Long tailed Duck
Cattle Egret
Red Kite
Purple Sandpiper
Ring-necked Parakeet
Bearded Tit
Firecrest
Hawfinch Brambling Siskin
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| 4-2 -18, Cattle Egret with Little Egret, Stratford Lane, CVL (Brian Thompson) |
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| 4-2-18 Kingfisher, Willsbridge (Martin Tayler) A different angle to 'normal' |
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| 4-2-18 Grey Heron, Eastville Park (Jon Mortin) |
1 Muscovy Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Long-tailed Tit
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| 4-2-18, Blackcap, St Anne's Park, Bristol (Gill Sapsed) |
2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit
Hengrove: - Brislington Brook
1 Cattle Egret
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Bradley Stoke:
Mistle Thrush
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon-Yeo:
Battery Point and Lake grounds: 1 Greylag, 6 Mute Swan, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Curlew, 5 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 1 Raven, 1 Rock Pipit
Blind Yeo: 8 Goosander (5 drakes), 8 Little Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher
Clevedon-Yeo whole stretch: 2 Canada Goose, 70 Shelduck, 180 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 8 Mallard, 6 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 27 Oystercatcher, 17 Grey Plover, 90 Lapwing, 5 Ringed Plover, 175 Curlew, 8 Turnstone, 1550 Dunlin (900 at Kenn, 150 at mouth of Yeo and 500 well up Yeo), 150 Redshank, 3 Snipe, 100+Black-headed Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Raven , 18 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 4 Rock Pipit
Kingston Seymour – Bullocks fishing lakes: 2 Stock Dove, I Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Worle, Weston-Super-Mare:
Garden: 2 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest
Langford:
Garden: 2 Collared Dove, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Blackcap (4m,2f), 2 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chaffinch ,4 Bullfinch , 1 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch,
2 Siskin.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
Around garden feeding station: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 'good size' Tit flock, 1 Nuthatch,1 Grey Wagtail, 10+ Chaffinch, 1 Hawfinch, 9 Linnet, 20+ Goldfinch
Willsbridge:
Siston Brook: 1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper
Oldland, St Anne's Churchyard:
3 Ring-necked Parakeet 3 Hawfinch
Bath:
St Mark's Church:
1 m Peregrine
Chew Stoke Sewage Treatment Works:
1 Chiffchaff ringed at CVRS in November 2014. The STW is c4km north of CVRS.
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
Greylag Goose, 7 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 13 Teal, 4 (inc 1 ♂) Goldeneye, 1 Long tailed Duck (displaying and calling)
Mistle Thrush
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon-Yeo:
Battery Point and Lake grounds: 1 Greylag, 6 Mute Swan, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Curlew, 5 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 1 Raven, 1 Rock Pipit
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| 4-2-18 Goosander m, Blind Yeo, Clevedon (Jason Williams) |
Clevedon-Yeo whole stretch: 2 Canada Goose, 70 Shelduck, 180 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 8 Mallard, 6 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 27 Oystercatcher, 17 Grey Plover, 90 Lapwing, 5 Ringed Plover, 175 Curlew, 8 Turnstone, 1550 Dunlin (900 at Kenn, 150 at mouth of Yeo and 500 well up Yeo), 150 Redshank, 3 Snipe, 100+Black-headed Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Raven , 18 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 4 Rock Pipit
Kingston Seymour – Bullocks fishing lakes: 2 Stock Dove, I Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Worle, Weston-Super-Mare:
Garden: 2 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest
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| 4-2-18 f Blackcap, Langford (David Goodliffe) |
Garden: 2 Collared Dove, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Blackcap (4m,2f), 2 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chaffinch ,4 Bullfinch , 1 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch,
2 Siskin.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
Around garden feeding station: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 'good size' Tit flock, 1 Nuthatch,1 Grey Wagtail, 10+ Chaffinch, 1 Hawfinch, 9 Linnet, 20+ Goldfinch
Willsbridge:
Siston Brook: 1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper
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| 4-2-18 Ring-necked Parakeet, St Anne's Church (John Mildenhall) Interesting to see exactly what the St Anne's Ring-necked Parakeets are eating: new tip growth in the yew trees. |
3 Ring-necked Parakeet 3 Hawfinch
Bath:
St Mark's Church:
1 m Peregrine
Asked today why BUPP nest box has a 100% hatch to fledge ratio: considerable thought given to construction/location, ensuring safe access/egress/ food delivery, provision of rain/wind/sunshine protection, and the roof is a deterrent to predation.
Burnett:
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| 4-2-18 Yellowhammer, Burnett (Ian Stapp) |
2 Mallard, 2 Pheasant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard , 20+ Wood Pigeon, 7 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel , 11 Magpie, 30+ Jackdaw, 3 Rook, 32 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 20 Great Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Skylark 3 Wren, 30+ Starling , 4 Blackbird, 4 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush 1 Mistle Thrush,7 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Dunnock, 200+ Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 12 Goldfinch, 40+ Linnet, 25+Yellow Hammer, 1 Reed Bunting
Chew Stoke Sewage Treatment Works:
1 Chiffchaff ringed at CVRS in November 2014. The STW is c4km north of CVRS.
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
Greylag Goose, 7 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 13 Teal, 4 (inc 1 ♂) Goldeneye, 1 Long tailed Duck (displaying and calling)
Chew Valley Lake
Picnic site no 2:
1 Bearded Tit (f), 1 Siskin,
Stratford:
1 Red Kite over the ringing station
1 Cattle Egret, 5 Little Egret in field along Stratford Lane
Reports: Bath Peregrines, Pip Bryant, Chris Craig, David Gibbs, David Goodliffe, Paul Gregory, John Mildenhall, Jon Mortin, James Payne, Harvey Rose, Gill Sapsed, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Martin Tayler, Brian Thompson, Denise Whittle, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
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| 4-2-18 Bearded tit (f), CVL (Brian Thompson) |
1 Bearded Tit (f), 1 Siskin,
Stratford:
1 Red Kite over the ringing station
1 Cattle Egret, 5 Little Egret in field along Stratford Lane
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| 4-2-18 f Blackcap, (David Gibbs) |
Reports: Bath Peregrines, Pip Bryant, Chris Craig, David Gibbs, David Goodliffe, Paul Gregory, John Mildenhall, Jon Mortin, James Payne, Harvey Rose, Gill Sapsed, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Martin Tayler, Brian Thompson, Denise Whittle, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
