Thursday, 22 February 2018

22-2-18 Thursday - Red Kite

Dry, cloudy and a bit nippy

Hawfinch
Short-eared Owl 
Red Kite

BRISTOL

Castle Park:
Chiffchaff

St Anne's Park
1 Blackcap

Finzell's Reach
2 Peregrine
Stonechat 22nd Feb 2018 Portway (AWT)

Portway, Bennett's Patch
1 Stonechat (m)

Coombe Dingle:
Kingfisher (River Trym in the Dingle)
3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Wren (R Trym, Blaise), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay
5 Bullfinch (3m, 2f), 2 Greenfinch, 1 Blackcap (m), 2 Collared Dove, (Garden. Lots of birds in the garden last week, mostly disappeared while I was away at the weekend)

Duchess Lake:
9 Mallard (6m, 3f), 15 Feral Pigeon, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 9 Moorhen,
2 Black-headed Gull, 5 Woodpigeon, 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay,
14 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 32 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 10 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit,
2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Wren, 25 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 2 Stonechat (f), 19 House Sparrow,
1 Dunnock, 8 Bullfinch (3m 5f), 1 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Short Eared Owl 22nd Feb 2018 Aust Warth (Pete Blanchard)
Aust Warth:
Short-eared Owl - out at 1-15 this afternoon.


NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
7 Mute Swan, 8 Canada Goose, 69 Mallard, 10 Tufted Duck, 1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Moorhen,
94 Black-headed Gull, 18 Herring Gull, 1 Treecreeper, (lake Winter survey)
3 Greenfinch (Kilkenny Place)

Hewish to Congresbury:
1 Red Kite, 1 Sparrowhawk (over A370)

Backwell Lake:
Great White Egret, 15+ Little Egret, 1 Raven, 1 Water Rail, 80+ Redwing, 2 Bullfinch
22/2/18 Great White Egret (Phil Baber)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wick:
Dipper (Golden Valley)
22/2/18 Dipper (Peter Coslett)
Burnett:
70+ Linnet, 50+ Yellowhammer, 100+ Chaffinch, 20 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 2 Buzzard

Bath:
11 Hawfinch (NT Prior Park)

Twerton:
1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Wren, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 2 LT Tit, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Robin,
2 Blackbird

Newton St Loe:
Tawny Owl


RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck

Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
11 Goldeneye, 1 Grey Wagtail

Woodford:
5 Goldeneye, 3 Scaup (2M-1F Villice bay), 2 G BB Gull, 2 Raven, 1 Song Thrush
10+ LT Tit, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Jay

Villice:
5 Scaup
22/2/18 Scaup (David Hughes)
What's that Coot doing there!
Heron's Green:
1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Buzzard, 2 Wigeon
22/2/18 Buzzards displaying (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 G-S Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler
2 Jay, 20+ LT Tot, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Stonechat

Stratford:
1 Cattle Egret, 3 L Egret, 4 Goosander

Herriotts:
1 Cetti's Warbler,4 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, 1 Barnacle Goose, 1 G BB Gull,
4 Med Gull (1 all black hood, 1 nearly all black hood, 2 still in winter plumage with a bit of black)
22/2/18 Med and BH Gull (Bob Brewer)
Good comparison of easily confused gulls (well, I'm easily confused)

22/2/18 More Med gulls in stages of moult (Ian Stapp)


Reports: William Earp, Bob Brewer, Ian Stapp, Nigel Sluman, Jason Williams, Glen Maddison, Ann Crowe, Alastair Fraser, Chris Craig, Adrian Hockey, Peter Coslett, Gingerbirder, Chris Perry, Jane Cumming, Phil Baber, Patrick Hardyman Richards, David Hughes, Dee Pope, Pete Blanchard, Gill Sapsed, blagdonlakebirdsCVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG, AWT