31-01-19 Thursday - Winter turning cold

Temp -3 to 3℃. Very cold and dull, Eastville lake 90% frozen over, the ice 15-25mm thick

White-fronted Geese
Black-necked Grebe
Jack Snipe
Short-eared Owl

31-1-19 Northwick Warth (Rod Holbrook)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
2 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 52 Mallard (all in the river), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Water Rail (in the river), 8 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 114 BH Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 20 starlings, 11 Blackbird (none singing)

Stoke Park Estate:
9 Moorhen, 2 BH Gull, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Song Thrush,  1 Greenfinch

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 7 Dunnock, 4 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

31-1-19 Curlew, New Passage (Ian Loats)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

31-1-19 White-fronted Geese, Northwick Warth (Ian Loats)

Aust to Northwick Warth:
1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel, 1 Stonechat

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
100+ Canada Geese, 5 White-fronted Geese, 2 Mute Swan, 4 Curlew

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Teal, 17 Golden Plover, 1 Jack Snipe, 4 Snipe

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, 30th:
36 Shovelers, 8 (1♂) Goosanders, 3 Great White Egrets, 5 Little Egrets, 10 Meadow Pipits

31-1-19 Nice People feeding ducks on cold days, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
19+ Canada Goose, 21+ Mute Swan, 11 Shelduck (Herriotts), 8 Wigeon, 15 Pintail (Herriotts), 25 Goldeneye, 8  5f Goosander, 6 Little Grebe (Villice)

31-1-19 Black-necked Grebes off Stratford (Peter Heather)

4 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 0 Little Egret,  3 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 1 White Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper (Dam),7 GBB Gull

31-1-19 Gulls on ice (Ian Stapp)

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 100+ Starling, 14 Blackbird, 20 Fieldfare, 60 Redwing, 5 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat (Moreton), 4 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail (H), 8 Pied Wagtail, 12 Chaffinch, 7 Bullfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 5 Reed Bunting

31-1-19 Redwing, Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Cheddar Reservoir:
Mandarin, Red-crested Pochard, Great Northern Diver, adult Mediterranean Gull in roost

The Birds Of South Gloucestershire Annual Review 2018

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: Teresa Chard, Mark Coller, Peter Hazelwood, Peter Heather, Rod Holbrook, Ian Loats, Dave Nevitt, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp