Monday 5 February 2018

05-02-18 Monday - Parakeets

Temp 0 to 4℃. Cold strong NE wind with big waves at CVL today. Bright and dry with lovely clouds

Scaup 
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret

Golden Plover, Knot
Ring-necked Parakeet
Chiffchaff
Black Redstart
Hawfinch
5-2-18 Black-necked Grebe, Moreton hide (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Bedminster cricket ground:
1 Sparrowhawk (Ashton Court), 1 Redshank (Cumberland basin), 25 Redwing, 6 Song Thrush

Bishopston:
Robin singing an hour before sunrise, an annual occurrence

Coombe Dingle garden:
3m 1f Bullfinch

Duchess Lake, walk to:
2 Canada Geese, 1 Buzzard, 3 BH Gull, 7 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 22 Magpies, 9 Jackdaws, 7 Carrion Crows, 7 Blue Tits, 6 Great Tits, 4 Long Tailed Tits, 2f 5m Blackbirds, 1 Redwing, 4 Robins, 1 Dunnuck, 2 Greenfinches, 2 Goldfinches

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
100 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover (avr. 4 a year)

Avening Green: Damery Bridge, Little River Avon
Siskin - spread out - but up to 50.

Avonmouth, Catherine Street:
Ring-necked Parakeet

NORTH SOMERSET

Ham Green:
15 Redwing
5-2-18 Ring-necked Parakeet, Clevedon (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon, :
Canon's Gate: Ring-necked Parakeet
Pier: 16 Oystercatchers, 6 Ringed Plover,  5 Turnstone, 1 Black Redstart

Clevedon, Wain's Hill to Yeo Estuary: 
235 Shelduck, 415 Wigeon, 190 Teal, 15 Goosander (Blind Yeo), 7 Little Egret, 9 Cormorant, 5 Buzzard, 30 Oystercatcher, 1250 Lapwing, 40 Grey Plover, 290 Curlew, 26 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 2500 Dunlin, 4 Common Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper (River Yeo), 375 Redshank, 1 Peregrine, 38 Skylark, 1500 Starling, 150 Fieldfare, 300 Redwing, 5 Stonechat, 50 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield town:
Hawfinch, 1 Redpoll over south of town

5-2-18 Hawfinch, St Anne's (Chris Teague)
Siston Brook
Ring-necked Parakeet (St Anne's Church, but 2 also seen in Warmley), 4 Hawfinch


5-2-18 Greenfinch, Weston (Sean Whyte)
Bath Weston:
4 Collared Dove, 1 Starling, 1 Pied Wagtail, 4 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch


5-2-18 Chiffchaff, Caledonian Road (David Hughes)
Bath, Caledonian Rd:
1 Chiffchaff

Paulton:
1 m Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Fieldfare, 14 Redwing, 5 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 12 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 19 Siskin
SWT: 1 Grey Wagtail, 38 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tank 1, 4th:
Long-tailed Duck

Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
3 Goldeneye, 1 Hooligans Gull
Woodford:
Scaup (M/Villice bay), 5 Goldeneye, 1 GBB Gull, 2 Raven, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Dunnock, 7 Bullfinch

Herons Green:
2 Goldeneye, 1 Buzzard (the white one)


5-2-18 Black-necked Grebe, Moreton (Brian Thompson)
Moreton:
1 Greylag Goose, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Dunnock

Stratford Lane:
Cattle Egret, 1 Little Egret

Herriotts:
10 Shelduck, 2 Pintail
5-2-18 Grey Wagtail,  Moreton hide (Ian Stapp)
How to get to the BTO South-west Conference Sat 18th March

Slavonian Grebe on left (Cheddar 2015), Black-necked Grebe on right (Alex Carlisle)
Particularly note shape of forehead and bum (Slave more like Little)
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