Thursday 8 February 2018

8-2-18 Thursday - Jack Snipe

A reasonable day - some sun though quite chilly

Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Black-necked Grebe 
Jack Snipe
Hawfinch

8-1-18 drake Scaup, CVL (Pagan Birder)
BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
4 Redwing

8-2-18 Grey Heron, Stoke Park, Bristol (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
Stoke Park: 
8 Mallard, 1 Gray Heron, 4 Buzzards 10 Moorhen, 1 Black-headed Gull, 16 Feral Pigeon, 31 Wood Pigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 16 Magpie, 9 Jackdaw, 11 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 13 Blue Tit, 12 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 12 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Robin, 2 Stonechat, 1 Dunnock, 5 Bullfinch, 5 Greenfinch, 35 Goldfinch

Redland Green:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chaffinch, 2  Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Latteridge:
1 Goldcrest, 2 Redwing


NORTH SOMERSET


Portbury Wharf:
1 Barn Owl, 1+ Little Owl calling (7-2-18)

Nailsea - Queens Rd:
2 Little Egret - flying towards Backwell Lake (17:30)

Clevedon - Yeo:
Blind Yeo - Clevedon Moor: 1 Mute Swan, 47 Canada Goose, 32 Teal, 6 Mallard, 20 Goosander (18 one side of bridge and 2 further up), 3 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 7 Little Grebe, 6 Moorhen, 8 Herring Gull

Kenn:
4 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Snipe, 5 Jack Snipe (YACWAG reserve).

Kenn Moor - Claverham Drove:
22 Mute Swan


BELOW M4 & BANES


Marshfield:
2 Raven (Garston Farm airstrip), 1 Hawfinch (usual garden)

Keynsham: 
1 Peregrine (scattering pigeons from Block A Riverside at the old Somerdale complex)


Goldcrest 8th Feb 2018 NSL (Wayne Tucker)
Newton-St- Loe:
50 Teal, 1 Goosander, 2 Coot, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Skylark, 3 Goldcrest, 25 Meadow Pipit, 5 Greenfinch 150 + Linnet, 10 Siskin, 40+ Yellowhammer, (pick of a 45 species day)

RESERVOIRS:


Barrow Tanks:
Drake Long-tailed Duck still present, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake
Scaup  - 1♀ + 2♂

8-2-18 Black-necked Grebe, CVL (Pagan Birder)
Moreton:
1 Black-necked Grebe


Reports: Chris Craig, Rich Giles, Trevor Riddle, Gareth Roberts, Chris Hall, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Robert Hawkridge, Harvey Rose, Chris Stone, Larry Sweetland, Christopher Teague, Denise Whittle, Penny Wills,  blagdonlakebirdsCVRS,   nslbirdingopsbirding,   severnsidebirdsTBOSG