22-02-19 Friday

Dull start again, then lovely sunshine. Max 14℃.

Marsh Harrier
Mediterranean Gull
Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl 
Merlin
Marsh Tit
Siskin

22-02-19 m Sparrowhawk, Eastville Park (Martin Tayler)

BRISTOL

22-02-19 Chiffchaff, Southville, Bristol (Ian Loats)
(first of the year here)

Stockwood Open Space:
Barn Owl confirmed still hunting there this week after quite an absence and not seen for a while after the heavy snow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
63 Wigeon,1 Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 2 Jay, 98 Yellowhammer

22-02-19 Short-eared Owl, Aust Warth (Brian Thompson)

Aust Warth:
1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin

NORTH SOMERSET

Avonmouth Docks
Holesmouth Road -2 Collared Dove, 5 Wood Pigeon, 3 Pied Wagtail. 42 Chaffinch (feeding off spilt grain in road),
Nearby nature corridor (with sea shore boundary) - 10 Shelduck, 1 Buzzard

Portishead:
Black Nore - 3 Curlew, 2 Redshank, 40 BH Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 20 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 1 Jay,11 Carrion Crow, 8 Blue Tit, 9 Great Tit, 8 LTT, 1 Blackcap, 7 Blackbird, 12 Robin, 7 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 11 Goldfinch

Clevedon:
Alexandra Road Park - 1 Tawny Owl 

Walton Common: 
Great Spotted  Woodpecker drumming, many  birds singing including Marsh Tit,Coal Tit,Goldcrest Nuthatch, Tree Creeper calling

Worle:
1 Peregrine over

Worlebury Hill Road/Golf Course:
1 Buzzard, 15 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 30 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Jay, 22 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 7 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 6 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 23 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Saltford:
2 Mute Swan, 4 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron,1 Cormorant,1 Sparrowhawk,3 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 25 Magpie, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 30 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 10 House Sparrow, 4 Chaffinch, 8 Greenfinch, 30 Goldfinch

Bath:
St John's Church

22-02-19 Peregrine, Bath (BUPP)
The falcon's visits are becoming more frequent; here she fine tunes her 'egg cup', takes stock of the view, and has a final check before leaving. In 2018 she went down in the nest on 14 Mar and laid her first egg on 17 Mar (19 Mar in 2017)

Publow:
1 Grey Wagtail

Folly Farm:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 m Tawny Owl, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker,
2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Skylark, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, Redwing-subsong, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Bullfinch

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake

22-02-19, Buzzard, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp)

46+ Canada Goose,  48+ Mute Swan, 4♂ Shelduck, 30+ Goldeneye, 1 pr Goosander,  3 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 1white Coot, 6 Grey Heron, 12+ Buzzard (most soaring over the hills), 3 Lapwing, 6 G-BB Gull, 4  Collared Dove (3 Bishop Sutton plus 1 actually within the lake boundary),  30+ LTT + mixed Tits (Woodford & Moreton), 5 Goldcrest (Moreton & Stratford),5 Cetti's Warbler Stratford,Herriotts), 20+ Starling, 7 Blackbird (Woodford & Moreton), 20+ House Sparrow (Bishop Sutton), 9+ Pied Wagtail( HG Woodford & Herriotts),  4 Reed Bunting (Herriotts, Stratford & Moreton)

No sign of the Black-necked Grebes.

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper

Woodford:
1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush

Nunnery Point:
7 ad Mediterranean Gull in the roost,

Heron's Green:
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull, 5+ Wood Pigeon, 1 Grey Wagtail, 12 Goldfinch

22-02-19 Siskin, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
1 Water Rail, 3 Stock Dove,1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 4 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Stonechat (Moreton lane), 6 Bullfinch (Moreton Cottage), 2 Dunnock, 5 Wren, 3 Robin, 7 Siskin

Stratford:
2+ Snipe, 2 Raven, 9 Great Tit (together back Stratford)

Herriott's:
10 Shelduck, 10 Pintail, 1  Marsh Harrier (over the main reeds mid-morning) 15 Jackdaw

Reports: Pete Brain, Jane Cumming, Dan@twit1144, Andy Davis, Paul Francis, Richard Giles, Ian Loats, Andy Middleton, Dean Reeves, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, TalkingtoBears, Martin Tayler, Keith Vinicombe