Thursday, 8 February 2018

8-2-18 Thursday - Jack Snipe

A reasonable day - some sun though quite chilly

Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Black-necked Grebe 
Jack Snipe
Hawfinch

8-1-18 drake Scaup, CVL (Pagan Birder)
BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
4 Redwing

8-2-18 Grey Heron, Stoke Park, Bristol (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
Stoke Park: 
8 Mallard, 1 Gray Heron, 4 Buzzards 10 Moorhen, 1 Black-headed Gull, 16 Feral Pigeon, 31 Wood Pigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 16 Magpie, 9 Jackdaw, 11 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 13 Blue Tit, 12 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 12 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Robin, 2 Stonechat, 1 Dunnock, 5 Bullfinch, 5 Greenfinch, 35 Goldfinch

Redland Green:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chaffinch, 2  Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Latteridge:
1 Goldcrest, 2 Redwing


NORTH SOMERSET


Portbury Wharf:
1 Barn Owl, 1+ Little Owl calling (7-2-18)

Nailsea - Queens Rd:
2 Little Egret - flying towards Backwell Lake (17:30)

Clevedon - Yeo:
Blind Yeo - Clevedon Moor: 1 Mute Swan, 47 Canada Goose, 32 Teal, 6 Mallard, 20 Goosander (18 one side of bridge and 2 further up), 3 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 7 Little Grebe, 6 Moorhen, 8 Herring Gull

Kenn:
4 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Snipe, 5 Jack Snipe (YACWAG reserve).

Kenn Moor - Claverham Drove:
22 Mute Swan


BELOW M4 & BANES


Marshfield:
2 Raven (Garston Farm airstrip), 1 Hawfinch (usual garden)

Keynsham: 
1 Peregrine (scattering pigeons from Block A Riverside at the old Somerdale complex)


Goldcrest 8th Feb 2018 NSL (Wayne Tucker)
Newton-St- Loe:
50 Teal, 1 Goosander, 2 Coot, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Skylark, 3 Goldcrest, 25 Meadow Pipit, 5 Greenfinch 150 + Linnet, 10 Siskin, 40+ Yellowhammer, (pick of a 45 species day)

RESERVOIRS:


Barrow Tanks:
Drake Long-tailed Duck still present, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake
3 Scaup  - 1♀ + 2♂

8-2-18 Black-necked Grebe, CVL (Pagan Birder)
Moreton:
1 Black-necked Grebe


Reports: Chris Craig, Rich Giles, Trevor Riddle, Gareth Roberts, Chris Hall, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Robert Hawkridge, Harvey Rose, Chris Stone, Larry Sweetland, Christopher Teague, Denise Whittle, Penny Wills,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS,   nslbirding, opsbirding,   severnsidebirds, TBOSG