20 Jan '17 Friday - Ring-billed Gull

Another glorious frosty day, cold in the wind and shade, but sun all day

20-1-17 Mute Swans in the sun at New Passage (Lisegirl)

Jack Snipe at Aust
Siskin at Marshfield
Short-eared Owl at Uphill
Ring-billed Gull at Chew Valley
Bewick's Swans, Scaup, Long-tailed Duck, Eider, Cattle Egret, Great White Heron,  Black-necked Grebe, and Dartford Warbler in the usual places


BRISTOL
Garden Henleaze:

1 m Blackcap

Garden West Town Lane:
3 Wood Pigeon, Collard Dove, 3 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit,

1 m Blackcap, 14 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 1 Dunnock. 10 House Sparrow, 3 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch,

15-1-17 Blackcap (George Stacey)

Stockwood Open Spaces:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 3 Collard Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 

3 Song Thrush, 15 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 1 Chaffinch, 8 Goldfinch, 3 Linnet, 3 Bullfinch

Stoke Lodge:
1 Raven, 1 Greenfinch singing in top of tree

20-1-17 Treecreeper at Victoria Park (Chris James)

Victoria Park:
1 Treecreeper

SOUTH GLOUCESTER

Aust Wharf:
38 Wigeon, 60 Teal, 20 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, 28 Redshank, 8 House Sparrow, 6 Goldfinch, 14 Reed Bunting

20-1-17 Song Thrush at New Passage (Lisegirl)

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, Godwit and Dunlin,
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 m Bullfinch

Severn Beach:
12 Shelduck, 10 Wigeon, 50 Oystercatcher, 3 Snipe, 30 Redshank, 15 House Sparrow at the shops again, 4 Pied Wagtail

Sea Mills, noon: 

9 Redshank, 120+ BH gulls, 1 Common Gull, 10 Long-tailed Tit.

NORTH SOMERSET:

20-1-17  Black Redstart on Lockside Square (David Horlick)

Portishead:
Top of Lockside Square: 1 Black Redstart

20-1-17 Dartford Warbler at Sand Bay (Nigel Tucker)

Sand Bay:
Dartford Warbler

20-1-17 Eider (Nigel Tucker)
Staying around under our feet at Marine Lake

Weston-Super-Mare:
Marine Lake:
1 Eider

Weston-super-Mare Police Station: 

1 m Black Redstart

20-1-17 Black Redstart (Paul Cousins)
High up on the cliff face at Uphill

Uphill:
1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Collared Dove, 1 f Black Redstart, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Song Thrush,
4 Chaffinch, 4 f Bullfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Siskin

Toghill Farm:
2 Cattle Egret

Bath, Haycombe Farm:
1 Buzzard, 5 Redwing, 13 Linnet, 56 Yellowhammer

Burnett, Elm Farm;
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Goldcrest, 40 Chaffinch, 15 Linnet, 30 Yellowhammer and a Fox

Chelwood:

100+ Redwings feeding on berries 

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tank No 3:

1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper

20-1-17 Egyptian Geese (Sean Whyte)

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Geese, 5 ad Greylag Geese, 4♂ Pintails, 4♀ Goosanders, 1 Peregrine, 1 Treecreeper,
5 Bullfinch

Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
1 Green Sandpiper

Picnic area no 2:
7 Scaup, 1 Green Sandpiper

Bernard King hide:
1 Black-necked Grebe

Woodford:
10+ Goldeneye, 2 Scaup (1m, 1f in front Denny Island from Woodford), 7 Goosander (3f 4m), 2 Raven, 

1 Kingfisher,  6 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Goldfinch, 8+ Bullfinch

Villice:
8 Mute Swan, 10 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron

Heron's Green:
1 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Peregrine, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Raven

20-1-17 Chiffchaff at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
8 Bewick's Swans, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 5 Goldcrest, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 30+ Redwing, 9 Robins, 2 Stonechat, 25+ Chaffinch

Herriotts End:
16 Shelduck, 8 Pintail, 1 Water Rail, 1 Ring-billed Gull, 1 Kingfisher,  1 Reed Bunting

20-1-17 Ring-billed Gull (Ian Stapp)
On the pond spillway railings, Herriott's, about 11.55 just time for one shot

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Teresa Chard, Paul Cousins, Geoff Daniels, Trevor Ford, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, David Horlick, Jeff Hosier, Lisegirl, Glen Maddison, Nigel Milbourne, Jon Mortin, Granville Pictor and David Winnie, Ian Stapp, John Thorogood, Mrs Trellis, Nigel Tucker, Denise Whittle, Sean Whyte,  blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG