Wednesday, 6 February 2019

06-02-19 Wednesday - Richard's Pipit

Nice and bright for most of the day.

Swallow, Long-tailed Duck
Black Redstart
White-fronted Goose, Short-eared Owl
Spotted Redshank, Richard's Pipit
Scaup, Barn Owl, Black-necked Grebe

BRISTOL
06-02-2019 Kingfisher Eastvill Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
8 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Mistle Thrush, 4 Song Thrush

Brandon Hill:
10 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Goldfinch.

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Snipe, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 11 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 2 Stonechat - (f and m), 3 Meadow Pipit, 10 Greenfinch, 3 Bullfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Black Redstart

Aust Warth:
5 Short-eared Owl - one being the NW bird from this am, 1 Kestrel (f), 4 Stonechat- (2f  & 2m).

06-02-2019 White-fronted Goose NP-NW (Rob Emery)
New Passage:
100+ Canada Goose, with 5 White-fronted Goose, 88 Shelduck, 450+ Wigeon, 5 Shoveler - 2f &3m 1 Little Egret, 600+ Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 140+ Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 300 Dunlin, 1 Short-eared Owl - hunting over the warth, 1 Kestrel - (f),

Severn Beach:
At least 50 Reed Bunting - on the saltmarsh

06-02-2019 Song Thrush Latteridge (Chris Teague)

Latteridge:
1 Song Thrush - to brighten up a mornings work.

Charfield, Huntingford Mill:
1 Dipper and 2 Siskin.

NORTH SOMERSET


06-02-2019 Wildlife Portbury Wharf (Howard Taffs)
Portbury Wharf:
1 Greylag Goose, 1 Water Rail - pick of the day

Portishead:
2 Cormorant in the harbour area


06-02-2019 Waders Cl-Y (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon-Yeo:
20 Shoveler, usual Wigeon and Teal, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Grey Plover, 101 Curlew, 1 Knot, 500 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 144 Redshank, 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 1 Richard's Pipit

Weston-Super-Mare:
1 Marsh Tit - first for the garden

BELOW M4 & BANES

06-02-2019 Rook NSL (Anthony Cook)

Newton-St-Loe:
3 Mute Swan, 34 Mallard, 29 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 8+ Moorhen, 1 Coot, 56 Black-headed Gull, c50 Common Gull, Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, many Rook, 3 Skylark, Nuthatch, c90 Starling - flocks c50, c40, Redwing, 4 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush,and many Rook 4 Bullfinch - (2f-2m). 

Bath - Larkhall
1 Raven displaying over, Blackbirds, 1 Song Thrush,  Robin, 1 Bullfinsh - (m), Goldfinch

Wick and Golden Valley:
30+ Woodpigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 20+ Rook,  20+ Jackdaws, 3 Coal Tit. 15 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Blackbird, 1 Mistle Thrush, 15 House Sparrow, 4 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch.

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck - Tank 1 again. 2 Swallow - other birders saw them too!

Chelwood:
3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel

Bishop Sutton:
3 Collared Dove, 20+ House Sparrows.

Stantonbury Hill
5 Buzzard
06-02-2019 Lapwing CVL (Bob Brewer)
Chew Valley Lake
28+ Canada Goose, 31+ Mute Swan, 4 Wigeon, 24+ Goldeneye, 4 Scaup (f), 2 Little Grebe,  1 White Coot, 7 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard,  5 Great Black-backed Gull,  2 Stock Dove, 34+ Long-tailed Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 4 Cetti's Warbler,  6 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 20+ Redwing, 9 Pied Wagtail, 
6 Bullfinch.

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper.

Woodford:
1 Raven, 4+ Fieldfare, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch.


06-02-19 Siskin Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green:
2 Pintail, 2 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 50+ Starlings, 2 Grey Wagtail.

Moreton:
3 Goldeneye - 1f &2m, 1 Little Egret - not many around lately, 2 Water Rail, 1 Barn Owl, 1  Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2+ Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 1 Mistle Thrush, 4 Robin, 1 Stonchat - (m), 2 Dunnock, 5 Goldfinch, 3 Siskin

Stratford:
4 Black-necked Grebe, PLUS an Otter swam close by.

Herriott's:
1 Shelduck, 1 Sparrowhawk, Lapwing, 12 Jackdaw, 2 Reed Bunting.

Reports: Allan Chard, John Clark, Anthony Cook, Steve Curtis, Rob Emery, David Gibbs, Ian Loats, Glen Maddison, Jon Mortin, Chris Perry, 
Vic Polley, Carol Rushton, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG