23-01-19 Wednesday - Richard's Pipit

Bright, frosty early on, chilly all day

White-fronted Goose
Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Black-necked Grebe
Marsh Harrier
Water Pipit, Richard's Pipit

BRISTOL

Redland:
Garden- 2 Herring Gull (overhead), 2 Woodpigeon,  4 Magpie, Carrion Crow, 2 Jay, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, LTT, 1 m Blackcap, 4 Blackbird, Robin, 8+ House Sparrow, 1 f Chaffinch

23-01-19 Mallard, Hazel Brook at Crow Lane, Bristol (Jon Mortin)

Crow Lane, Henbury:

3 Mallard (Hazel Brook), 3 Carrion Crow, 10 Jackdaw, 4 Long-tailed Tit

23-01-19 Kingfisher, Eastville Park, Bristol (Keith Williams)

Eastville Park:
1 Tawny Owl, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
8 Raven

Northwick Warth:
5 White-fronted Goose still

New Passage:
1 Water Pipit 

Orchard Pools:
2 Treecreeper

23-01-19 Siskin, Little River Avon, S Glocs (Adam Rawson)

River Little Avon:
Siskin

23-01-19 Dipper, Winterbourne Down (Keith Williams)

Winterbourne Down (R Frome):
1 Goldcrest, 2 Dipper

Chipping Sodbury:
1 Little Egret

NORTH SOMERSET

Bristol Airport:
1 Peregrine over


Portishead:

23-01-19 Nuthatch, Portishead (David Howes)
I ringed this Nuthatch in my garden near to Battery Point this morning. A probable female on winglength – 82mm.
The only Nuthatch record in the last two years of ringing here.

Clevedon-Yeo:
90 Curlews, 12 Snipe, 500 Dunlin, 2 Grey Plover, 2000+ gulls

The elusive wintering Richard's Pipit called from the fields in the permit-only stretch without showing above the seawall

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
29 Mallard, 11 Teal, 4 Grey Heron,1 Cormorant,1 Water Rail,6+ Moorhen, 1 Coot, 15 BH Gull, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Fieldfare, Redwing, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Bullfinch (f)

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 3 Raven, 3 Coal Tit, 21 Blue Tit, 17 Great Tit, 5 Long Tailed Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Blackbird, 11 Redwing, 11 Robin, 3 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 4 Goldfinch.

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:

39+ Canada Goose, 49+ Mute Swan, 24 Pintail (Herriotts), 12 Shelduck (Herriotts), 2 Wigeon, 24 Goldeneye (Lake), 4 f Scaup (Nunnery Point), ad m Long-tailed Duck (Dam),  2 Little Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe (3 Moreton 2 Stratford),

23-01-19 3 Black- necked Grebe, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp)

1 white Coot (Moreton), 5 Grey Heron, 1  juv Marsh Harrier (over the main reeds),5 Buzzard, c 100 Lapwing, 14 Snipe,  1 Common Sandpiper (Dam),  6 GBB Gull (Lake), 1 B-H Gull (Ring Yellow T9TU Dam), 2 Collared Dove (Bishop Sutton),  2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Woodford), 10 Carrion Crow,  2 Raven (Woodford), 11 Jackdaw,

23-01-19 Stonechat, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp)

12 LTT (4 Moreton Cottage & 8 Herriotts), 2 Treecreeper (Woodford), 2 Chiffchaff (1 Moreton & 1 Stratford), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Moreton), 4 Chiffchaff (Chew Stoke STW), 20+ Starlings (HG), 5 Blackbird (Moreton),  3 Song Thrush (1 Moreton 2 Woodford), 3 Mistle Thrush (Moreton), 40 Redwing (Woodford) , 1 Stonechat (Moreton), 10 House Sparrow,

23-01-19 Grey Wagtail, Herriotts, CVL (Ian Stapp)

3 Grey Wagtail (2 Moreton 1 Herriotts),  6+ Chaffinch (Moreton),  3 Robin (2 Woodford 1 Moreton) , 4 Bullfinch (3 Woodford 1 Moreton Cottage),  5 Dunnock (2 Moreton & 3 Woodford),  13 Goldfinch (Woodford), 2 Reed Bunting (Moreton & Herriotts)

No sign of the adult male Lesser Scaup today - it's probably gone to Blashford Lakes where one has been seen in recent days (KEV).

The lane from Moreton to Stratford is very muddy from the hedge cutting, lots of birds are taking advantage of the disturbed soil on the lane including the Stonechat.

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman,  Mark Coller, Anthony Cook, Peter Hazelwood,  Adrian Hockey, David Howes,  Sue Kempson, Jon Mortin, Adam Rawson, Tony Scott,  Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Keith Vinicombe, Keith Williams,