11-1-18 Thursday - more Hawfinches

Cold, dry, light wind.  Bright and sunny despite the forecast of fog and murk.

Cattle Egret, Long-tailed Duck and a scattering of Hawfinches


                                               Goosander and Cormorant at Newton Park, Bath (Chris Perry)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
Kingfisher, Goldcrest.

Goldcrest in Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Castle Park:
f. Peregrine,

Cumberland Basin:
m. Peregrine.

Stoke Park, Hermitage Wood:

1 Black Headed Gull,12 Wood Pigeon, 14 Magpie, 1 Jay, 9 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 11 Blue Tits, 11 Great Tits, 3 Coal Tits, 2m 1f Blackbirds, 2 Robins, 2f Chaffinch, 2m Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch.

Oldland Common:
2+ Ring-necked Parakeet.

Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:
7 Hawfinch.


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
(Shepperdine) Egyptian Goose. 32 Pintail.
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Mistle Thrush, 3 Siskin, 1 Hawfinch.

Aust Warth:
4-5 Short-eared Owl 4 p.m. onwards (Paul Bowerman)

Peregrine 11th Jan 2018 Frampton Cotterell (Steve Jones)

Frampton Cotterell:
1 Peregrine

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea:

1 Sparrowhawk - probably female based on size, 4 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 magpie, c 6 Jackdaw, Coal Tit

3 Blue Tit, Great Tit, male Blackcap, 4 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 8 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, , Pied Wagtail, 5 Goldfinch.

Long-tailed Tits in Weston, Bath (Sean Whyte)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
4 Mute Swan, 20+ Mallard, 50+ Teal, 2 Goosander, 2 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 7 Moorhen, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Goldcrest, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 15+ Blue Tit, 15+ Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Raven, 15 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 2-3 Hawfinch.

Collared Dove in Keynsham ('ttb')

Keynsham:

(garden) 3 Collared Dove, 16 Magpie, 1 Blackcap, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Redwing, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 12 Goldfinch.

Marksbury:
100+ Starling (on the wires at the traffic lights).


RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
adult male Long-tailed Duck and 3 Little Grebe (tank no. 1).

Black-necked Grebe 11th Jan 2018 Blagdon Lake (Brian Thompson)

Blagdon Lake:
3 aythya hybrids, 2 Black-necked Grebe. 1 Common Sandpiper, adult winter Mediterranean Gull.

One of the best photos I've seen of Hawfinch lately, at Chew
(Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
3 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Woodford:
7 Goldeneye, 7 Goosander, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 40+ Redwing, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch, 3 Hawfinch (in the memorial wood).   

Heron's Green:
1 f. Goosander, 2 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 juv. G BB Gull, 40+ Woodpigeon.

Reed Bunting at Moreton today (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
4 Goldeneye, 1 m.  Goosander, 1 Water Rail, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 2 Stonechat, 150 Fieldfare/Redwing, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 15 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Bullfinch.
4 Scaup (1 m., 3 f. off North end of Denny Island). 1 Reed Bunting.

Bickfield Lane:
1 Cattle Egret.

Herriotts Bridge:
10 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 4 Reed Bunting.

female Goldeneye at Chew (Robert Hargreaves)

Reports: Stephen Curtis, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Robert Hargreaves, Steve Jones, Glen Maddison, Robin Martin, Chris Perry,  Ian Stapp, 'talkingtobears', Bri Thompson,   blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG