Friday, 26 February 2016

Sightings 26/2/16

Bishopsworth (Bristol):
Crox Bottom: 1 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 14 Goldfinch, 8 Siskin.
Manor Woods: 2 Jay.

Ashton Court (Bristol):
Mansion House environs: 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 110 Redwing, 11 Goldfinch.

Snuff Mills (Bristol):
26/2/16 Dipper (Nigel Tucker)
Eastville Park (Bristol):
1 Kingfisher, 2 Treecreeper.

Stoke Lodge (Bristol):
5 Redwing, in the playing field.

Sea Mills (Bristol):
4 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 80 BH Gull.

Avon Gorge (Bristol):
Bridge Valley Rd: 1 Barn Owl out hunting 6.30pm, presumably the Ham Green bird on a wander.

Odbury Power Station:
1 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler.

Littleton Warth:
WeBS: 220 Wigeon, 130 Teal, 6 Little Egret, 1,200 Dunlin, 1 Turnstone, 60 Common Gull.
Other stuff, 1 Peregrine, 9 Rock Pipit, 1 Water Pipit.

New Passage:
6 Canada Goose, 56 Shelduck, 45 Oystercatcher, 120 Curlew, 35 Redshank, 1 flyover Siskin.

Severn Beach:
1 Peregrine.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane: In the garden, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay (it gorged down 11 peanuts before flying off), 1 Coal Tit.

Yatton:
Wemberham Lane: 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Raven, 50 Linnet, field by the proposed wind turbine site.

Keynsham Park:
2 Song Thrush, 11 Redwing, 1 Siskin.

Bleadon:
Hellenge Hill: 5 Woodcock, 2 Tawny Owl this evening (Paul Gregory).

Backwell Lake:
15 Little Egret into roost this evening.
Other stuff, 16 Mute Swan, 6 Canada Goose, 7 Pochard, 11 Tufted Duck, 1 flyover Buzzard, 55 BH Gull, 2 Common Gull, 45 Woodpigeon into roost.

Chew Magna:
1 Tree Sparrow, in garden this morning (Andy Davis). Almost a rarity in Avon these days.

Bishop Sutton:
20 House Sparrow.
26/2/16 Jay (Bob Brewer)
Planet Chew:
1 Greylag Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 20 Shelduck, 2 Scaup, 2 Goldeneye, 3 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 8 House Sparrow, 18 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting.

Reports: Bob Brewer, Nick Cryer, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, Paul Gregory, John Martin, Lois Pryce, Karin Rhodes, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Nigel Tucker, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.