Tuesday, 30 January 2018

30-1-18 Tuesday - Redpoll

Temp -1 to 7 ℃. Sunshine all the way today, not too cold in the Sun with just a cool breeze

Bird order is IOC, BOU and Birdtrack, using 2018 BOU names

Black-necked Grebe
Mediterranean Gull
Short-eared Owl
Ring-necked Parakeet
Marsh Tit
Black Redstart
Hawfinch, Redpoll, Siskin
30-1-18 Cormorant + Pike, (Ian Stapp)
Pike fishing starts this Thursday at CVL
BRISTOL

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:
7 BH Gulls, 1 Herring Gull, 28 Wood Pigeons, 2 Collared Doves, 16 Magpies, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Crows, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 14 Starlings, 3 Blackbirds, 6 Fieldfares, 8 Robins, 20 House Sparrows, 1 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtails, 2 Chaffinches, 4 Greenfinches, 12 Goldfinches

Castle Park/ Finzels Reach:
3 Mute Swan, 1 Moorhen, 2 Peregrine, 3 Starling

30-1-18 Concorde Way (Patrick Richards)
Concorde Way:
1 Sparrowhawk, 13 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 6 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 6 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 42 Starling, 3 m Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Robin, 19 Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 f Chaffinch, 2 f Bullfinch, 1 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
15 Siskin

Aust, 14.00:
2 Short-eared Owls, 1 Stonechat

New Passage/Northwick Warth, 29th:
80 Shelduck, 300 Wigeon, 62 Oystercatcher, 48 Lapwing, 114 Curlew, 97 Dunlin

Thornbury, Hacket Lane, evening:
2 Green Woodpecker, large mixed flock Thrushes, 6 Chaffinch, 24 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury, North Pools:
2 Canada Geese, 2 j Mute Swan, 18 Shoveler, 27 Gadwall, 24 Wigeon, 2 Mallard, 2 Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 5 Moorhen, 36 Coot, 2 Oystercatcher, 32 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 55 BH Gull, 2 Magpie, 2 Pied Wagtail

30-1-18 Black Redstart, Uphill (Bill Hewitt)
Uphill:
2 Song Thrush, 1 (f) Black Redstart

Bleadon:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 3 Skylark, 1 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Reed Bunting,

BELOW M4 and BANES
30-1-18 Ring-necked Parakeet, St Anne's (Lee Gardiner)
Oldland, St Anne's Church:
Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Hawfinch

Warmley Forest Park:
1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzards, 3 Jays, 2 Coal Tits, 8 Blue Tits, 5 Great Tits, 7 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Nuthatch, 12 Blackbirds, 100+ mixed flock Fieldfares and Redwing, 7 Chaffinch, 5 Bullfinch, 8 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch
30-1-18 Stonechat, Marshfield (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield:
2 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret (Shire Valley), 5 Buzzard, 330 Common Gull, 3 Kestrel, 1 Merlin (Down Rd), 20 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 200 mixed Finch, 30 Corn Bunting, 3 Yellowhammer

Pensford, BOC walk:
1 Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Magpie, 3 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Skylark, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, 17 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 4 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 50 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 12 Siskin - lots of song about

Bath, Bloomfield:
1 f Blackcap
30-1-18 Fieldfare, NSL (NSL-birding)
Newton St Loe:
4 Buzzard, 2 Coot, 10 Stock Dove, 1 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing, 1 Hawfinch, 15 Greenfinch, 20 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (No.1), 3 f Goldeneye

Blagdon Lake:
3 Barnacle Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Scaup, 9 Goosander, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Water Rail, 48 Lapwing, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker

Chew Valley Lake:
30-1-18 Redpoll, Dam (Ian Stapp)
Dam:
7 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 14 Lapwing, 1 Hooligan's Gull, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Redpoll

30-1-18 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bittern Trail (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Redwing, 1 f Reed Bunting

Woodford:
3 2f Scaup, 9 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Raven, 1 Treecreeper, 20 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch

Herons Green:
4 Goldeneye, 3 Little Egret, 1 GBB Gull

30-1-18 Black-necked Grebe, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
32 Wigeon, 9 Goldeneye, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 40 Lapwing, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12+15 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 40 Starling, 20 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 2 Bullfinch

Herriotts:
8 Shelduck, 2 Buzzard
30-1-18 Red-legged Partridge, Marshfield (Dan White)
In the evening light
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