Long-tailed Duck, Lesser Scaup
Purple Sandpipers
Brent Goose, Jack Snipe
Merlin, Short-eared Owl
Firecrest
Hawfinches at two sites
Little Owl
BRISTOL
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| Redwing in St Andrews Park (Jon Mortin) |
15 Redwing, 25 Starling.
Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:
6 Hawfinch.
Clifton, Percival Rd
Coal Tit, Blue and Great, and the returning Marsh Tit on the feeders this evening.
Nuthatch and Greenfinch also seen.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Clifton, Percival Rd
Coal Tit, Blue and Great, and the returning Marsh Tit on the feeders this evening.
Nuthatch and Greenfinch also seen.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
4 Rock Pipit and 4 Stonechat between jetty and yacht club.
Aust Warth:
Short-eared Owl.
New Passage/Northwick: (combined report)
23 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, 9 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, Grey Plover, 400+ Dunlin, 3 Snipe, Little Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine, singing Mistle Thrush, Redwing, 2 Raven, f. Bullfinch.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
(Lake Grounds and Battery Point - winter survey ST4677)
6 Mute Swans (pair with 4 imm,), 9 Canada Goose, 1 feral Greylag Goose, 80 Mallard, 1 m. Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck (4 m.), 3 Moorhen, 5 Purple Sandpiper, 60 BH Gull, 10 H Gull, 22 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Starling, 45 Goldfinch (plus the usual garden/woodland species).
Clevedon-Yeo:
(Blind Yeo):
4 Goosander, 2 Peregrine.
Channel View to Blake's Pools:
1 Brent Goose, 50 Shelduck, 120 Wigeon, 90 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 110 Lapwing, 3 Grey Plover, 20 Turnstone, 120 Curlew, 200 Redshank, 1,750 Dunlin, 18 Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 4 Stonechat, 12 Skylark, 2 Bullfinch,
Weston-super-Mare:
St Andrews Church, Chew Magna:
2+ Hawfinch.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge:
m. Goosander on R. Avon. 6 Lapwing on flooded fields.
Bath - Bear Flat:
10 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 1 m. Blackcap (all at the same time in a small back garden).
Bath - Weston:
Usual Tit flock, 3 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 10 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch.
Warmley:
2 Blackcap in the garden.
Midford:
yesterday 5.1.2018: Marsh Tit.
Paulton:
60 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff.
Short-eared Owl.
New Passage/Northwick: (combined report)
23 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, 9 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, Grey Plover, 400+ Dunlin, 3 Snipe, Little Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine, singing Mistle Thrush, Redwing, 2 Raven, f. Bullfinch.
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| Chaffinch (Sean Whyte) |
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
(Lake Grounds and Battery Point - winter survey ST4677)
6 Mute Swans (pair with 4 imm,), 9 Canada Goose, 1 feral Greylag Goose, 80 Mallard, 1 m. Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck (4 m.), 3 Moorhen, 5 Purple Sandpiper, 60 BH Gull, 10 H Gull, 22 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Starling, 45 Goldfinch (plus the usual garden/woodland species).
Clevedon-Yeo:
(Blind Yeo):
4 Goosander, 2 Peregrine.
Channel View to Blake's Pools:
1 Brent Goose, 50 Shelduck, 120 Wigeon, 90 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 110 Lapwing, 3 Grey Plover, 20 Turnstone, 120 Curlew, 200 Redshank, 1,750 Dunlin, 18 Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 4 Stonechat, 12 Skylark, 2 Bullfinch,
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| Firecrest in a Weston garden (Paul Gregory) |
pair Blackcap and Firecrest in a garden.
Langford:
4 Blackcap, 6 Bullfinch. (David Goodliffe's photos).
Bleadon:
12 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpeckeer, 2 Blackcap, 1 part leucistic Blackbird (again), 15+ Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Songthrush, 2 Stonechat, 2 Greenfinch.
Langford:
4 Blackcap, 6 Bullfinch. (David Goodliffe's photos).
Bleadon:
12 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpeckeer, 2 Blackcap, 1 part leucistic Blackbird (again), 15+ Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Songthrush, 2 Stonechat, 2 Greenfinch.
St Andrews Church, Chew Magna:
2+ Hawfinch.
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| Song Thrush (Sean Whyte) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge:
m. Goosander on R. Avon. 6 Lapwing on flooded fields.
Bath - Bear Flat:
10 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 1 m. Blackcap (all at the same time in a small back garden).
Bath - Weston:
Usual Tit flock, 3 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 10 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch.
Warmley:
2 Blackcap in the garden.
Midford:
yesterday 5.1.2018: Marsh Tit.
Paulton:
60 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff.
Sewage works:
3 Meadow Pipit, 45 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail.
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
adult male Long-tailed Duck (tank no. 1)
Chew Valley Lake
CVRS: birds ringed this morning include Redwing, Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Reed Bunting and this Brambling.
3 Meadow Pipit, 45 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail.
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
adult male Long-tailed Duck (tank no. 1)
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| Smart male Brambling ringed at Chew today (CVRS) |
CVRS: birds ringed this morning include Redwing, Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Reed Bunting and this Brambling.
Moreton:
Lesser Scaup
Reports: ChrisPDuck, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, David Goodliffe, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Simon Harris, Bill Hewitt, David Hill, Nigel Kempson, John Martin, Paul Milsom, Jon Mortin, Lisa Presland, Trevor Riddle, Howard Taffs, Sean Whyte, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
Lesser Scaup
Reports: ChrisPDuck, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, David Goodliffe, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Simon Harris, Bill Hewitt, David Hill, Nigel Kempson, John Martin, Paul Milsom, Jon Mortin, Lisa Presland, Trevor Riddle, Howard Taffs, Sean Whyte, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
