Monday 15 January 2018

15-1-18 Monday - Hawfinches

Wet or very wet with some breaks in the rain.  Not freezing but a chilly 7℃.

Lesser Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Short-eared Owl
Hawfinches


Bullfinches always brighten up a dull day (Alison Stacey)
BRISTOL

Combe Dingle:
Wren, Jay, 3 Bullfinch (2m, 1f) in garden today.

Redland:
m. Blackcap.

St Werburgh's Road BS2:
1 Grey Wagtail in culvert.

St Andrew's Park BS6:
29 Redwing.

Kingfisher at Willsbridge finally rewarding patient photographer Bri Thompson
Willsbridge:
Kingfisher.

3 Ring-necked Parakeets around Oldland Common and church (Dan White)
Oldland Common:3 Ring-necked Parakeet.

Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:
Hawfinch.


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Peregrine, m. Black Redstart.

Aust Warth:
Buzzard, Water Rail, 2 Kestrel, 1 Short-eared Owl.


NORTH SOMERSET

Pill:
Nuthatch in the garden.

Portishead:
2 f. Blackcap (wintering in my garden and defending the fat balls against all comers).

Green Woodpecker in Bleadon (William Hewitt)
Clevedon-Yeo:
2 dark bellied Brent Geese, 2 Little Egret, Water Rail, 25 Lapwing, 50 Curlew, a Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 4 Fieldfare and a Rock Pipit.

Bleadon:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Redwing, 1 Blackcap, 4 Greenfinch, 3 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.

Siskin, always good to have visiting your feeders (David Goodliffe)
Langford:
1 m. Siskin, 20+ Goldfinch,  7 Bullfinch (4 m., 3 f.).




BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham:
3 Woodpigeon, 1 Blackcap, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Goldfinch.


Bath:
Blackcap, Blue Tit (photos above by Sean Whyte), 15 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 1 f. Bullfinch.


Paulton:
1 Kestrel, 60 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Raven.

(Sewage works)
50 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit.


RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
adult male Long-tailed Duck.


Blagdon Lake:
2 Black-necked Grebe, adult ♂ Pochard x Ferruginous Duck, adult ♂ Pochard x Tufted Duck, adult winter Mediterranean Gull, adult ♀ Brambling with the Chaffinches at feeders.


Chew Valley Lake
adult m. Lesser Scaup.


Reports: Karl, Burford, Ken Carruthers, Alastair Fraser, David Goodliffe, Patrick Hancock, William Hewitt, Paul Milsom, Tony Scott, Nigel Sluman, Bri Thompson, Dan White, Sean Whyte, 'talkingtobears',  blagdonlakebirdsCVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG