Cooler wind today and temperatures around 11 degrees Celsius. Some rain about later on.
Scaup
Black-necked Grebe
Great White Egret
Mediterranean Gull
Fishponds:
10 Chaffinch (first winter for a long time that the reporter has had this number in the garden regularly).
St. Andrew's Park:
5 Raven.
Avon Gorge Watch Point:
1 Peregrine.Oldbury Power Station (WeBS):
30 Shelduck, 110 Wigeon, 31 Mallard, 45 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 91 Curlew, 45 Turnstone, 150+ Dunlin, 7 Snipe, 28 Redshank, 1 Peregrine, 10+ Yellowhammer.
Backwell Lake:
42 Little Egret into roost.
Birdcombe Court Farm, Wraxall:
15 Little Egret (pre-roost group with cows).
Stanton Wick:
150+ Rook.
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
107 Canada Goose, 17 Mute Swan, 32 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 10 Wigeon, 71 Mallard, 1 Pintail, 6 Teal, 60 Pochard, 178 Tufted Duck, 8 Goldeneye, 6 Little Grebe, 13 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 32 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 15 Moorhen, 437 Coot, 7 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 342 BH Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 943 Common Gull.
49+ Canada Goose, 47+ Mute Swan, 4 Shelduck (Herriott’s), poss. 100 Goldeneye (50+ at Stratford), 1 Scaup (Moreton; ♀), 2 Pintail (Herriott’s), 2 Goosander (Heron’s Green; ♂ & ♀), 3 Little Grebe, 4 Black-necked Grebe (Moreton; ♂ in Summer plumage courting ♀ at Stratford), 1 White Coot, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper (Dam), 1 Water Rail, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 7 GBB Gull, 3 Collared Dove, 2 Stock Dove (Moreton), 20+ Woodpigeon, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker (Moreton; calling), 1 Kestrel, 4 Jay, 1 Raven, 20+ Rook, 11 Jackdaw, 25+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ Starling, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 9 Blackbird, 1 Stonechat (Moreton), 20+ House Sparrow (Bishop Sutton), 1 Grey Wagtail (Heron’s Green), 12+ Pied Wagtail, 4 Bullfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 5+ Chaffinch, 2 Dunnock, 3 Wren, 5 Robin, 3 Reed Bunting.
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| 18-02-19 Scaup, Moreton (CVL) (Ian Stapp) |
Reports: Jon Angell, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Andrew Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Gareth Roberts, John Rossetti, Ian Stapp, Michael Thomas, Paul Williams, OPS Birding.
