Thursday, 17 January 2019

17-01-19 Thursday - Bar-headed Goose

Temp 3 to 6℃. Sunny but colder today

Bar-headed Goose
Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Grey Plover
Yellow-legged Gull
Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart
Water Pipit

17-1-19 Lesser Scaup, Nunnery (Rob Hargreaves)
Please only approach Nunnery Hide through the wood so as not to disturb
If you don't have a permit there are other points around the lake to view
BRISTOL

Blaise Estate:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker (heard), 2 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Blackbird, 5 Robin

17-1-19 Buzzard at Long Ashton (Keith Williams)
This white Buzzard could be a Swedish juv
17-1-19 Blackcap in Southville (Ian Loats)
Long Ashton:
very white Buzzard, Marsh Tit


Horfield Common:
2 Raven


Southville, Allington Rd:
2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 m Blackcap, 1 Redwing chased by Sparrowhawk


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
13 Little Egret, 1 Treecreeper, 1 f Black Redstart

17-1-19 Short-eared Owl, Aust (Rod Holbrook)
Aust to Northwick Warth Oaze:
5 Shelduck, 10 Teal, 3 Short-eared Owl, 6 Redwing, 4 Chaffinch, 5 Linnet

Yate, lake above Brookthorpe:
Nightly murmuration involving thousands of Starlings

NORTH SOMERSET

16-1-19 Bar-headed Goose, Portbury Wharf (Chris Stone)
Portbury Wharf, 16th:
1 Bar-headed Goose

Puxton Moor:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 400+ Starling, 11 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Stonechat, 2 Bullfinch, 22 Linnet

Clevedon, Channel View to Yeo:
17 Shoveller, 50 Lapwing, 28 Grey Plover, 80 Curlew, 4 Turnstone, 350 Dunlin

Uphill:
31 Mute Swan, 168 Shelduck, 65 Wigeon, 13 Teal, 54 Mallard, 1 Little Egret, 42 Oystercatcher, 430 Lapwing, 34 Curlew, 18 Dunlin, 176 Redshank, 100 BH Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 76 Herring Gull, 2 Short-eared Owl

BELOW M4 & BANES

17-1-19 Starling, Keynsham (TtB)
Keynsham Garden ST6567:
1 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 3 Jackdaw, 3 Blue Tit, 3 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 2 Redwing, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch

17-1-19 Fieldfare, Newton St Loe (Wayne Tucker)
Newton St Loe:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 20 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Rock Dove, 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 5 Skylark, 3 Blackcap (2f 1m), 1 Treecreeper, 1 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch

17-1-19 Blackcap, Newton St Loe (Wayne Tucker)
Bathford, Browne's Folly:
1 Raven, 2 Marsh Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Fieldfare, 7 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 12 Goldfinch

Chelwood:
5 Buzzard, 40 Gulls

Bishop Sutton, Church Lane:
2 Collared Dove

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, 16th:
6 ad Mute Swans, 2 Great White Egrets, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Water Rail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3000 Gulls, 2 Great Spotted and 1 Green Woodpecker

Chew Valley Lake:
23+ Canada Goose, 13 Shelduck (Herriotts), 14 Wigeon, 21 Pintail (H),  , 70+ Pochard (M), 1 m Lesser Scaup (Nunnery Point), 4 f Scaup (NP), 20 Goldeneye (Dam, Moreton & Woodford), 2 Goosander (Dam), 3 Little Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe (H), 4 Cattle Egret (roost Heron's Green), 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret (M), 1 Little Egret (Villice), 7 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail (M), 10 Snipe (Stratford)

17-1-19 Common Sandpiper, Dam (Rob Hargreaves)
1 Common Sandpiper (Dam), 1 Green Sandpiper (HG), BH Gull yellow T9TU (Dam), 5 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (Dam), 20+ Woodpigeon, 1 Kingfisher, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker (M, S & W(drumming)), 2 Raven, 11 Jackdaw, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 40+ Starling, 30+ Fieldfare, 80+ Redwing (all M), 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush

17-1-19 Stonechat, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
2 Stonechat (M&S), 20 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail (D&W), 4 Pied Wagtail

17-1-19 Water Pipit, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Meadow Pipit,  1 Water Pipit, 20 Chaffinch, 8 (3m) Bullfinch (W), 2 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting (H)

17-1-19 Bullfinch at Woodford (George Stacey)
Out of Avon
Loads of Starlings, Fieldfares and Redwings on the Mendips

Reports: Diana Bunniss, Allan Chard, Jane Cumming, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Rod Holbrook, Ian Loats, Glen Maddison, Nigel Milbourne, Lois Pryce, Gareth Roberts, Tony Scott, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, TalkingtoBears, Keith Vinicombe, Keith Williams, Paul Woolams, blagdonlakebirds.com, nsl-birding, opsbirding.co.uk