Sightings 5/1/16

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 6 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 1 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 5 Linnet, 1 Bullfinch.

Eastville Park (Bristol):
2 Grey Heron, 12 Long-tailed Tit.

St George (Bristol):
Crews Hole: 1 Jay, garden feeders.

5/1/16 Ring-necked Parakeet (David Gibbs)
in the park
1 nearby at Ridgeway Rd, Fishponds 23/11/15

Chipping Sodbury:
1 flyover Peregrine mid-day.

Yate:

Harescombe: 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Redpoll, 2 Bullfinch.

Oldbury Power Station:
1 fly-by Greylag Goose, 182 Wigeon, 558 Teal, 156 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck, 9 Little Egret (patch record), 5 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, 2 Water Rail, 4 Golden Plover, 3 Grey Plover, 450 Lapwing, 1 Knot, 1,200 Dunlin, 12 Curlew (+ more on distant sandbanks), 25 Redshank, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Redpoll, 30 Reed Bunting (good count for here).

Aust Warth:
1 Merlin into dusk. No Owls reported.

Severn Beach:
Orchard Pools: 1 Firecrest again (Dan White). Near the bridge.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane end: 2 Tawny Owl, early hours, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Portishead:
Boating Lake: 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Pochard new, 4 Tufted Duck.
Marina: 16 Canada Goose.

Weston Down:
1 Blackcap trapped and ringed.

Sand Pt/Bay:
1 Fulmar up, 2 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 2 Siskin.

Keynsham Weir:

5/1/16 Goosander (Martyn Hayes)

Pensford:

2 Buzzard, 40 Lapwing, 4 Common Gull, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Goldcrest, 19 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 90 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 30 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Bullfinch.

Barrow Tanks:
1 Kestrel.

Litton Res:
6 Mute Swan, 1 Canada Goose, 6 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck, 8 Cormorant, 12 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Jay, 5 Raven, 2 Grey Wagtail.

5/1/16 Great Crested Grebe (Mrs Trellis)

Planet Chew:

Little Egret: 26 in the field opposite HG bay this afternoon, to the left of the pool.
Scaup: 3 1st winter drakes in HG Bay.
Lesser Scaup: The drake showing well from Wick Green Pt today.
Black-headed Gull: 2 with full summer hoods seen today.
BH Gull 21S3: Seen yesterday: Ringed as a chick at Hosehill LNR (Berks) in 2015. Then reported at Planet Chew July 2015, another Chew report October 2015 so it appears to be a site faithful bird.
Otter:  Seen at Stratford 12.40pm, Heron's Green 1.40pm and Wick Green Pt but difficult to say how many animals involved (Rich Mielcarek, Ian Stapp).
Otter Gill very happy anyway.

Other stuff, 17 Shelduck, 7 Wigeon, 11 Goldeneye, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 5 Goosander, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 5 Water Rail, 79 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Barn Owl (Herriott's at dusk), 2 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 500 Jackdaw (to roost at Villice Bay), 1 Raven, 3 Goldcrest, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 500 Starling, 52 Fieldfare, 35 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Bullfinch.

Reports: Nick Beamson, Teresa Chard, Lee Gardiner, David Gibbs, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Andy Middleton, Richard Mielcarek, Karin Rhodes, John Rickard, Lyndon Roberts, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Anita Teague, Mrs Trellis, Mike Trew, Keith Vinicombe, Dan White, opsbirding.