Sunday 4 February 2018

04-02-18 Sunday - Cattle Egret

Largely sunny and bright today

Long tailed Duck
Cattle Egret
Red Kite
Purple Sandpiper
Ring-necked Parakeet
Bearded Tit
Firecrest
Hawfinch  Brambling  Siskin

4-2 -18, Cattle Egret with Little Egret, Stratford Lane, CVL (Brian Thompson)


4-2-18 Kingfisher, Willsbridge (Martin Tayler)
A different angle to 'normal'
BRISTOL

4-2-18 Grey Heron, Eastville Park (Jon Mortin)
Eastville Park:
1 Muscovy Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Long-tailed Tit


4-2-18, Blackcap, St Anne's Park, Bristol (Gill Sapsed)
St Anne's Park: 
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

4-2-18 Goosander m, Blind Yeo, Clevedon (Jason Williams)
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


4-2-18 f Blackcap, Langford (David Goodliffe)
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


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.
Oldland, St Anne's Churchyard:
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.

4-2-18 Yellowhammer, Burnett (Ian Stapp)
Burnett:
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

4-2-18 Bearded tit (f), CVL (Brian Thompson)
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

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,  blagdonlakebirdsCVRS,   nslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG