Cattle Egret. New sighting of Waxwing. Marsh Tit and Nuthatch in Bristol. Winter Thrushes still about in numbers. Magpies moving about in large groups.
BRISTOL
Temple Meads:
Chiffchaff singing
Brandon Hill:
Nuthatch, 20 Redwing, Raven
Clifton:
1 Marsh Tit, 1 f Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch
Sea Mills Station:
16 Magpie, 150+ Black-headed Gull, 10 Dunlin, 2 Greenshank, 4 Redshank
Portway:
15 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull
Black-headed Gull, 2 Mallard
New Cut:
2 Grey Wagtail
Stockwood Open Spaces:
2 Stonechat, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Jay, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Song Thrush,
70 Black-headed Gull, Goldfinch, Chaffinch
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Stonechat, 1 Snipe, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Green Woodpecker
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Bradley Stoke:
15 Waxwing
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| 20/2/17 Waxwing at Bradley Stoke (Vic Savery) The pics just keep coming |
2 Kestrel
New Passage/Northwick:
2 Mute Swan, 13 Shelduck, 140 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 35 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 4 Tufted Duck
1 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 55 Lapwing, 45 Curlew
50 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Knot, 12 Redshank, 1 Skylark, c. 40 Pied Wagtail, 30 Meadow Pipit
Toghill:
2 Cattle Egret
NORTH SOMERSET:
Portishead:
6 Siskin, 12 Greenfinch, 9 Chaffinch 5 Goldfinch, Coal tit, 4 Long Tailed Tit, 20 House Sparrow Garden feeder
Backwell Lake:
Cattle Egret with Little Egrets, 2 Water Rail, 50+ Redwing
Banwell:
Green Woodpecker in garden
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| 20/2/17 Green Woodpecker (John Thorogood) |
10 Little Egret, 1 Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl ( male calling 0930) , 1 Green Woodpecker
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Cettis Warbler, 88 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush
43 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 50+ Pied Wagtail ( all feeding in one field of maize stubble), 1 Jay
Ashton Court:
5 Goldfinch, 5 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Mistle Thrush (all in trees festooned with Mistletoe), 1 Song Thrush, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Buzzard, 1 Heron, 8 Magpie, 2 Skylark plenty of singing Robins, quite a number of Blackbirds but all male.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
2 Waxwing (Monksdale Road)
2 Herring Gull, 20 Magpie, 47 Redwing, 1 f Bullfinch (Haycombe Cemetery)
Twerton:
Tawny Owl
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
Long tailed duck, 4 Great Black-backed Gull two Ads + 2 1st winter, 19 Shoveler
Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
2 Greylag Geese, 9 Barnacle Geese, 1 m Common Scoter
Stratford:
16 Common Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe, 11 Scaup, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper
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| 20/2/17 Jack Snipe (Martin Tayler) |
Hybrid Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Ring-billed Gull
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| 20/2/17 Hybrid Duck and Great Crested Grebe at Chew (Martin Tayler) |
