12-02-19 Tuesday - Mediterranean Gull

Fresh - but a beautiful day. Felt colder today, stronger wind, at least dry was good.

Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Black-necked Grebe
Mediterranean Gull
Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl
Merlin

12-02-19 Mediterranean Gull, Herriotts , CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Finzels Reach:

Pair of Peregrines on crane (old Courage Accounting Centre).

Floating Harbour: 
2 Cormorant between St Philip's Bridge and Temple Bridge

Downs - N of the water tower:
321 Black-headed Gull, 2 Fieldfare, 14 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush.

Bishopston:
Garden - 1 m Sparrowhawk unsuccessfully trying to catch goldfinches on  birdfeeders

Eastville Park:
5 Canada Goose, 27 Mallard, 8 Moorhen, 1 Coot, about 80 BH Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 3 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Blackbird, 13 Song Thrush, 1 Dipper, 1 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Goldfinch

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:

WeBS count - 4 Canada Goose, 13 Mallard, 10 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 1 BH Gull, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting
Other birds:  1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Dunnock, 1 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

12-02-19 Short-eared Owl, Aust Warth (Paul Bowerman)

Aust Warth to Pilning Wetland:
4 Short-eared Owl, 1 Coal Tit - unusual here

New Passage/Northwick Warth and Pilning wetlands:
17 Canada Goose, 5 White-fronted Goose, 98 Shelduck, 13 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 2 Water Rail, 378 Lapwing, 135+ Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Knot, 200 Dunlin, 8 Snipe, 80 Redshank.

Abbey Wood Lake:
1 Water Rail - unusual here.

Hanham:
1 Merlin - heading south 07:48

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

12-02-2019 Peregrine Bath (H&O Trust)

Bath:

St John's Church:
Peregrine - nest scrape position sorted - she who must be obeyed, but look at the size of her.

Dundas Aqueduct to Monkton Combe:
1 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 6 Marsh Tit, 7 Siskin

RESERVOIRS

11-02-2019 Long-tailed Duck BG (Bri Thompson)

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (m) - pic from yesterday but what a stunner!

Blagdon Lake:
1 Goosander (m), 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret and the wintering Common Sandpiper.

Chew Valley Lake
45+ Canada Goose, 48+ Mute Swan, 4 Shelduck (Herriotts pond), 22+ Goldeneye (Lake), 4 Scaup, 2 Pintail, 2 Goosander  (Lake), 2 Little Grebe, 4 Black-necked Grebe, 1 white Coot, 6 Grey Heron,        4 Buzzard, 2 Common Sandpiper (Dam), 1 Green Sandpiper (HG), 1 Water Rail (Moreton),  5 GBB Gull (Lake), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Herriotts pond),  4 Collared Dove (Bishop Sutton), 2 Stock Dove (Moreton), 

12-02-19 Common Sandpiper, Dam, CVL (Ian Stapp)

1 Barn Owl (HG), 1 Kingfisher (Moreton), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Moreton), 1 Green Woodpecker (Moreton), 3 Jay (Moreton), 1 Raven (Woodford),  50+ Rook with 20+ Jackdaw (in field past Moreton gate), 

25+ LTT (Woodford and Moreton), 3 Meadow Pipit (Woodford), 2 Goldcrest (Moreton),  2 Cetti's Warbler, 100+ Starling (all in small groups HG going South), 1 Song Thrush (Woodford), 2 Mistle Thrush (Moreton), 3+ Redwing (Woodford), 1 Stonechat (Moreton), 20+ House Sparrow (Bishop Sutton), 1 Grey Wagtail  (Herriotts),  26+ Pied Wagtail  (Dam,  HG, Woodford , 9 at Moreton, pond past cottage)  2 Dunnock, 5 Wren, 3 Robin, 5 Bullfinch (3 Woodford 2 Moreton Cottage), 8 Goldfinch (HG),  12+ Chaffinch (HG),  4 Reed Bunting 

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

Reports: Matt Ames, Paul Bowerman, Ian Foster, H&O Trust, Nick Hawkridge, Rob Laughton, Mike Meecham,  Mike Prior, Richard Scantlebury, Chris Snook, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, blagdonlakebirds,