Sunday 13 January 2019

13-01-19 Sunday - LBB Gull

Windy in the morning - many birds hunkering down. Relatively mild: 10 degrees

White-fronted Goose
Black-necked Grebe
Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart

13-01-19 Tufted Duck, Herriotts, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

BRISTOL

13-01-19  m Greenfinch, Bristol (Lee Gardiner)
St Anne's:
1 m Blackcap


Hotwells:
4 Cormorant, 2 Moorhen,1 Redshank, 2 LBB Gull ,  2 Raven, 8 Redwing, 6  House Sparrow

'The most interesting sighting was a pair of Lesser Black-backed Gulls in the New Cut which by their degree of blackness, I’d class as at least L fuscus intermedius, if not L fuscus fuscus. They also had very clean white heads. I’ve logged them in Bird Track as intermedius. I have seen an example before here, but not very often.'

Ed: Larus fuscus intermedius is the Scandanavian race; L fuscus fuscus breeds in the Baltic, and is a national rarity so anyone who observes one locally needs to take detailed notes (it's not just how dark the mantle is).

13-01-19 Redwing, St  Andrews Park, Bristol  (Jon Mortin)
St Andrews Park:
8 Redwing, 8 Goldfinch

Eastville Park:
Tawny Owl still at home.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE


13-01-19 Stonechat pair, OPS (Chris Snook)
Oldbury Power Station:
2 Stonechat

Aust Warth:
3 or 4 Short-eared Owl on the opposite side of the road this afternoon

New Passage/Northwick:
5 White-fronted Goose  (5th bird temporarily missing earlier in the day)

River Avon: Conham - Keynsham
Conham - 10 Mallard, 1 Moorhen.
Hanham Lock - 9 Mallard, 1 Cormorant,1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Keynsham Hams - 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 1 Buzzard
Nr Lock keepers Inn (Keynsham) - 4 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Moorhen, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Long tailed Tit
Hanham Heronry (return) - 11 Grey Heron
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NORTH SOMERSET

13-01-19 Black Redstart , Clevedon Pier (Paul Brian Chapman)
Clevedon-Yeo:
Pier: 1 Black Redstart

13-01-19 Knot, Dunlin,Turnstone, Clevedon (Jason Williams)
1 Knot, c80 Dunlin, 5 Turnstone, 3 Grey Plover, 30 Curlew, c 10 Skylark

Worle:
1 Peregrine

BELOW M4 & BANES


13-01-19 Goldfinch, Keynsham (TalkingtoBears)
Keynsham:
Garden in ST6567: 1 Woodpiegon, 2 Collared Dove, 3 Jackdaw, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch

Newton St Loe:
5 Mute Swan, 40 Mallard, 20 Teal, 1 Pheasant, 8 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 35 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 16 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 Feral Pigeon, 25 Woodpigeon, 3 Jay, 6 Magpie, 15 Jackdaw, 40 Rook, 10 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 4 Coal Tit, 25 Blue Tit, 30 Great Tit, 26 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 4 Robin, 20 House Sparrow, 1Dunnock, 14 Chaffinch, 1 Linnet, 10 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

13-01-19 Snipe, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Stratford:
Black-necked Grebe, 32 Snipe

Reports: Bob Brewer, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Karl Burford, Raoul Chandrasakera, Paul Brian Chapman, Adam Cross,  Lee Gardiner, Richard Giles, Jon Mortin, Fiona Neate, Dean Reeves, Gill Sapsed, Chris Snook, TalkingtoBears, Chris Trott, Jason Williams, NSLBirding