White-fronted Geese
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Mediterranean Gull
Bearded Tit
Water Pipit
BRISTOL
Bristol and Avon garden birds:
Magpie, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, lots of Blackcaps, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Goldfinch
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| 27-1-19 Kingfisher at Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury) |
2 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 32 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Cormorant, 7 Moorhen, 1 Coot, about 120 BH Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, couple of Starlings, 6 Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch
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| 27-1-19 Peregrine take off, Finzells Reach (Gill Sapsed) |
Pair of Peregrine
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| 27-1-19 Raven collecting nesting material, Stoke Park (Jon Mortin) |
2 Raven (gathering nest material), 22 Jackdaw
Duchess Pond
Cormorant, 10 Moorhen, 1 Coot
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
Stonechats
Almondsbury:
10 Canada Geese, fly-over towards Pilning Reserve and coast in late afternoon
5 White-fronted Geese, pair Pintail, 1 Merganser, 125 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Water Pipit
Sea Mills WeBS.
32 Mallard. 2 Oystercatcher, 14 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 80 Redshank, 550 BH Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 LBB Gull
NORTH SOMERSET
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| 27-1-19 Goosander on the Yeo (Howard Taffs)Clevedon-Yeo: |
Clevedon-Yeo:
10 Goosanders in the pill of which this was the only adult Male.
Worle garden:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 4 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 7 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch,
Backwell Lake:
39+ Little Egret in to roost
Yatton, Wemberham Lane:
1 Kingfisher (first for months), lots of singing Blue Tits, 2 Bullfinch
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| 27-1-19 Blue Tit, Keynsham (TtB) |
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper
Chew Valley Lake
4 Cattle Egret Heron's Green late, 1 Common Sandpiper (Dam), Kingfisher ( Herriotts and Stratford), Bearded Tit (heard from Stratford), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Stratford); between 5 and 5.30 small flocks of Starling into roost circa 2000+ in total, also c 50 Redwing and Fieldfare roosting in reeds to left of hide, 1 Grey Wagtail ( Herriotts).
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| 26-1-19 Siberian Chiffchaff ringed at CVRS yesterday (Peter Burston) |
Siberian Chiffchaff trapped yesterday, DNA sample as proof
Big Garden Birdwatch - 26-28 January
Last day Monday to take part in Big Garden Birdwatch 2019! You can submit your results up until 17 Feb
Developments in bird tracking. A talk by Mike Bailey
Instead of a general talk about bird ringing, I’ll be concentrating more on the development of the ways in which birds are tracked. Starting with the individually numbered metal rings through to colour rings, isotopic and genetic analysis, GPS tracking and various trapping methods as well as the larger ‘citizen science’ projects such as Birdtrack.
Date: Wednesday, 13th February 2019
Time: 19:30 - 21:30
Venue: Westbury-on-Trym Methodist Church, Westbury Hill, Bristol BS9 3AA.
There is a very convenient, large (free) car park next to the Church.
Admission is also Free!
Reports: Nancy Barrett, Peter Burston, Mark Coller, Stephen Curtis, Andy DavisMichael Davis, Barry Dursley, Richard Giles and Fiona Neate, Rob Laughton, John Martin, Jon Mortin, Dean Reeves, Carol Rushton, Trevor Riddle, Gill Sapsed, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Howard Taffs, TalkingtoBears, Mike Thomas, Les Williams,
