Friday, 25 January 2019

25-01-19 Friday

Nice day - just needed a coat on all the time!

Short-eared Owl
Goosander, Tawny Owl
Woodcock
White-fronted Goose, Water Pipit

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, Mallard ( not counted today), 2 Goosander - m&f, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Cormorant, 1 Peregrine, 11 Moorhen, 1 Coot, c110  Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Coal Tit, c 20 Starling, 3 Redwing, 8 Song Thrush, 2 Dunnock - singing, 2 Grey Wagtail

25-01-2019 Sparrowhawk Henleaze (Geoff Daniels)
Redland:
Coal Tit and 2 Blackcap - m&f,  on the feeders today

25-01-2019 Canada Goose Stoke Park (Patrick Hardiman Richards)
Stoke Park - Duchess Lake:
2 Canada Goose, 4m 2f Mallard, 10 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 2 Black-headed Gull, 5 Woodpigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 5 Magpie, 15 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Starling, 4m 2f Blackbird, 3 Robin, 1m 1f Stonechat, 12 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1m 5f Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 11 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

25-01-2019 Short-eared Owl NW (Ian Loats)
Northwick Warth:
2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel,

New Passage and Wetlands:
30 Canada Goose, 5 White-fronted Goose, 112 Shelduck, 400+ Wigeon, 80 Teal, 1 Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 150 Oystercatcher, 250 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 135 Curlew, 150 Dunlin, 92 Redshank, 2 Peregrine - ♀ + ♂ hunting, 58 Pied Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit.

Cribbs Causeway Shopping Centre - Stream by B & Q and Morrisons
12 Moorhen

Wickwar, Lower Woods, Horton Great Trench:
4 Woodcock

NORTH SOMERSET

25-01-2019 Chaffinch Ham Green (Paul Milsom)
Portishead:
Marina area:
1 Cormorant

Lake Grounds:
1 Pochard, 20 Tufted Duck, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Curlew, 10+ Snipe flushed by the tide - minus 1 courtesy of the SH,  2 Rock Pipit. 
Very sad -  no Purple Sandpiper seen - really poor this season, only 2 in late Nov and 1 early Dec. 
Last year - 5 from 5th Jan.

Clevedon-Yeo:
300 Dunlin, 6 Grey Plover, 30 Curlews, 400 + Black-headed Gull,

25-01-2019 Kestrel Bleadon Levels (Bill Hewitt)

Bleadon Levels and Uphill:
10 Shelduck, 3 Little Egret, 2 Curlew, 3 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel,

BELOW M4 & BANES


25-01-2019 Grey Wagtail NSL (Robert Hargreaves)
Newton St Loe:
3 Mute Swan, 43 Mallard, 23 Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 5 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 45 Black-headed Gull, 21 Common Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 12 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 6 Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail,
3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch.

Reports: John Clark, Geoff Daniels, Alastair Fraser, Robert Hargreaves, Bill Hewitt, Mike Jackson, Ian Loats, Paul Milsom, Patrick Hardiman Richards, Richard Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Howard Taffs, Jason Williams.
 blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG