Saturday 13 February 2016

Sightings 13/2/16

Stoke Bishop (Bristol):
Church Ave: 1 Tawny Owl, up  to 4 Blackcap daily.

W-o-T (Bristol) 10/2/16:
High Street: 1 Mallard pair, river Trym.

Marshfield:
Rushmead Lane end: 36 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 60 Fieldfare, 500 mixed Corvid, 3 Stonechat.
13/2/16 Red-legged Partridge (Dan White)

13/2/16 Kestrel (Dan White)
One of the worst Kestrel pics we've ever seen
Overscourt Wood:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose, 3 Red-legged Partridge, 70 Snipe (lagoon 3), 1 Raven, 10 Skylark, 3 Stonechat, 1 Siskin.

New Passage-Northwick:
42 Canada Goose, 1 db Brent Goose, 64 Shelduck, 24 Gadwall, 55 Shoveler, 7 Tufted duck, 4 Little Egret, 14 Coot, 25 Lapwing, 170 Curlew.

Pill:
Crockerne Drive: 1 Coal Tit, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 10 House Sparrow, 8 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch.
13/2/16 Coal Tit (Paul Milsom)
Portishead:
Redcliffe Bay: 2 Brambling, in garden with Chaffinches. Pretty scarce locally this winter.

Clevedon coast:
Yeo Est: 1 Grey Plover, 100 Dunlin, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 150 Curlew, 100 Redshank.
2 Avocet also reported here, anyone have any details on this?

Bristol Airport:
200 Pied Wagtail in roost, staff car-park.

Sand Pt 11/2/16:
1 Firecrest, by the car-park.

Sand Bay:
1 Water Rail, 2 Knot, 500 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 11 Snipe.

Blagdon Lake:
2 Barnacle Goose, 1 Shelduck, 3 Black-necked Grebe.

Planet Chew:
4 Mediterranean Gull in the roost this evening.


Reports: Anthony Goodwin, Paul Gregory, Matthew Heaver, Adrian Hockey, Roger Jolliffe, John Martin, Paul Milsom, Beryl Tully, Roger White, BL birds, cvlbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.