Sunday, 22 January 2017

22 Jan '17 Sunday - Black-necked Grebe

Warmer than yesterday, not a lot of sun, cold after a while

Black-necked Grebe at Chew Valley
Also Eider, Long-tailed Duck, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret and Black Redstart


21-1-17 Great White Egret at Clevedon (Howard Taffs)
The only Great White reported today
BRISTOL
Arnolfini:
4 Cormorant
Clifton, Percival Road:
1 Marsh Tit
New Cut Cottage Inn:
1 Common Sandpiper, 20+ BH Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail
Overscourt Woods:
3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers drumming
Warmley Forest Park:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Magpie, 1 Jay, 2 Raven,  2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 20 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 8 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 12 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Wharf:
1 Peregrine

22-1-17 Redshank at Sea Mills (Mrs Trellis)
Sea Mills harbour saftie: 
21 Mallard, 2 Common Sandpipers, 22 Redshank, 197 BH Gull, 80+ Woodpigeon, 2 Grey Wagtail

Charfield to Huntingford, Little Avon River:
1 Kingfisher, 3 Siskin

NORTH SOMERSET:

Portbury Wharf:
96 Wigeon, 46 Gadwall, 100 Shoveler, 1 Water Pipit (Jim)


22-1-17 Kingfisher on Blind Yeo (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon-Blind Yeo:
3 Shoveler, 1 juv Great White Egret, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 Curlew, 1 Kingfisher

Backwell Lake:
Pochard, Tufted Duck, Shoveler, Little Egret, Goldcrest, Bullfinch

Wrington, Bullhouse Lane:
2 Goldcrest, 8 Redwing, 6 Siskin

Sand Bay:
20 Oystercatcher, 8 Grey Plover, 700 Dunlin, 20 Curlew, 1 Dartford Warbler, 4 pair Stonechat

22-1-17 Eider at Weston (L & W Tucker)
Weston-Super-Mare:
1 f Eider, 1 Black Redstart

Uphill:
30 Shelduck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 30 Ringed Plover, 200 Lapwing, c.1000 Dunlin,
c.20 Curlew, c.200 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher

Banwell, Winthill:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Raven

22-1-17 Golden Plover near Pennsylvania (Peter Coslett)
BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
6 Buzzard, 300 Golden Plover (nr. Pennsylvania), 1 Nuthatch singing, 50 Fieldfare

Wick Golden Valley:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper

Toghill Farm:
Cattle Egret
22-01-17 Long-tailed Tit at Keynsham (Ian Stapp)

Keynsham, Manor Road Community Woodland:
2 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 5 Common Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 32 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Magpie, 2 Jay, 88 Rooks, 28 Jackdaw, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Wren, 50+ Starling, 120+ Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 22 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 21 Robins,
20+ House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 23 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 43 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch

Newton Park:
13 Goosander, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Redwing (nr. Bath Mill)

22-1-17 Redwing in Bath (Wayne Tucker)
Midsomer Norton, Somer Valley:
1 Little Egret,

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck, 1 Goosander (to roost)

Blagdon Lake:
2 Green Sandpipers

Chew Valley Lake:
2 Goldeneye, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Black-necked Grebe (Heron's Green Bay)


22-01-17 Rook with an itch (Ian Stapp)
Reports: Rich Andrews, Andrew Archer, Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, Philip Crouter, Sean Davies, Chris Duck, Alastair Fraser, Anthony Goodwin, Robert Hargreaves, Gareth Jones, Glen Maddison, Nigel Milbourne, Chris Perry, Vic Polley, Gareth Roberts, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, John Thorogood, Mrs Trellis, Denise Whittle, Martin Woolley, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirdingopsbirding, severnsidebirdsTBOSG