Only the hardiest observers out; several sightings of birds in unusual places. Almost as many photos as reports today....
Long-tailed Duck
Great White Egret
Ruff
Mediterranean Gull
Short-eared Owl
Firecrest
Stonechat (27th)
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| 28-2-18 Mallards, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Bob Brewer) |
Montpelier Station:
Male Blackcap and 1/2 doz Chaffinch the best this morning
Coombe Dingle:
Garden visitors today - 4 Blue Tit, 1 Blackcap, 4 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare (first for 2 years), 1 Robin, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch
Badock's Wood:
1 Firecrest
Eastville Park:
2 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush (Colston Field)
St Werburgh's:
27th: 1 f/juv Stonechat at allotments, near the city farm, on top of Buddleia bush by side of footpath (First time observer has seen one there)
Stockwood Open Space:
2 drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20+ Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Bullfinch, 4 Goldfinch plus
usual tits, Blackbirds etc
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Avening Green - Little River Avon:
Aust Warth:
1 Short-eared Owl (first report for several days)
Almondsbury:
Golden Plover flock over motorway junction (not normally seen here)
Willsbridge:
NORTH SOMERSET
Bristol Airport:
100+ Lapwing heading SSW plus 40 at Hewish
Backwell Lake:
Yatton:
Stowey Road garden: 2 Buzzard (flyover), 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Blackbird (6 m), 2 Song Thrush (rare here), 8 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch (feeding on Teasel seed-heads), 7 Reed Bunting
Uphill (and STW) :
1 Peregrine, 35 Lapwing over, Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 4 Reed Bunting
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:Walcot Gate Garden: 7 Redwing (observer has only ever had fly-overs before)
Wellow:
4 Buzzard, 20+ Lapwing, 15+ Fieldfare
Midford:
250+ mixed gull species
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Gurney tanks:
The drake adult Long-tailed Duck still present today (per Birdguides)
Chew Valley Lake
Herriotts:
Shelduck, Kestrel
Reports: Birdguides, Malcolm Black, Des Bowring, Bob Brewer, Teresa Chard, Ed Drewitt, Alastair Fraser, Peter Hazelwood, Higgy, Rod Holbrook, Adrian Hockey, Glen Maddison, Melanie Patch, Adam Rawson, John Rossetti, Kevin Smith, Larry Sweetland, Mike Thomas, Verity White, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
Coombe Dingle:
Garden visitors today - 4 Blue Tit, 1 Blackcap, 4 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare (first for 2 years), 1 Robin, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch
Badock's Wood:
1 Firecrest
Eastville Park:
2 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush (Colston Field)
St Werburgh's:
27th: 1 f/juv Stonechat at allotments, near the city farm, on top of Buddleia bush by side of footpath (First time observer has seen one there)
Stockwood Open Space:
2 drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20+ Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Bullfinch, 4 Goldfinch plus
usual tits, Blackbirds etc
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Avening Green - Little River Avon:
2 Mandarin Duck (♀ + ♂), Kingfisher, Goldcrest, mixed flock of 'hundreds' of Fieldfare and Redwing and a calling Dipper.
Oldbury Power Station:
1 adult-winter Mediterranean Gull in the roost with c1000 Common Gull
Oldbury Power Station:
1 adult-winter Mediterranean Gull in the roost with c1000 Common Gull
Aust Warth:
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| 28 - 2 - 18 Short-eared Owl (Malcolm Black) |
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| 28-2-18 Blackcap, Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook) |
Golden Plover flock over motorway junction (not normally seen here)
Willsbridge:
Cold weather Chaffinch in the garden.
NORTH SOMERSET
Bristol Airport:
100+ Lapwing heading SSW plus 40 at Hewish
Backwell Lake:
Going to roost (watch kept up to to 18.05): 1 Great White Egret at 17.05; 2 Little Egrets at 17. 43 and 2 more before watch ended (more likely to have have come in later ).
Winford:
200 Lapwing, 1 Ruff, 300 mixed gull flock, 10 Redwing, 80 + Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit
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| 28-2-18 Ruff in ploughed field, Winford (Melanie Patch) Photo taken through tractor window! Could it be the bird seen in flight over CVL on 24th Feb? |
200 Lapwing, 1 Ruff, 300 mixed gull flock, 10 Redwing, 80 + Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit
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| 28-2-18 Greenfinch, Yatton (Higgy) |
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| 28-2-18 Song Thrush, Yatton (Higgy) |
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| 28-2-18 Green Woodpecker, Yatton (Higgy) |
Yatton:
Stowey Road garden: 2 Buzzard (flyover), 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Blackbird (6 m), 2 Song Thrush (rare here), 8 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch (feeding on Teasel seed-heads), 7 Reed Bunting
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| 28-2-18 Ringed Plover, Uphill (Simon Williams) |
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| 28-2-18 Dunlin, Uphill (Simon Williams) |
1 Peregrine, 35 Lapwing over, Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 4 Reed Bunting
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:Walcot Gate Garden: 7 Redwing (observer has only ever had fly-overs before)
Wellow:
4 Buzzard, 20+ Lapwing, 15+ Fieldfare
Midford:
250+ mixed gull species
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Gurney tanks:
The drake adult Long-tailed Duck still present today (per Birdguides)
Chew Valley Lake
Herriotts:
Shelduck, Kestrel
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| 28-2-18 Shelduck on ice, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Bob Brewer) |
Reports: Birdguides, Malcolm Black, Des Bowring, Bob Brewer, Teresa Chard, Ed Drewitt, Alastair Fraser, Peter Hazelwood, Higgy, Rod Holbrook, Adrian Hockey, Glen Maddison, Melanie Patch, Adam Rawson, John Rossetti, Kevin Smith, Larry Sweetland, Mike Thomas, Verity White, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
