11-02-18 Sunday - Teal

Temp 0 to 10℃. Bright Sunshine with a cold blustery wind, blue sky and fast moving white clouds

11-2-18 Ring-necked Parakeet, St Anne's (Martin Sprake)
One of six birds at St Anne's!

Teal
Short-eared Owl
Ring-necked Parakeet
Siskin
Corn Bunting

BRISTOL

11-2-18 Canada Geese, Duchess Lake (Patrick Richards)

Duchess Lake:
2 Canada Geese, 1 Cormorant, 5 Moorhen, 12 Feral Pigeon, 22 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 8 Magpie, 28 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Long Tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 3m 3f Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 9 Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 11 Goldfinch

11-2-18 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Jason Williams)

Eastville Park:

Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush

11-2-18 Redshank, Sea Mills (Jon Mortin)

Sea Mills, River Avon:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Dunlin, 20 Redshank

St Andrews Park:
40 Redwing

Stockwood Open Space:
2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 2m 1f Bullfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

11-2-18 Peregrine, OPS (Ginger Birder)

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Peregrine

11-2-18 Short-eared Owl, Aust (Martin Sprake)

Aust, Cake Pill:

1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Short-eared Owl

11-2-18 Fieldfare, New Passage (John Martin)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
102 Shelduck, 16 Shoveler, 13 Gadwall, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Snipe, Redshank, 120 Fieldfare, 35 Redwing

Rockhampton, nr Thornbury:
1 Green Sandpiper

NORTH SOMERSET

11-2-18 Common Gull, Backwell lake (Robin Martin)

Backwell Lake:
6 Canada goose, 24 Mute Swan, 1 Muscovy Duck 1 m Shoveler, 2 Gadwall,18 Mallard, 14 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 5 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 3 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 70 BH Gull, 4 Common Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 4 Wren, 1 singing Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch (m&f)

Uphill:
1 Peregrine over beach

11-2-18 Siskin, Langford (David Goodliffe)

Langford:
3m 4f Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 1 f Chaffinch, 3m 5f Bullfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 1 m Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

11-2-18 Corn Bunting, Marshfield (Craig Lewis)

Marshfield, Rushmead:
12 Red-legged Partridge, 200 Golden Plover afar, 100+ Linnet, 30 Corn Bunting

11-2-18 Buzzard, Willsbridge (Chris @avglochris)

Willsbridge, Siston Brook, Oldland:
4 Buzzard, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet

11-2-18 Linnet, NSL (NSL Birding)

Newton St Loe:

1 Mute Swan, 84 Teal (new record), 1 m Goosander, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 8 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 40 BH Gull, 75 Common Gull, 1 Kestrel, 5 Skylark, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 150 Linnet, 8 Yellowhammer

11-2-18 Peregrine, Bath (BUPP)
Falcon takes in the scene

Pensford, Lords Wood:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 3 Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 6 Stock Dove, 1 Raven, 60 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 3 Skylark

RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake, 9th:
3 Barnacle Geese, 63 Wigeon, 1 m Scaup, 7 Goosanders, 2 Black-necked Grebes, 1 Blackcap

11-2-18 Siskin, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
4 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper

Woodford:
5 Goldeneye, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Song Thrush, 30+ Chaffinch, 4 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin 

Herons Green:
2 Goldeneye, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 75+ Starling

11-2-18 Great-Spotted Woodpecker, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
11 Goldeneye, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl calling, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 10 Blackbird, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Bullfinch, 5 Siskin

Herriotts:
6 Shelduck, 1 Pintail, 2 Reed Bunting

Out of Avon
Presumed Gyr Falcon, on post 300 mtrs on right down from Miners Arms to Cheddar B road at 13.19
Flew off towards rifle ranges and Burrington

Urban peregrines - by Ed Drewitt, School of Biological Sciences, on 22 February 2018, 7.30 - 9.00 PM
Public Lecture in association with the Friends of the Botanic Garden at
The Frank Theatre, Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL

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