07-02-18 Wednesday - Merlin

Temp -2 to 5℃. Lovely bright day again, very cold in the wind

Knot
Short-eared Owl
Merlin
Black Redstart
Hawfinch, Redpoll, Siskin

BRISTOL

Charlton, BS10, front gardens, BAWA field and Crow Lane:

30 Rooks moving along

7-2-18 Blackcap, Coombe Dingle (Pete Bunniss)

Coombe Dingle:

1 Blackcap singing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Black Redstart on top of SW side of towers

7-2-18 Short-eared Owls, Aust (Raoul Chandrasakera and Alan Gilbert) 

Aust Warth:
2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel, 1 Goldcrest

7-2-18 Kestrel, New Passage (Richard Bedwell)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
90 Shelduck, 13 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 390 Wigeon, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 151 Lapwing,  6 Curlew, 42 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 200 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 100 Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail

7-2-18 Ringed Plover, Shaft Rocks (Rob Emery)

Severn Beach, Shaft Rocks:
3 Ringed Plover, 72 Turnstones, 90 Dunlin

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Centre Quay and Boating Lake:
9 Canada Geese, 1 Geylag Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 3 Pochard, 17 Tufted Duck, 3 Cormorant, 1 colour-ringed Curlew, 1 Rock Pipit

7-2-18 Goldcrest, Langford (David Goodliffe)

Langford:
1 Collared Dove, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 5 Blackbird, 5 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 4 Bullfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield town:
1 Sparrowhawk, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, laughing Green Woodpecker, 1 Hawfinch

7-2-18 Rook with deformed claw, A420 (Mike Donne)

Warmley, A420:
3 Rooks feeding on crisps

Stockwood Open Space:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 m Stonechat, 1 f Bullfinch

Bath, Bloomfield:
4-500 Starling murmuration

7-2-18 Goosander, Newton Park (RH)

Newton St Loe:
74 Teal, 2 m Goosander, 5 Grey Heron (1 nesting), 2 Cormorant, 6 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 214 BH Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 6 Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 20 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 20 Goldfinch, 8 Yellowhammer

7-2-18 five Yellowhammer, Newton St Loe (RH)

Pensford, Lords Wood:
1 Buzzard, 100 Corvid, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 10 Blue Tit, 15 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 15 Goldcrest, 3 Blackbird, 16 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 1 f Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake, 6th:
3 Barnacle Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, 67 Wigeon, 1 ad♂ Ferruginous x Pochard hybrid, 1 ad♂ Tufted x Pochard hybrid. 2 Black-necked Grebes

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
3 Goldeneye, 6 Goldfinch

7-2-18 Blackcap, Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Woodford:

7 Goldeneye (Villice), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Blackcap, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

Herons Green:

2 Goldeneye, 1 GBB Gull, 7 House Sparrow

7-2-18 Siskin, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
6 Wigeon, 8 Goldeneye, 0 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 15 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Blackbird, 2 Stonechat, 20 Chaffinch, 4 Bullfinch, 2 Redpoll, 4 Siskin

Stratford Lane, 6th:
2 Cattle Egret

Herriotts:
8 Shelduck, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

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7-2-18 Short-eared Owl, Aust (Keith Fowler)
Closing in, Off with vole, Trying to keep the vole

Reports: Richard Bedwell, Raoul Chandrasakera, Teresa Chard, John Clark, Tony Cook, Chris Craig, Mike Donne, Rob Emery, Alan Gilbert, David Goodliffe, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Lisegirl, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Chris Teague, Brian Thompson, Denise Whittle, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG