Wednesday 30 January 2019

30-01-19 Wednesday - probable Goshawk

Beautiful cold (down to -2 degrees), bright winter's day today; light wind

White-fronted Goose
Scaup
Great White Egret
Black-necked Grebe
probable Goshawk
Short-eared Owl
Marsh Tit
Water Pipit 
Siskin, Corn Bunting

30-01-19 Bullfinch pair, Moreton Cottage, CVL (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Bishopston:
Bishop Rd to Horfield Common - 16 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 36 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 10 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 (m) Blackcap, 1 Wren, 9 Starling, 7 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 7 Robin, 38 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch

Observer asks: Is mine the only urban patch where there are only half the number of Magpies against the same period over the last 2/3 years?

Clifton:
Percival Road - 2 Marsh Tit regular on garden feeder

30-01-19 Black-headed Gull on thin ice,Stoke Park, Bristol (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Teal,  2 Snipe, 4 Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Corn Bunting still in hedge near yacht club, with 1+ Yellowhammer and 2+ Reed Bunting.
(Black Redstarts not seen for a week now - may have moved on?)

30-01-19  probable m Goshawk, Tortworth (Adam Rawson)
Tortworth:
Probable Goshawk drifting north from Tortworth towards the A38


30-01-19 Short-eared Owl + Fieldfare, Northwick Warth  (Ian Loats)
Northwick Warth:
5 White-fronted Goose, 2 Mute Swan, many Shelduck, 1 m Shoveler,1 m Sparrowhawk, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 f Kestrel, 30+ Fieldfare

Almondsbury:
Below Almondsbury ST5985 (The Niatts) - 3 juv Mute Swan, 6 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Moorhen, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing

Avonmouth: 
Flock of several hundred Starling crossed M5 around 0730 over the Caple Warehouse  next to the junction heading towards Bristol (Ed: could these be the birds currently roosting at New Passage?).

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
Merchant Square - 1 Dunnock  (? first record for observer at this site), 2 Pied Wagtail daily visits.

Congresbury Moor:
5 Skylark, 50 Fieldfare, 1150 Redwing, 50 Goldfinch


Kenn Moor:
5 Goosander (flyover)

30-01-19 Little Owl, Avon (Brian Thompson)
BELOW M4 & BANES


Midford to Tucking Mill:
1 pr Goosander (the 1st I've ever seen on Midford Brook on a walk I do at least twice a week), 1 Raven, 2 Marsh Tit

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon:
36 Shoveler, 3 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 8 (1♂) Goosander 2 Mistle Thrush,  10 Meadow Pipit

Chew Valley Lake

30-01-18 Black-necked Grebe, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp)
32+ Canada Goose, 26+ Mute Swan, 18 Pintail (Herriotts), 11 Shelduck (Herriotts), 3 Wigeon, 30+ Goldeneye (Lake), 1 f Scaup (Moreton) 8 Little Grebe (Villice), 2 Black-necked Grebe (1 Moreton and 1 Stratford), 

30-901-19 Pintail, Stratford, CVL (Bob Brewer)

30-01-19 f Scaup, Nunnery Point, CVL (Geoff Daniels)
1 white Coot (Moreton), 6 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper (Dam), 1 Green Sandpiper (HG), 1 Water Rail (Moreton), 20+Snipe, 7 GBB Gull (Lake), 2 Collared Dove (Bishop Sutton), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Moreton), 4 Jay(Moreton), 2 Raven (Woodford), 12 Jackdaw, 30+ LTT (Moreton,Woodford and Dam), 1 Treecreeper (Moreton), 6+ Chiffchaff (1 reeds Moreton, 5+ Pumping Station Treatment Works by  Dam), 2 Cetti's  Warbler (Moreton and Herriotts), 60+ Starlings (Herriotts), 

30-01-19 Cormorant, Stratford, CVL (Bob Brewer)
5 Blackbird (Moreton), 5 Song Thrush (3 Moreton & 2 Woodford), 2 Mistle Thrush (Moreton), 30 Redwing (Woodford Orchard), 8 Fieldfare (Woodford Orchard), 1 Stonechat (Moreton), 15 House Sparrow (Bishop Sutton), 2 Grey Wagtail (HG and Woodford), 9 Pied Wag  1 Water Pipit (Stratford), 6 Chaffinch (Moreton), 9 Bullfinch (5 Woodford 4 Moreton Cottage), 4 Dunnock, 12+ Goldfinch,  3 Siskin (Moreton) 6 Reed Bunting (2 Moreton, 2 Herriotts 2 Dam)

30-01-19 Reed Bunting, Stratford, CVL (Brian Thompson)
Reports: Bob Brewer,  John Budd, John Clark, Geoff Daniels, David Esam, Richard Giles, Peter Hazelwood, Simon Harris, Ian Loats,   Lois Pryce, Adam Rawson, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Steve Sanins,  Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland   blagdonlakebirds