15-02-18 Thursday - Spotted Redshank

Temp 6 to 8℃. Good bright day, a few showers early, very wet underfoot. 16mm, 6", of rain last 3 days

Scaup
Red Kite
Spotted Redshank
Glaucous Gull, (14th, Little Gull, Med Gull)
Merlin
Ring-necked Parakeet
Brambling, Hawfinch, Siskin

15-2-18 Greylag Goose, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station, 14th:
1st-winter Little Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull

Hawkesbury, Starveal Lane, c 1500:
1 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
4 Canada Geese, 80 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, 180 Wigeon, 160 Teal, 7 Goosander (13th), 6 Little Egret, 3 Cormorant, 9 Oystercatcher, 14 Lapwing, 18 Grey Plover, 8 Ringed Plover, 130 Curlew, 32 Turnstone, 18 Knot, 1700 Dunlin, 260 Redshank, 2 Spotted Redshank, 400 BH Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 10 Skylark, 10 Meadow Pipit

Backwell Lake:
Afternoon: 1 Little Egret

About 16.45: 2 Great White Egrets flew in to roost on the island
17.24 to 17.45: At least 24 Little Egrets came to the island roost quickly disappearing into the bushes

Kenn Moor:
73 Mute Swan, 4 Buzzard, 4 Raven, 2 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 5 Deer

Weston-super-Mare:
? 1 w Glaucous Gull

15-2-18 Blackcaps, Langford (David Goodliffe)

Langford:
4m 3f Blackcap, 1 Starling, 1 f Blackbird, 2 Robin, 4 Dunnock, 4m 2f Bullfinch, 2 m/f Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, town:
1 Hawfinch

15-2-18 Chaffinch, Willsbridge (Vera Carpenter)

Willsbridge, Siston Brook, St Anne's Church, Oldland:
1 Red Kite (c 1130), 4 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest
St Anne's: 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 m Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Hawfinch

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
8 Goldeneye

15-2-18 Mistle Thrush, Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Woodford:
2 Scaup, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch

15-2-18 Lapwing, Herons Green (Simon Mackie)

Herons Green:
28 Canada Geese, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 31 Lapwing

Moreton:
4 Goldeneye, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Bullfinch

Chew Valley Ringing Station:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Brambling, 1 Siskin

15-2-18 Shelduck, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts:
18 Canada Geese, 2 Barnacle Geese, 1 Greylag Goose, 7 Shelduck, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail

Out of Avon:

15-2-18 Mandarin, Cheddar Res (Geoff Daniels)

St Georges Flower Bank is having a Quiz, 1st May, to raise money. Poster pdf available, details

Reports: Vera Carpenter, Geoff Daniels, David Goodliffe, Peter Hazelwood, Higgy, Simon Mackie, Rob P, Phil Quinn, Matt Rogers, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, Mike Thomas, Dan White, Denise Whittle, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG