Friday 19 February 2016

Sightings 19/2/16

19/2/16 Greylag Goose & Barnacle Goose (Bob Brewer)
Planet  Chew, Herriott's this morning
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Bishopsworth (Bristol):
St Peter's Church: 1 Tawny Owl calling 3.15am.

Filton (Bristol):
Abbey Wood MOD: 20 Siskin with Goldfinches. Present all week apparently.

Marshfield:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Stonechat.

Shepperdine:
5 Shoveler.

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Shoveler, on the lake.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 10+ Chaffinch.

Backwell village:
Uncombe Close: 3 Jay, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, 6 Siskin, daily visitors into the garden. Feeding is costing the observer a small fortune.

Backwell Lake:
16 Mute Swan, 18 Canada Goose, 2 Bar-headed Goose types, 4 Pochard, 10 Tufted Duck, 10 Little Egret (into roost), 110+ Woodpigeon (into roost).

Congresbury Moor:
25 Snipe, 20 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 10 Meadow Pipit, 1 Siskin.

Sand Bay:
1 female Merlin, 2 Dartford Warbler still, 1 Water Pipit.

Uphill:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Short-eared Owl. 1 Kingfisher, 2 flyover Siskin.

Weston STW:
3 Canada Goose, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Coot.

Newton St Loe:
24 Teal, 6 Goosander, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 8 Redwing, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Yellowhammer.
19/2/16 Treecreeper (Robert Hargreaves)
Paulton:
Village lanes: 1 Buzzard, 1 Common Gull, 50 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 70 Jackdaw, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackbird, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Meadow Pipit, 12 Chaffinch, 24 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch.
Sewage Works: 7 Grey Wagtail, 45 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit.

Litton Res:
1 Mute Swan, 1 Canada Goose, 23 Tufted Duck, 4 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 12 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Coot, 8 Moorhen, 1 Raven, 4 Goldcrest, 30 Starling.

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Goosander, 3 Black-necked grebe again, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Planet Chew:
Bittern: 1 in the reed-bed near the Herriott's channel this 11am morning (Bob Brewer).
Mediterrranean Gull: 8 birds in the roost this evening (6 ads, 2 immatures, John Martin).

Other stuff, 14 Shelduck, 5 Wigeon, 4 Shoveler, 15 Pochard, 1 Scaup (Villice), 200 Tufted Duck (Villice), 12 Goldeneye, 5 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Lapwing, 8 Snipe (Moreton), 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 House Sparrow.


Reports: Bill Blake, Bob Brewer, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Chris Johnson, Robin Lambert, John Martin, Dave Poulton, Karin Rhodes, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Nick Tippett, Mrs Trellis, BL birds, opsbirding.