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A miserable day by all accounts but Waxwing and Goosanders cheering
Waxwing still at Bradley Stoke
Jack Snipe at Clevedon
Eider off Weston-Super-Mare
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| 31-1-17 Waxwing in Bristol (Dan Hill) |
Bristol Harbour:
1 Coot
Bradley Stoke, Willow Brook Centre:
13 Waxwing
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| 31-1-17 The Coot in Bristol Harbour (Paul Clack) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Stonechat, 2 Rock Pipit
New Passage/Northwick:
30/1/17: 33 Shelduck, 500 Wigeon, 7 Tufted Duck, 450 Lapwing, 400 Black-tailed Godwit
NORTH SOMERSET:
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| 31-1-17 Goosander (Robert Hargreaves) 22 Goosander seen here! |
185 Shelduck, 615 Wigeon, 485 Teal, 2 Pintail, 30 Shoveler, 22 Goosander, 42 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 26 Oystercatcher, 525 Lapwing, 1750 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 14 Common Snipe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 275 Curlew, 375 Redshank, 16 Turnstone, 37 Skylark, 2400 Starling (2 flocks), 4 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 50 Meadow Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit, Greenfinch, 4 Reed Bunting
Weston-Super-Mare:
1 Eider off Birnbeck Island. 1 f Blackcap in Cecil Rd
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield, Withymead:
Green Woodpecker laughing in thick fog, Mistle Thrush singing
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| 31-1-17 House Sparrow opp Bath Mill ( Wayne Tucker) First sighting of a House Sparrow here |
"Gaggle" of Siskins in usual location early this morning. A dozen or so perhaps.
"I'm not sure whether you consider Siskins too common to record but they clearly like the urban regions around Victoria Park, Bath. Small groups are regularly seen, but mainly heard, at the town end of the park, near the cafe and tennis courts, and also at the western end of the park, in the Audley Park and Locksbrook area. Probably of no great consequence?"
Please send in reports of sightings. They are all helpful, sometimes surprisingly so
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| 31-1-17 Kestrel in Newton St Loe ( Wayne Tucker) |
2 Grey Heron, 10 Teal, No Goosander, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 300 BH Gull, 200 Common Gulls, 100 LBB Gulls, 265 Woodpigeon, 1 Stock Dove, 16 Magpie, 4 Skylark, 1 m Blackcap, 250 Redwing,
2 Stonechat, 11 Pied Wagtail, 15 Chaffinch
RESERVOIRS:
Blagdon Lake:
30/1/17: 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Pintail, 21 Gadwall, 1 Peregrine, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper
Chew Valley Lake:
No reports
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| 29-1-17 Waxwing without rings (Brian Thompson) See the blog on 29th if you want to see the rings again |
10/12/2016, Aberdeen:
Ringed as an adult male
Sighted 514 km south
29/01/2017, Tescos, Bradley Stoke, Bristol:
The furthest South West re-sighting so far from this winter’s ringing in Aberdeen. Repeat sightings are quite scarce so thank you and well done to all.
Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Gavin Boyland, Paul Clack, Chris Craig, David Gibbs, John Griffiths, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Dan Hill, Nigel Milbourne, Steve Sanins, Vic Savery, Chris Teague, Brain Thompson, Chris Trott, Nigel Tucker, Wayne Tucker, Denise Whittle, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
