Wednesday, 9 January 2019

09-01-19 Wednesday

Chilly sunshine ; 3 - 6 degrees

White-fronted Goose
Long-tailed Duck
Bittern
Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart


09-01-19 Short-eared Owl, Aust Warth (Mike Trew)
[Note that one eye appears to be defective or damaged]


09-01-19 Bullfinch, Langford (David Goodliffe)
BRISTOL
09--01-19 female Blackcap, Bristol  (Lee Gardiner)

Purdown and Duchess Lake:
4m 2f Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard,10 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 2 Black-headed Gull, 4 Woodpigeon, 3 Jay, 7 Magpie, 12 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2m 1f Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush,6 Robin, 52 House Sparrow, 8 Goldfinch

09-01-19 Song Thrush, Purdown, Bristol (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

New Cut at Hotwells:
1 Grey Heron, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 98 Feral Pigeon,  7+  Redwing

09-01-19  2 Raven
09-01-19 Grey Heron, Duchess Lake, Bristol (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Hill:
1 Sparrowhawk with a kill, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Chaffinch

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Black Redstart still

Aust Warth:
Short-eared Owl  late afternoon

09-01-19 White-fronted Goose, Northwick Warth (Ian Loats)
Northwick Warth:
5 White-fronted Goose still present

09-01-19 Ringed Plover, Shaft Rocks, Severn Beach (Tony Scott)
Severn Beach:
Shaft Rocks - 22 Ringed Plover,72 Turnstone, 56 Dunlin


09-01-19 Mistle Thrush, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)
Almondsbury:
Garden - 1 Green Woodpecker, I m Blackcap, 2 Mistle Thrush.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Bittern heard booming mid-morning

Clevedon-Yeo:
2 Brent Goose, 150 Shelduck, 40 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 6 Grey Plover, 140 Curlew, 700 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 15 Redshank, 2 Kestrel, 15 Skylark, Stonechat, 4 Bullfinch, 4 Linnet.

Backwell Lake:
Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Mallard, 4 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Pochard, 2 Cormorant, 17+ Little Egret in to roost, 2 Water Rail, Coot, Moorhen

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:
Garden - 15 species, inc 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 f Blackcap,
RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Drake Long-tailed Duck still present on No 1 Tank

Chew Valley Lake

No reports from CVL so far today

Out of Avon: 
Brean Down -  female Black Redstart
09-01-19 f Black Redstart, Brean Down (Terri Borash)
Reports: Terri Borash, Paul Bowerman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Vera Carpenter, David Gale, Paddy Doyle,  David Goodliffe, Peter Hazelwood,  Robin Lambert, Ian Loats, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Trevor Riddle, Tony Scott, Mike Trew,  Birdguides, nslbirding,