Mandarin Duck, Lesser Scaup, Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe
Great White Egret
Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl
Marsh Tit
Firecrest
Black Redstart
Water Pipit
Corn Bunting
BRISTOL
A Barn Owl hunting the rough ground between the M32 And M4 at 5.20 this morning.
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| 02-01-19 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard) |
1 me Blackcap, 3 m Chaffinch
Blaise:
1 Raven, 2 Marsh Tit
Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Shepperdine:
45 Greylag Goose
Oldbury Power Station:
1 fem/juv Pochard (on lake - first here for 3 years), 1 Black Redstart
Oldbury Yacht Club - 1m Sparrowhawk (chasing Meadow Pipits)
Aust Warth:
4 Short-eared Owl hunting at dusk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Stonechat
NORTH SOMERSET
Bristol Airport:
40 Golden Plover
Tyntesfield:
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Jay, 11 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 3 House Sparrow, 6 Chaffinch
Portishead Marina:
1 Black Redstart
Clevedon-Yeo:
Dowlais area - 49 Shelduck, 21 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 10 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 9 Oystercatcher, 60 Lapwing, 20 Curlew, 6 Turnstone, 300 Dunlin, 12 Redshank, 435 BH Gull, Herring Gull, 12 Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, 20 Skylark, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Linnet
Blind Yeo - 1 f Goosander, 1 Little Egret
Backwell Lake:
7.30 - 8.35 a.m. - 7 Canada Goose, 21 Mute Swan, 7 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Heron, 25 Little Egret (all but one left the island roost by 08.16. Sunrise officially 08.16! Photo taken at 08.00), 2 Cormorant, 25+ Black-headed Gull (coming in from around 08.00am).
Wick St Lawrence STW
1 Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler, 1 Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler
Sand Point/Bay:
2 Firecrest in the car park
Bleadon:
3 Little Egret + 1 also seen later at Uphill Marina, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Reed Bunting
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
20 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 30+ Golden Plover,50+ Lapwing, 200 Common Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Barn Owl along Rushmead Lane (looked like it had caught a Mole), 1 Kestrel, 3 Raven, 150+ mixed Corvids, 7 Skylark, 50+ Starling, 250 Fieldfare plus mixed flock 50+ Redwing/ Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 35+ Meadow Pipit, 300+ Linnet, 150-200 Corn Bunting, 50 Yellowhammer
Willsbridge:
Mill - 1 Dipper
Keynsham:
1 Mandarin Duck
Garden- 2 Herring Gull, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Redwing, 1 Robin, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 7 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch
Bath:
Bear Flat, garden - 1 Blackcap (first of winter at this site)
Midford:
01-01-19 1 Peregrine flying north
Midford to Tucking Mill and return: 33 species in total including - 1 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 5 species of Tit including 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper.
Newton St Loe:
22 Teal, 46 Mallard, Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher,1 Kestrel, 3 Marsh Tit, 1Treecreeper, 53 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
No 1 Tank - 1 ad m Long-tailed Duck still
No 3 Tank - 2 Common Sandpiper
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
8 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper
East Shore:
1 Great White Egret (viewed from Moreton)
Woodford:
4 Bullfinch at car park
Morton:
Peregrine - hunting in the fields behind
Nunnery:
Male 1st w Lesser Scaup + 4 fem Greater Scaup
Stratford:
1 Slavonian Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe, 25 Snipe, 1 f Kingfisher, 1 Water Pipit
Herriotts:
9 Shelduck, 1 Barn Owl (16:30 - got so close to the cars!)
Out of Avon:
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Karle Burford, Alex Carlisle, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Stephen Curtis, Paddy Doyle, William Earp, Ian Foster, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Martyn Hayes, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Lisegirl, Glen Maddison, Mike Meecham, Jean Oliver, Chris Perry, Carol Rushton, Stuart Sammonds, Kevin Smith, Howard Taffs, TalkingtoBears, Brian Thompson, Dan White, Birdguides
1 Raven, 2 Marsh Tit
Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Shepperdine:
45 Greylag Goose
Oldbury Power Station:
1 fem/juv Pochard (on lake - first here for 3 years), 1 Black Redstart
Oldbury Yacht Club - 1m Sparrowhawk (chasing Meadow Pipits)
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| 02-01-19 Short-eared Owl, Aust Warth (Lisegirl) |
Aust Warth:
4 Short-eared Owl hunting at dusk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Stonechat
NORTH SOMERSET
Bristol Airport:
40 Golden Plover
Tyntesfield:
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Jay, 11 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 3 House Sparrow, 6 Chaffinch
Portishead Marina:
1 Black Redstart
Clevedon-Yeo:
Dowlais area - 49 Shelduck, 21 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 10 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 9 Oystercatcher, 60 Lapwing, 20 Curlew, 6 Turnstone, 300 Dunlin, 12 Redshank, 435 BH Gull, Herring Gull, 12 Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, 20 Skylark, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Linnet
Blind Yeo - 1 f Goosander, 1 Little Egret
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| 02-01-19 roosting Little Egrets, Backwell Lake (Mike Thomas) |
7.30 - 8.35 a.m. - 7 Canada Goose, 21 Mute Swan, 7 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Heron, 25 Little Egret (all but one left the island roost by 08.16. Sunrise officially 08.16! Photo taken at 08.00), 2 Cormorant, 25+ Black-headed Gull (coming in from around 08.00am).
Wick St Lawrence STW
1 Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler, 1 Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler
Sand Point/Bay:
2 Firecrest in the car park
Bleadon:
3 Little Egret + 1 also seen later at Uphill Marina, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Reed Bunting
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
20 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 30+ Golden Plover,50+ Lapwing, 200 Common Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Barn Owl along Rushmead Lane (looked like it had caught a Mole), 1 Kestrel, 3 Raven, 150+ mixed Corvids, 7 Skylark, 50+ Starling, 250 Fieldfare plus mixed flock 50+ Redwing/ Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 35+ Meadow Pipit, 300+ Linnet, 150-200 Corn Bunting, 50 Yellowhammer
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| 02- 01-19 Dipper, Willsbridge Mill (Brian Thompson) |
Mill - 1 Dipper
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| 02-01-19 Mandarin Duck, Keynsham (Brian Thompson) |
1 Mandarin Duck
Garden- 2 Herring Gull, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Redwing, 1 Robin, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 7 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch
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| 02-01-19 Blackbird,. Keynsham (TalkingtoBears) |
Bath:
Bear Flat, garden - 1 Blackcap (first of winter at this site)
Midford:
01-01-19 1 Peregrine flying north
Newton St Loe:
22 Teal, 46 Mallard, Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher,1 Kestrel, 3 Marsh Tit, 1Treecreeper, 53 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch
RESERVOIRS
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| 02-01-19 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow No 1 Tank (Alex Carlisle) (No apologies for including yet another photo of this splendid bird) |
No 1 Tank - 1 ad m Long-tailed Duck still
No 3 Tank - 2 Common Sandpiper
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
8 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper
East Shore:
1 Great White Egret (viewed from Moreton)
Woodford:
4 Bullfinch at car park
Morton:
Peregrine - hunting in the fields behind
Nunnery:
Male 1st w Lesser Scaup + 4 fem Greater Scaup
1 Slavonian Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe, 25 Snipe, 1 f Kingfisher, 1 Water Pipit
Herriotts:
9 Shelduck, 1 Barn Owl (16:30 - got so close to the cars!)
Out of Avon:
Cheddar Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, 1st w. m Scaup, 1 m Red-crested Pochard
