Saturday 21 January 2017

21 Jan '17 Saturday - Bittern


Brilliant clear cold day, frost and ice all day in shade, trees covered with hoar frost till afternoon

Bittern at Orchard Pools
Black-necked Grebe at Chew Valley
Also Bewick's Swans, Eider, Long-tailed Duck, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Jack Snipe, Short-eared Owl and Black Redstart

21-1-17 Lapwing (Alex Dommett)
by Cribbs Causeway
BRISTOL
City Centre and Harbourside:
1 Peregrine, 3 Cormorant
Cribbs Causeway:
1 Lapwing
Stockwood Open Spaces:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch,Stoke 

21-1-17 Peregrine in the city (Bailey Frazer)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Grey Plover, 250 Fieldfare, 1 m Black Redstart, 4 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail,  c.40 Reed Bunting


21-1-17 Ringed Plover at New Passage (Lisegirl)
New Passage/Northwick:
1 Egyptian goose, many Ringed Plover, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Little Owl, 1 Short-eared Owl,
1 m Stonechat

Severn Beach:
20 Shelduck, 20 Wigeon, 100 Oystercatcher, 5 Ringed Plover, 35 Curlew, 20 Redshank, 1 Stonechat, 1 Blackcap (Montpelier Railway Station), 1 Grey Seal
Orchard Pools:
1 Bittern (Rod Holbrook), The first for S. Glos since 2011. Just the fifth ever record!

Chittening Warth:
Bristol end:
4 Shelduck , 11 Mallard , 26 Oystercatcher, 7 Snipe, 25 BH Gulls, 1 Kingfisher , 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Stonechat , 2 Skylarks, 1 Reed Bunting
South Glos. end:
6 Shelduck , 37 Oystercatcher , 45 Curlew , 6 Snipe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch

Almondsbury:
Marshwall Lane: 2 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 3 (2m 1f) Blackcap (Cope Park)


NORTH SOMERSET:


21-1-17 Goosander at Backwell Lake (Richard Bedwell)
Clevedon-Blind Yeo:
39 Canada geese, 2 Little Egret, 1 juv Great White Egret

Backwell Lake:
4 Goosander 2 pair, Buzzard

21-1-17 Black Redstart (William Hewitt)
At the Police station in Weston-Super-Mare
Weston-Super-Mare:
1 f Eider, 1 Black Redstart, 2 Rock Pipit

21-1-17 Dunlin and Sanderling at Uphill (Simon Williams)
Uphill:
2 Sanderling, Dunlin, Redshank, 1f Stonechat

Bleadon garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 4 Blackcap (2m, 2f )


BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
11 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, c.100 Golden Plover, 75 Lapwing, 200+ Jackdaw,
3 Raven, 1 Treecreeper (my first here in 10 years), c.200 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 4 Bullfinch,
50 Corn Bunting, 10 Yellowhammer
Shire valley:
1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Song Thrush, 20 Blackbird, 40 Redwing, 60 Fieldfare, 15 Robin

Toghill Farm:
Cattle Egret

Willsbridge:
1 Dipper

Bath, Haycombe:
50-60  Yellowhammer

21-1-17 Buzzard at Backwell Lake (Richard Bedwell)
Farrington Gurney:
2 Buzzard, 2 Nuthatch, 12 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 20+ Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 
12 Yellowhammer

Paulton, fields east of:
1 Buzzard, 7 Common Gull, 10 Lapwing, 19 Golden Plover, 5 Stock Dove, 4 Skylark, 3 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush

Norton Malreward:
20+ Skylark, 250+ Linnet

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper

21-1-17 Reed Bunting (Bob Brewer)
Braving the cold at Herriott's End
Chew Valley Lake:
6 Bewick's Swans, 14+ Goosander, 8+ Goldeneye, 1 Great White Egret, 8+ Little Grebe,
3 Black-necked Grebe, Reed Bunting

21-1-17 Little Grebe at Chew (Bob Brewer)
Reports: Rich Andrews, Richard Bedwell, Bob Brewer, Karle Burford, Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, Alex Dommett, Bailey Frazer, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Richard Hastings, Daphne Havercroft, Peter Hazelwood, William Hewitt, Rod Holbrook, Brian Lancastle, Lisegirl, Lynne, Glen Maddison, Jon Mortin, Greg Poole, Lois Pryce, Tony Scott, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, Chris Trott, Dan White, Les Williams, Simon Williams, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirdsTBOSG