Sunday, 20 January 2019

20-01-19 Sunday - Red-breasted Merganser

Temp 4 to 5℃. Cloudy, not windy, some sense of sun through clouds

20-1-18 Little Grebe, Stratford, CVL (Bob Brewer)
being chased by a Coot for the fish
White-fronted Geese
Red-breasted Merganser
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Golden Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit
Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart
Brambling

BRISTOL
20-1-18 Coal Tit, Bristol (Paul Milo)
Bristol gardens:
Coal Tits, Marsh Tit, Long-tailed Tits, m & f Blackcaps, Nuthatch, Dunnocks, Grey Wagtail, Greenfinches

Boiling Wells:
2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Grey Wagtail
20-1-18 Grey Heron, Eastville Park (Jon Mortin)
Eastville Park:
2 Canada Geese,  2 Grey Heron, Cormorant, Coot, 155 BH Gull, 2 Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Jay, 2 Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch, Dippers

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury on Severn, yacht club to power station, highlights this PM:
300+ Lapwing, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 600+ Dunlin, 30+ Fieldfare, 200+ Redwing, 15+ Song Thrush, 1 m Black Redstart (power station), 6 Stonechat, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 10+ Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 20+ Linnet, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer, 3 Reed Bunting

20-1-18 Wren, Aust (Vera Carpenter)
Aust:
2 Grey Heron, 2 Curlew, 2 Wren, 12 Reed Bunting

20-1-18 Pochard, New Passage (John Martin)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
5 White-fronted Geese, Shelduck, 550 Wigeon, 2 m Pintail, Teal, 1 f Pochard, 600 Lapwing, 2 Golden Plover, 86 Black-tailed Godwit, 90 Common Gull, 7 Stock Dove, 3 Short-eared Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Redwing, 2 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Worlebury:
1 Raven

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:
2 wild geese (not Canadas), 1 Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 2 Bullfinch

Bleadon Levels:
2 Little Egret, c100 Curlew - R Axe, 1 Short-eared Owl - hunting, and a small -200 to 300 Starling roost.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
3 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Pheasant, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 107 Lapwing, 8 BH Gull, 127 Common Gull, 9 Herring Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 6 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 1 f Kestrel, 2 Magpie, 3 Raven, 35 Skylark, 2 Wren, 70 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 200 Fieldfare, 22 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 30 Pied Wagtail, 30 Meadow Pipit, 100+ Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 5 Linnet, 50 Goldfinch, 57 Corn Bunting, 47 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2♂ adult Pintail, 4 (3♂) adult Goosanders, 2 Great White Egrets, 80 Lapwings

Chew Valley Lake:
Lots of Pochard, 24-30 Goldeneye

20-1-18 Common Sandpiper, Dam (David Hughes)
Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 

20-1-18 Goosander, CVL (Duncan McLaughlin)
Nunnery:
Goosander

Herons Green:
1 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret 

20-1-18 Snipe, Stratford, CVL (Bob Brewer)
Stratford:
Little Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 60 Snipe, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Chiffchaff, lots Reed Bunting

Herriotts:
1 Barn Owl (as above)

20-1-18 Reed Bunting, Stratford, CVL (Bob Brewer)
Out of Avon
Red-crested Pochard (male) at Cheddar Reservoir

Reports: Rich Andrews, Jonathan Angell, Nancy Barrett, Bob Brewer, Vera Carpenter, Allan Chard, Peter Coslett, Andy Davis, David Esam, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, Julian Head, Bill Hewitt, David Hughes, Nigel Kempson, Andrew Lipczynski, Duncan McLaughlin,, John Martin, Paul Milsom, Nigel Milbourne, Jon Mortin, George Rabin, Trevor Riddle, Gill Sapsed, Larry Sweetland, TalkingtoBears, blagdonlakebirds.com, nsl-birding, opsbirding.co.uk