****** NOTICE: The planned BOC trip to Torbay on Saturday 15th will be postponed
to Sunday 16th (same time, same place) owing to grim weather forecast. ******
Bewick's Swans, Bittern
Great White Egrets, Cattle Egrets
Little Gulls
Golden Plovers
Bar-tailed Godwit
Spotted Redshank
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| Golden Plovers at Tormarton (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
BRISTOL
Avonmouth:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet - back in the area - semi resident
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| Lovely portrait of a redhead Goosander in Eastville Park (Ian Loats) |
5 Goosander (2 m.), 6 Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher, 10 Long-tailed Tit.
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| Kingfisher at Eastville Park (Allan Chard) |
1 m. Sparrowhawk, Woodpigeons, Green Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail, House Sparrows all in one observer's garden.
Blaise Estate:
1 Kingfisher, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Jay, 1 Mistle Thrush (in dispute with a Magpie), 15 Redwing.
Henbury:
4 LBH Gull, 5 Rook (foraging on verges),
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| Jackdaw - Nordic type - at Severn Beach (John Martin) |
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Shepperdine), 1 Chiffchaff.
Severn Beach:
Nordic-type Jackdaw (down the back lane with the horse paddocks), Buzzard, 4 Redwing, Bullfinch.
Nordic-type Jackdaw (down the back lane with the horse paddocks), Buzzard, 4 Redwing, Bullfinch.
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon - Poets Walk:
2 Treecreeper.
Clevedon-Yeo:
70 Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan, c.60 Shelduck, 18 Shoveler, 200+ Wigeon, a few Teal, 3 Little Egret, 4 Cormorant, 200 Lapwing, 24 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 75+ Curlew, 3 Turnstone, 800 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 240 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank (R. Yeo, very flighty and vocal), 10+ Skylark, 25+ Fieldfare, 75+ Meadow Pipit.
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| Golden Plovers at Tormarton (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
Tormarton:
Lapwings and 200+ Golden Plover (in fields by road between Tormarton and Acton Turville).
Tormarton:
Lapwings and 200+ Golden Plover (in fields by road between Tormarton and Acton Turville).
Northend, Bath:
(winter survey) Raven in tumbling display, Goldcrest, plenty of Redwing, Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit.
Batheaston:
8 Cormorants on the power lines over the R. Avon.
Newton St Loe:
31 Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, Song Thrushes, Wrens, lots of tits, 2 Goldcrest, 8 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch.
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| 1W Little Gull at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
Chew Valley Lake
65 Canada Goose, 6 Bewick's Swan (family party of 4 at Moreton), 2 Shelduck, 6 Pintail , 7+ Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Bittern (Herons Green in reeds on the left), 6+ Great White Egret, 5+ Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Cattle Egret (with cattle near Blue Bowl), 1 albino Coot, 2 Water Rail, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper (dam), 1 Snipe (HG), 10+ Lapwing, 6 G BB Gull, 2 Little Gull (1 ad., 1 x 1W from Moreton), 5 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 9 Jackdaw, 1 Raven (Woodford), 3 Jay, 12+ LT Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 50+ Starling, 1 Mistle Thrush, 10+ Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 11 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit (Woodford), 12+ Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch, 4 Reed Bunting.
Reports: Nancy Barrett, Raoul Chandrasakera, Jane Cumming, Alastair Fraser, Robert Hargreaves, Rod Holbrook, Hayden James, Ian Loats, Matt Plenty, Lois Pryce, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
