Saturday, 11 February 2017

11 Feb '17 Saturday - Merlin

Flurries of snow in morning, bitterly cold

Waxwing at Bradley Stoke and Weston-Super-Mare
Jack Snipe, Bar-tailed Godwit at Littleton
Black Redstart at Clevedon
Chiffchaff at Worle
Merlin at Marshfield
Common Scoter, Ring-billed Gull at Chew


BRISTOL
11-2-17 Grey Heron in Bristol (Craig Inham)
Kingswood:
1 Heron on roof

St Andrews Park:
25 Starling, 15 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 20 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Bradley Stoke, Tesco Extra, yesterday:
12 Waxwing

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Golden Plover heard, 350-400 Lapwing, 1 m Stonechat by Lagoon 3.
Best find the remains of an Otter, i.e. a load of fish scales, with a fresh, sweet smelling, spraint !

Littleton WeBS, sleet:
450 Wigeon, 9 Grey Plover, 85 Lapwing, 3 Jack Snipe, 13 Snipe, 105 Curlew, 9 Turnstone, 1 Kingfisher
Low-tide count, p.m: 650 Wigeon, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 14 GBB Gull

New Passage/Northwick Wharf, 10/2/17:
500 Wigeon, 80 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 400 Lapwing, 300 Knot, 1200 Dunlin, 60 Black-tailed Godwits, 60 Curlew,  1 Chiffchaff

NORTH SOMERSET:

11-2-17 Coal Tit at Portishead (David Gale)
Portishead, Nore Park:
2 Peregrines
11-2-17 Black Redstart at Clevedon(Paul Milo Milsom)
Clevedon:
1 Black Redstart

Weston-Super-Mare:
2 Waxwing (Plumley Park), 1 m Black Redstart (in residential Knightstone)
Worle:
1 Chiffchaff (1700 pm)
11-2-17 Little Egret at Marshfield (Peter Coslett)
BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, Down Road:
1 Little Egret (Shire Hill), 1 Merlin, c 140 Lapwing

Toghill Farm:
Cattle Egret
11-2-17 Goosander at NSL (Robert Hargreaves)
Newton St Loe:
22 Teal, 21 Goosander, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 8 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 2 Nuthatch, 7 Redwing

RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:
8 Bewick's Swan. 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Scaup, 1 m Goosander

11-2-17 Common Scoter at Chew (Lee Gardiner)
Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
14 Scaup, 1 Common Scoter, 1 Ring-billed Gull

Reports: Rob Capel, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, Gary Hughes, Gareth Jones, Ben Locke, John Martin, Paul Milsom, Jonathan Mortin, Mrs Trellis, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds,  TBOSG