Monday 14 January 2019

14-01-19 Monday - Firecrest

Temp 8 to 10℃. Cold in the wind, dull most of the time, dry with the odd glimpse of the Sun on and off

White-fronted Goose
Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Ringtail Harrier
Grey Plover
Short-eared Owl
Firecrest
Black Redstart


14-1-19 Black-headed Gull, Dam (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Blaise Estate:
3 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, loads of Blue, Great and Long-tailed Tits, 8 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, 1 Grey Wagtail

BS 7 garden:
1 m Sparrowhawk
14-1-19 Moorhen, Castle Park (Jon Mortin)
Castle Park:
1 Moorhen, 1 Peregrine

Clifton, Percival Road:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (2 on Sunday), 2 Marsh Tit, 1 m Blackcap

Cote Park garden:
16 Redwing
14-1-19 Redwing, Create Centre (Ian Loats)
Creat Centre, BS1:
20 Redwing

Eastville Park:
2 Common Gull (constitutes a mass invasion at this site!)

14-1-19 Ring-necked Parakeet, St Andrews (Andrew Havey)
St Andrews, 13th:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet

St Werburghs:
mixed flock of about a dozen Fieldfare and Redwing in trees at lunchtime

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
115 Wigeon, 14 Teal, 5 Grey Plover, 18 Curlew, 45 Turnstone, 2000 Dunlin, 19 Snipe, 12 Redshank, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Black Redstart, 4 Rock Pipit, Linnets, 12 (2 flocks) Yellowhammer, Reed Buntings

Aust:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel, Stonechat

New Passage, Northwick Warth:
5 White-fronted Geese

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point:
38 Oystercatcher, 17 Grey Plover, 43 Curlew, 1300 Dunlin, 4 Skylark, 2 Firecrest, 5 Meadow Pipits, 20 Linnets, 3 Reed Bunting

Clevedon/Kenn, Colehouse Lane, bridge over the Blind Yeo, WBS:
1 m Mandarin (wild?), 17 Mallard, 6 Goosander (2 m), 1 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 3 Moorhen, 1 Kestrel, 1 Goldcrest, pr Bullfinch 

Clevedon, Blind Yeo (ditto of above?):
8 Goosander, 5 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher

Clevedon, Wain's Hill to Yeo Estuary, High Tide visit 1000-1315:160 Shelduck, 70 Wigeon, 3 Gadwall, 100 Teal, 1 f Greater Scaup (Yeo Estuary), 10 Cormorant, 5 Little Egret, 11 Oystercatcher, 14 Grey Plover, 775 Lapwing, 200 Curlew, 650 Dunlin, 350 Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 62 Skylark, 30 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 30 Meadow Pipit, 5 Greenfinch, 7 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge Mill:
3 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 22 Blue Tit, 18 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Goldcrest, 7 Wren, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 7 Robin, 1 Dipper, 3 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch

West Harptree:
1 f Sparrowhawk

Bishop Sutton, Church Lane:
2 Reed Bunting on garden feeder

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Great White Egrets, 2 (♂♀) Sparrowhawks

14-1-19 Goldeneye, Dam (Bob Brewer)
Chew Valley Lake:
14 Shelduck (Herriotts), 8 Pintail (H), 80+ Teal (Moreton), 70+ Pochard (M), 1 m Lesser Scaup (Wick Green Point), 4 f Greater Scaup (Nunnery Point), 1 ad Long-tailed Duck (off the Sailing Club NB this is the bird from Barrow. It moved to Chew like this last winter), 14 Goldeneye (Dam, M & Woodford), 4 Goosander (3f 1m) M (1 f fly around H), 3 Little Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe (H), 4 Cattle Egret (Heron's Green)

14-1-19 Great White Egret & Heron, Moreton (Bob Brewer)
1 Great White Egret (M), 1 Little Egret (Villice), 1 Ringtail Harrier (95%), 2 Buzzard

14-1-19 Water Rail, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
1 Water Rail (M), 20+ Snipe (Stratford)

14-1-19 Common Sandpiper, Dam (Bob Brewer)
1 Common Sandpiper (D), 1 Green Sandpiper (HG), 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 30+ Woodpigeon, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (M & W), 2 Raven, 7 Jackdaw, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 m/f  Blackcap (M Cottage), 50+ Starling, 50+ Fieldfare, 200+ Redwing (all M), 1 m Stonechat (M), 6 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail (W), 5 Bullfinch (W)

14-1-19 Bullfinch, Woodford (Ian Stapp)
Out of Avon
Ring-necked Duck at Weymouth

14-1-19 Ring-necked Duck, Weymouth (David Hughes)
Reports: BUPP. Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Jane Cumming, David Esam, Andrew Harvey, Peter Hazelwood, Nick Hudson, Dabid Hughes, Stephen Jones, Richard Keel, Susan Kempson, Alison Levinson, Ian Loats, Mike Meechem, Andy Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Jon Mortin, RBA, Dean Reeves, Steve Sanins, Nigel Sluman, Hamish Smith, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Keith Vinicombe, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds.comopsbirding.co.uk