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| Severn Estuary Wader Migration with Ed Drewitt (Steve Judd) |
Really excellent talk by Ed Drewitt on this fascinating subject, held at The White Hart, Littleton Warth, Tues 2 February.
Check Ed's website: Ed Drewitt wildlife.
Bishopsworth (Bristol):
Crox Bottom: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 14 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Song Thrush, 8 Goldfinch.
Stapleton (Bristol):
Church: 2 Peregrine, usual birds.
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| 4/2/16 Peregrine (Michael Davis) showing very well in recent days |
Eastville Park (Bristol):
1 Mediterranean Gull, on the lake again.Other stuff, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 8+ Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest again, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Siskin.
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| 4/2/16 Mediterranean Gull (Martin Tayler) recent sightings here in Oct/Nov 2015 |
Shirehampton (Bristol):
Station Rd: 1 Fieldfare.Winterbourne:
Pond: The Wood Duck still.
New Passage-Northwick:
8 Mute Swan still, 1 Greylag Goose, 27 Canada Goose, 1 db Brent Goose, 67 Shelduck, 450 Wigeon, 25 Gadwall, 140 Teal, 2 Pintail, 64 Shoveler, 9 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 16 Coot, 140 Lapwing, 100 Dunlin, 5 Common Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 50 Pied Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit.
Abbots Leigh:
Manor Rd: 3 Jay, 11 Redwing, 15 Goldfinch, in the orchard.
Portbury Wharf:
LT count: 6 Mute Swan, 16 Canada Goose, 15 Shelduck, 1 Gadwall, 140 Teal, 2 Mallard, 400 Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 11 Curlew, 20 Redshank, 41 BH Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 5 Herring Gull.
No Wigeon on the estuary here at all.
Pools & scrub: 6 Mute Swan, 180 Wigeon, 22 Gadwall, 25 Teal, 20 Mallard, 45 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 11 Tufted Duck, 4 Cormorant, 10 Little Grebe, 1 Merlin (foreshore), 32 Lapwing, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 10 Redwing, 3 Stonechat, 6 House Sparrow, 7 Meadow Pipit, 25 Goldfinch, 5 Siskin, 3 Redpoll, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Reed Bunting.
Portishead:
Battery Pt: 1 Purple Sandpiper.
Boating Lake: 6 Tufted Duck.
Sand Bay:
Beach Rd: 2 Dartford Warbler still (No.53), 4 Stonechat, 6 Linnet.
Paulton:
Village surrounds: 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackbird, 5 Song Thrush, 45 Redwing, 7 Pied Wagtail, 12 Chaffinch, 22 Goldfinch.
Sewage Works: 5 Grey Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail.
Backwell Lake:
Little Egret: 17 into roost by dusk. Birds start arriving around 3pm.
Other stuff, 17 Mute Swan, 13 Canada Goose, 3 Gadwall, 3 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 85 BH Gull, 53 Woodpigeon (to roost).
Planet Chew:
15 Barnacle Goose, 20 Shelduck, 2 Scaup, 9 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 1 Bittern (CVRS this morning), 18 Little Egret (HG field), 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 fly-through Peregrine, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 70 mixed Fieldfare/Redwing, 1 Song Thrush.
Reports: Chris Craig, Nick Cryer, Michael Davis, Patrick Hancock, David Hanks, Graham Sims, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Larry Sweetland, Martin Tayler, Mrs Trellis, Dan White, severnsidebirds.
