Tuesday 7 February 2017

7 Feb '17 Tuesday - Short-eared Owl

Beautiful morning but some rain in afternoon, not windy

Waxwing at Bradley Stoke
Black Redstart at Oldbury Power Station and Weston Super Mare
Short-eared Owl at Uphill
Cattle Egret at Toghill Farm
Common Scoter, Black-necked Grebe, Bittern and Ring-billed Gull at Chew Valley Lake

7-2-1-17 Song Thrush at Eastville (Lee Gardiner)
BRISTOL
City Docks:
3 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 6 Moorhen, 1 Redshank, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Kestrel,
1 Raven, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch

Eastville Park:
3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Dipper, 1 Song Thrush

St George's Park:
2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Wagtail

Warmley Forest:
1 Buzzard, 3 Moorhen, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Song Thrush, 20+ Goldfinch


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Bradley Stoke, Tesco Extra, 16:00:
13 Waxwing


7-2-17 Waxwing at Bradley Stoke (Vic Savery)
Oldbury Power Station:
295 Wigeon, 46 Teal, 6 Pintail, 12 Oystercatcher, 495 Lapwing, 2600 Dunlin, 58 Snipe, 46 Curlew,
18 Redshank. 1 m Black Redstart, 1 Peacock butterfly

New Passage/Northwick:
2 Canada geese, 15 Shelduck, c. 300 Wigeon, 4 Gadwall, 40 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 12 Tufted Duck,
2 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 20 Coot, c. 350 Lapwing, 18 Curlew, 40 Godwit, 30 Turnstone, c. 200 Dunlin, 9 Redshank, c.60 BH Gull, 2 Skylark, 35 Pied Wagtail, 19 Meadow Pipit

7-2-17 Waders at Pilning Wetland (Simon Williams)
Pilning wetland:
Large flock of Knot, many Black-tailed Godwit and Lapwing in Flight, small flocks of Curlew,
lots of Turnstone, some Redshank

Doddington:
6 Buzzards, 2 Peregrine

NORTH SOMERSET:

Weston-Super-Mare:
1 m Black Redstart at the police station/ex court

7-1-17 Short-eared Owl (Paul Cousins)
Lots of action, 2 in front, 2 behind, Magpie chasing one off
Uphill, 17:00:
4 Short-eared Owl, 2 Magpies


BELOW M4 & BANES

7-2-17 Stonechat at Downs Road (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield, Down Road:
100 Golden Plover, 140 Lapwing, 2 Stonechat, then rain

Toghill Farm:
2 Cattle Egret


7-2-17 Goosander at NSL (Wayne Tucker)
Newton St Loe:
1 Tufted Duck, 12 Goosander, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Common Gull, 1 Kestrel, 4 Skylark, 3 Nuthatch,
1 Stonechat, 6 Bullfinch


RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Scaup, 7 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kestrel

7-2-17 Ring-billed Gull at Chew (Christopher Teague)
Chew Valley Lake:
1 Ring-billed Gull

Dam:
13 Scaup (4m 9f), 1 Common Scoter, 8 Goldeneye, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher

Woodford:
8 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander

7-2-17 Green Sandpiper(Christopher Teague)
Heron's Green:
4 Goldeneye, 1 m Goosander, 1 Black-necked-Grebe, 2 Buzzard inc white one, 1 Snipe,
1 Green Sandpiper

7-2-17 Shelduck at Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
3 Shelduck, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 8 Chaffinch

7-2-17 Greylag Goose at Herriott's (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts End:
3 Bewick's Swans, 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Shelduck, 8 Pintail, 7 Goldeneye, 1 Bittern, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

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