02-02-18 Friday - Cattle Egret

Sunny intervals and breezy, temp 8 down to 3℃

Long-tailed Duck
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Short-eared Owl
Ring-necked Parakeet
Tree Sparrow
Hawfinch, Siskin

2-2-18 Bullfinch at Woodford Chew Valley Lake (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle:
Garden: 4 Blackbird, 3 Blackcap. 1 Chaffinch,  3 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch.

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:
6 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 1 Black Headed Gull, 33 Wood Pigeon, 

2 Collared Dove, 5 Crow, 17 Magpie, 4 Blue Tits, 1 Wren, 19 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 14 Redwing, 

22 Fieldfare, 7 Robin, 31 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 

10 Goldfinch

2-2-18 1 of 3 Blackcap in Fishponds garden (Allan Chard)

Fishponds:
3 Blackcaps in the garden 2 males, 1 female.

Hanham, Woods by the Chequers:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 GS Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 12 Long-tailed Tit, around 10 each of Blue and Great Tit, 2 Goldcrest,  1 Blackbird, 4 Robin,


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
21 Canada Goose, 11 Shelduck, c 200 Wigeon, c80 Teal,  2 Tufted Duck, 18 Oystercatcher, c 233 Curlew, c 60 Turnstone, c200 Dunlin, 44 Redshank,  1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Goldcrest,  2 Greenfinch  

2-2-18 Short-eared Owl at Aust (Keith Williams)

Aust Warth:

1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Curlew, 1 Snipe, 3 Short-eared Owl, 2 Kestrel (sitting together, one briefly mounted the other), 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Reed Bunting.

Northwick Warth:
c. 80 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, c.160 Wigeon, 15 Teal, 8 Tufted Duck, c.30 Coot, c.40 Lapwing, 25 Curlew, c.300 Dunlin, 12 Redshank, flock 6 chattering Magpie, 5 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, c.30 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit. Sparrows carrying nesting material and entering nest boxes, Collared Dove carrying twig

2-2-18 Siskin in Severn Beach garden (Rod Holbrook)

Severn Beach:
1 Siskin

2-2-18 A couple of Dippers on the River Frome at Winterbourne Down (Craig Lewis)

Winterbourne:
(Duck pond): 1 Treecreeper

(Winterbourne Down, River Frome): 2 Dipper

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
Garden report: Wren, Blackcap.
On the beach: a pair of Shelduck, Oystercatcher and Curlew

Yatton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine and 2 Ravens, all perched on pylons.

Weston-Super-Mare:
Airfield: 
60+ Wigeon, 4 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 6 L Egret, 9 Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 40+ Pied Wagtail

Bleadon:
1 Buzzard, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Greenfinch

Christon: 

1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 1 (drumming) Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Goldcrest

Uphill: 

1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Black Redstart, 2 Stonechat

BELOW M4 & BANES

2-2-18 Hawfinch on garden feeder in Marshfield (Denise Whittle)

Marshfield:
Hawfinch on garden feeder

2-2-18 Ring-necked Parakeet, St Anne's (Gordopn Youdale)

Oldland (St Anne's Church) 
3 Ring-necked Parakeets, 5 Hawfinch

Bath:
Oldfield Park garden: 1 male Blackcap been present all year.

Newton St Loe:
24 Teal, 4 Goosander 3m 1f, 2 Coot, 1 singing Skylark, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Fieldfare, 

3 Hawfinch, 30+ Yellowhammer

Green Ore:
1 Tree Sparrow

RESERVOIRS:

2-2-18 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tanks (Lee Gardiner)

Barrow Tank 1:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Chew Valley Lake

2-2-18 Egrets at Chew (David Hughes)

Dam:
 4 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Hooligans Gull

2-2-18 Coal Tit at Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Woodford:
3 Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Treecreeper,  2 Song Thrush, 1 Dunnock,
5 Bullfinch

Heron's Green:
3 Barnacle Geese, 8 Shelduck, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker

2-2-18 Black-necked Grebe at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
12 Goldeneye, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 G BB Gull, 2 G-S Wood,  2 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 15+ L TT, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Cetti's,  12 Fieldfare, 4 Bullfinch

Stratford:
5 Little Egret with 1 Cattle Egret (lane down to hide), 2 Stock Dove, 1 Stonechat,  2 Bullfinch

2-2-18 Green Sandpiper, Herriotts (Rob Hargreaves)

Herriotts:
2 Shelduck, 16 Shoveler, 6 Pintail, 8 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard (over the hills), 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 10+ L TT, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Out of area:

Ferruginous Duck with Gadwall in the background at Ham Wall this morning (Allan Chard)

How to get to the BTO South-west Conference Sat 18th March

Out of UK
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