24 Jan '17 Tuesday - Red-crested Pochard

Lovely day, quite warm in the sun sometimes

Short-eared Owl at Uphill
Mediterranean Gull at Blagdon
Red-crested Pochard, Ring-necked Duck and Black-necked Grebe at Chew

24-01-17 Red-crested Pochard  with Black-necked Grebe (Ian Stapp)
Not asking for much at Heron's Green, Chew

BRISTOL
1 Peregrine

24-1-17 Peregrine in Bristol (Chris James)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

NewPassage 23-1-17:
350+ Wigeon and 120 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 350+ Lapwing, 500 Dunlin, 300 Black-tailed Godwits, 50 Redshank

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Snipe, 4 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET:

Backwell Lake:
16 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Water Rail, 1 Little Owl, 

8 Greenfinch

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:
1 Peregrine

24-1-17 White bird Blackbird at Weston  (Pagan Birder)

Weston-Super-Mare:

1 white Blackbird

Uphill:
1 Short-eared Owl (showed 16.15)

24-1-17 Blackbird (Glen Maddison)
Still sitting on her nest in Bath

BANES

Toghill Farm:
2 Cattle Egret

Willsbridge:
1 Treecreeper, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

24-1-17 Goosander at Newton Park (Sean Whyte)

Newton St Loe:
2 Goosander

24-1-17 Treecreeper at Pensford (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Pensford, River Chew, Bye-Mills:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Dipper, Fieldfare and Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, Siskin, Bullfinch


RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:

2 Egyptian Geese, 55 Shovelers, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 3 Siskins, 1 Reed Bunting 

Litton Reservoir, saftie:

10 Mute Swan, 2 Wigeon, 7 Mallard, 18 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 15 Little Grebe, 

3 Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Chaffinch

24-1-17 Kingfisher (Brian Thompson)
Creating a splash at Chew

Chew Valley Lake:

1 Sparrowhawk

Dam:

5 Scaup, 2 Goosander, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Reed Bunting

Denny:

1 Ring-necked Duck

Woodford:
150 Canada Geese, 20+ Goldeneye, 1 Kingfisher,  1 Green Woodpecker, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 

9 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch

24-1-17 Water Rail at Chew (Bob Brewer)

Heron's Green:
6 (4m 2f) Red-crested Pochard, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 2 Stonechat

Moreton:
4 Goldeneye, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Stonechat, 20+ Chaffinch

Stratford Bay:

5 Bewick's Swans
Chew Valley Ringing:
Canada goose ring from 1994 has been recently found in Yeovil, Somerset in a field by a metal detectorist!, Canada goose ringed CVRS in 2015, shot in Hampshire January 2017,  2 juv Reed Warblers both ringed 18.07.16 moved together to the Gironde, France 36 days later.

24-1-17 deformed bill Herring Gull (Alex Carlisle)

Herriots End:
14 Shelduck, 10 Pintail, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher,
1 Reed Bunting

Reports: Rich Andrews, Bob Brewer, Alex Carlisle, Raoul Chandrasakera, Robert Hargreaves, Chris James, Glen Maddison, Pagan Birder, Vic Polley, Trevor Riddle, Roger Staples, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, John Thorogood, Mrs Trellis, Sean Whyte, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG