Sunday 18 February 2018

18-02-18 Sunday - Hawfinch

Overcast, mild

Cattle Egret
Great White Egret
Jack Snipe
Firecrest
Hawfinch, Siskin

18-2-18 Short-eared Owls at Aust Warth (Craig Lewis)


              LAST CALL FOR RARITY NOTES (see bottom of page)


BRISTOL

Redland:
Garden in Kersteman Road - 1 Firecrest

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

18-2-18 Short-eared Owl, Aust Warth (NSL Birding)
18-2-18 Short-eared Owl, Aust Warth (GingerBirder)
Aust Warth:
The Short-eared Owl Show: up to 4 birds and at least 20 cars with spectators late afternoon. Also again one lone photographer right out on the saltmarsh, potentially disturbing the birds while hunting as well as spoiling things for everyone else

Ham Green:
Nuthatch.

Yate:
Kingsgate Park: 4 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, singing Blackcap

Frampton Cotterell, Frampton End / Mayshill:
2 Pheasant, 1 Skylark, c25 Fieldfare, Song thrush, c50 Chaffinch 5 Yellowhammer.


NORTH SOMERSET
 18-2-18 Buzzard, Gordano Valley (Jason Williams)
Gordano:
Buzzard with distinctive markings

Clevedon-Yeo:
inc WeBS count: 1 Mute Swan, 90+Shelduck, 120 Wigeon, 90 Teal, 8 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, 12 Goosander, 5 Cormorant, 5 Little Egret, 1Grey Heron, 1Buzzard, 1Peregrine, 30 Oystercatcher, 22 Grey Plover, 160 Lapwing, 5 Ringed Plover, 150+ Curlew, 18 Turnstone, 12 Knot, 1400 Dunlin, 310 Redshank, 3 Jack Snipe, 1 Snipe, 400 Black-headed Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Raven, 10 Skylark, 1 Stonechat, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit

17-2-18 Little Egret roosting, Backwell Lake (Higgy)
Backwell Lake:
Into roost: at least 26 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 7 Cormorant, 50+ Starling, 8 Grey Wagtail,
+ 8 Fieldfare
1 Peregrine at nearby site

Kenn:
30 Mute Swan, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 6 Stonechat

Yatton:
Wemberham Lane - 1 Peregrine, 500 Starling, 70 Fieldfare

Langford:
2 Great Tit,  2 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit,1 Goldcrest, 7 Goldfinch, 5 Bullfinch (3m 2f )

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
Oldland: 3 Hawfinch still in St Anne's churchyard

18-2-18 Mistle Thrush, Saltford (Rob Hargreaves)
18-2-18 Redwing, Saltford (Rob Hargreaves)

Saltford:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 100 Starling, 350 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 14 Robin, 20 Pied Wagtail, 8 Chaffinch, 5  Bullfinch (4m 1f), 14 Greenfinch, 30 Goldfinch
18-2-18 Peregrine, Bath (BUPP)

Bath:
St Mark's Church: Jemima Parry-Jones of, inter alia, @ICBPNewent fame, recommended we increase the depth of gravel in the nest box this year. Here tiercel AA appears to be intrigued by the depth of the foxhole his good lady falcon has crafted.


18-2-18 Prior Park (Glenn Maddison)
Prior Park:
18 Hawfinch still present in yews near the school (see photo above), though mobile

18-2-18 Hawfinch, Bath Spa University, Newton St Loe (NSLBirding)
Newton St Loe:
71 Teal, 5 Song Thrush, 9+ Hawfinch, 15+ Siskin

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake

Stratford Lane:
Cattle Egret, 4 Little Egret

18-2-18 Pintail, Herriott's Pool, CVL (Bob Brewer)
Herriotts:
6 Pintail

Chew Valley Ringing Station:
An occasional visitor to CVRS turned up again - a Robin ringed here as an immature bird in Sept 2014; it was around during Jan and Feb 2015 but wasn't seen again until July 2017 during its post-breeding moult. Also seen here in Jan this year.

from a few days ago: Barn Owl, Marshfield (Dan)


LAST CALL FOR RARITY NOTES

The Recorders Committee will be meeting shortly to finalise the records
to be used in the compilation of the 2017 Avon Bird report. We are still
lacking notes to support any of the records listed below so none of
these records will be considered for inclusion. If you saw any of these
birds please take the short amount of time needed to send some notes to
avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk
Thanks 
Rich Mielcarek

Species                                   Count            Date               Site
Whooper Swan126/10/2017Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y), Clevedon Pill

Lesser Scaup112/11/2017Chew Valley Lake (CVL)

Great Northern Diver111/11/2017Chew Valley Lake (CVL)
Balearic Shearwater111/09/2017Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head
Leach's Petrel111/09/2017Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head
Leach's Petrel413/09/2017Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head
Cattle Egret211/02/2017Winterbourne, Moorend, R Frome
Cattle Egret117/02/2017Congresbury

Great White Egret117/02/2017Kenn Moor, Claverham Drove

Great White Egret121/04/2017New Passage / Northwick Warth, PW

Grey Phalarope111/09/2017Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head
Ring-billed GullPresent08/01/2017Chew Valley Lake (CVL)
Caspian GullPresent02/03/2017Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Villice
Turtle Dove125/04/2017Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y)
Turtle Dove201/06/2017Bristol, Sea Mills, Sylvan Way
Nightjar115/10/2017Avonmouth, Trading Estate, Severn Rd to Hallen
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker103/04/2017Tortworth, Michael Wood, Little River Avon
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker313/04/2017R. Chew N of Compton Dando
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker108/05/2017Wickwar, Lower Woods
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker525/06/2017R. Chew N of Compton Dando
Willow Tit121/12/2017Radstock, Cycle Track
Woodlark129/10/2017New Passage / Northwick Warth
Yellow-browed Warbler115/10/2017Winterbourne
Waxwing114/01/2017Yate
Waxwing2014/01/2017Bristol, Fishponds, Staple Hill, CO-OP
Waxwing117/01/2017Aust
Waxwing604/02/2017Bristol, Staple Hill, Signal Rd
Waxwing401/03/2017Thornbury
Tree Sparrow131/10/2017Dundry, Garden
Richard's Pipit124/09/2017Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y), Channel View farm sea wall
Hawfinch115/10/2017Aust Cliff
Hawfinch118/10/2017Aust Cliff
Hawfinch131/10/2017Dundry, Garden
Hawfinch202/11/2017Cribbs Causeway
Hawfinch110/11/2017Dundry
Hawfinch130/11/2017Tortworth, Court
Lapland Bunting115/10/2017Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y) Wain's Hill 


Reports: Bath Urban Peregrine Project, Bob Brewer, Karle Burford, Mark Coller, David Goodliffe, Robert Hargreaves, Higgy, Craig Lewis, Glenn Maddison, Paul Milsom, Greg Poole, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Brian Thompson, Jason Williams,  blagdonlakebirdsCVRS,   nslbirdingopsbirding,   severnsidebirds,    TBOSG