Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, Lee Gardiner, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, Robin Lambert, Nigel Johnston, John Martin, Trevor Riddle, Gareth Roberts, Mike Saffery, Richard Scantlebury, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Thomas, Mrs Trellis, Jason Williams, Simon Williams, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds