 |
| 24/2/16 Hooded Merganser (Robert Hargreaves) Corsham Lake, Wilts |
Quite a few birders have made the 'insurance policy' trek to see this bird just in case it gets accepted as a genuine migrant. Don't hold your breath though...
Fairly quiet everywhere, typical of late February. The Spring rush isn't too far away though....
Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 18 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 20 Blackbird, 5 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 6 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch, 5 Bullfinch.
Eastville Park (Bristol):
 |
| 24/2/16 Firecrest (Allan Chard) up to 2 birds regular here during Jan/Feb so far |
Marshfield:
Rushmead Lane: 1 male Merlin.Thornbury:
Butt Lane: 30 Stock Dove, 15 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer, 1 Reed Bunting.
Shepperdine:
7 Shoveler.
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Short-eared Owl, lagoon 3 this afternoon.
Other stuff, 2 Shoveler, 7 Tufted Duck, 3 Water Rail (lagoon 2), 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 200 Curlew (26 colour-ringed), 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 30 Meadow Pipit, 2 Redpoll, 2 Reed Bunting.
Aust Warth:
Cake Pill: 50 Wigeon, 150 Teal, 160 Dunlin, 22 Snipe, 14 Curlew, 9 Redshank.
New Passage-Northwick:
10 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 20 Canada Goose, 50 Shelduck, just 1 Wigeon, 20 Gadwall, 120 Teal, 45 Shoveler, 10 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 32 Coot, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Stonechat.
Severn Beach:
Orchard Pools: 2 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 1 Coot, 2 Water Rail, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler.
Hallen:
2 Buzzard.
Easter Compton:
Dyer's Common: 3 Mute Swan, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 5 Skylark, 90 Starling, 2 Redwing, 25 Goldfinch, 4 Reed Bunting of note.
Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane: 1 Jay, 7 Rook, 1 Coal Tit, garden.
Pool: 1 Tawny Owl calling this evening.
Ham Green:
A369: 1 Barn Owl out hunting 5.30am this morning.
Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 28 Canada Goose, 220 Shelduck, 355 Wigeon, 120 Teal, 5 Shoveler, 3 Goosander (Blind Yeo), 10 Little Grebe (Blind Yeo), 2 Peregrine, 39 Oystercatcher, 6 Ringed Plover, 5 Grey Plover, 25 Lapwing, 2,750 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 14 Snipe, 175 Curlew, 345 Redshank, 26 Turnstone, 1 Kingfisher (Blind Yeo), 36 Skylark, 150 Fieldfare, 110 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 3 Grey Wagtail, 3 Rock Pipit.
Uphill:
 |
| 24/2/16 Short-eared Owl (Dan White) 3 birds showing really well today & abs minty pics by Dan |
Paulton:
Village surrounds: 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Treecreeper, 9 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 30 Redwing, 10 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 4 Siskin, 5 Bullfinch.Sewage Works: 9 Grey Wagtail, 40 Pied Wagtail.
Marksbury:
100 Lapwing.
Keynsham:
4 Raven (much display overhead), 14 Goldfinch.
Blagdon Lake:
11 fly-by Little Egret, unusual here since the high water levels at the lake.
Other stuff, 14 Mute Swan, 1 Egyptian Goose, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 5 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Planet Chew:
22 Canada Goose, 20 Shelduck, 14 Goldeneye, 15 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Mistle Thrush, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 14 Pied Wagtail.
 |
| 24/2/16 Buzzard (Ian Stapp) the pale bird which has been hanging around Heron's Green end recently |
