28-01-19 Monday - Barnacle Geese

Temp 2 to 7℃. Bright but cold, even colder in the wind

White-fronted Geese
Mandarin Duck
Black-necked Grebe, Scaup, Jack Snipe, Mediterranean Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Short-eared Owl

BRISTOL

28-1-19 Robin, Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)

Bristol and Avon, last day of Big Garden Birdwatch:
Gulls galore, Pigeons, Magpie, Jackdaw, Crow, Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, lots of  Blackcaps, Wren, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:

5 BH Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 16 Woodpigeon, 8 Magpie, 7 Carrion Crow, 7 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 18 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 11 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 7 Robin, 17 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch

Blaise Estate:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton Wharf:
6 Barnacle Geese

Aust:
1 Short-eared Owl

28-1-19 White-fronted Geese, NP-NW (Matt Scott)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
Canada Geese, 4 White-fronted Geese, 4 Mute Swan, 10 Shelduck, 1 Buzzard, 30 Lapwing, Curlew, Dunlin, Redshank

28-1-19 Buzzard, Northwick Warth (Ian Loats)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
122 Shelduck, 6 Gadwall, 46 Wigeon, 32 Mallard, 273 Teal, 5 Oystercatcher, 2 Avocet (Chapel Pill), 70 Curlew, 269 Dunlin, 75 Redshank, 206 BH Gull, 35 Herring Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 12 Skylark, 1 Grey Wagtail

28-1-19 Barnacle Geese over Clevedon (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon-Yeo:
21 Barnacle Geese, 1 Mandarin Duck flying over, 6 Shoveller, 1 Gadwall, 250 Wigeon, 100 Teal, 1 m Pintail,  90 Curlew, 150 Redshank, 1 adult Yellow-legged Gull

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:

1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Magpie, 3 Rook, 3 Coal Tit, 14 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 9 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Blackbird, 5 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 9 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

28-1-19 Peregrines at St Anne's, Bath (BUPP)
settling in at last

Bath, Haycombe:
2 Buzzard, 1 Stock Dove, 8 Magpie, 50 Jackdaw, 6 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Blackbird, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 m/f Bullfinch, 20 Linnet

Bishop Sutton:
3 Collared Dove,  24 House Sparrow

Paulton:
2 Mute Swan, 6 Moorhen, 70 BH Gull, 2 Common Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 8 Blackbird, 12 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Meadow Pipit
and from the STW:
6 Grey Wagtail, 50 Pied Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

28-1-19 Shoveler and Teal, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
33+ Canada Goose, 47+ Mute Swan, 10 Shelduck (Herriotts), 5 Wigeon,18 Pintail (Herriotts),  200+ Teal, 4 Scaup - f (Nunnery Point), 28 Goldeneye, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret,  4 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 1 White Coot (Moreton), 1 Common Sandpiper (Dam), Jack Snipe, 

28-1-19 Snipe flushed into flight by Buzzard, Stratford (Bob Brewer)

50-60 Snipe, 1 Mediterranean Gull -ad, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Black-headed Gull (Yellow T9TU, Dam)

28-1-19 Kingfisher, CVL (Peter Coslett)

1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 16 Jackdaw, 23 Crows, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 16 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff (Moreton), 1 Treecreeper (Woodford), 50+ Starling, 5 Blackbird, 6 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush (all thrushes at Moreton), 1 Stonechat (Moreton), 1 Grey Wagtail (HG), 11 Pied Wagtail, 6+ Chaffinch, 5 Bullfinch, 7 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

28-1-19 Bullfinch, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

The Birds Of South Gloucestershire Annual Review 2018
Birds, butterflies and dragonflies in 2018. A huge thanks to everyone who contributed...! 👍 THANKS!

Developments in bird tracking. A talk by Mike Bailey
Date: Wednesday, 13th February 2019
Time: 19:30 - 21:30
Venue: Westbury-on-Trym Methodist Church, Westbury Hill, Bristol BS9 3AA.
see previous days for more details

Reports: John Budd, Allan Chard, Peter Coslett, Adam Cross, Anne Crowe, David Esam, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Rod Holbrook, Susan Kempson, Ian Loats, BUPP, Lyndon Roberts, Rich Scantlebury, Matt Scott, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, TBOSG, Keith Vinicombe, Keith Williams.