23-02-19 Saturday - Long-tailed Duck back

Temp 5 to 17℃. Misty first thing, then warm Sunshine. Hardly any wind by the evening

23-2-19 Peregrine in the Avon Gorge (Tony Scott)

Long-tailed Duck
Red Kite
Golden Plover
Bar-tailed Godwit
Short-eared Owl
Mediterranean Gull
Merlin
Richard's Pipit

BRISTOL

Avon Gorge:
1 Peregrine

Bristol garden:

1 f Blackcap

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
5 Grey Plover, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 368 BH Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull

Aust:
c.40 Shelduck, c.20 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 3 Curlew, 20 Redshank, 2 Short-eared Owl,  2 Kestrel, 5 Skylark, 1 Stonechat, 10 Meadow Pipit, 6 Reed Bunting

23-2-19 Turnstone at New Passage (Vera Carpenter)

New Passage, BOC ID course:
2 Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swan, 30 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 100 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 50 Oystercatcher, 75 Lapwing, 200 Curlew, 200 Turnstone, 300 Dunlin, 75 Redshank, 50 Woodpigeon, 30 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Blind Yeo:
10 Goosander, 1 Green Sandpiper

Clevedon, Wain's Hill to Yeo:
225 Shelduck, 330 Wigeon, 125 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander, 3 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 24 Coot, 11 Oystercatcher, 4 Grey Plover, 75 Lapwing, 340 Curlew, 1500 Dunlin, 5 Snipe, 230 Redshank, 2 Green Woodpecker,  Kestrel, 1 Merlin (Yeo), 38 Skylark, 1 Cetti’s Warbler (Blind Yeo), 250 Starling, 1 Richard’s Pipit (Channel View), 65 Meadow Pipit, 5 Bullfinch, 5 Reed Bunting

Uphill (WeBS count):
67 Mute Swan, 100 Shelduck, 25 Mallard, 63 Teal, 70 Wigeon, 3 Little Egret, 30 Oystercatcher, 200 Dunlin, 18 Curlew, 310 Redshank, 125 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 Peregrine (and 3 Roe Deer).

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
2 Pheasant, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 13 BH Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 21 Feral Pigeon, 5 Stock Dove, 68 Wood Pigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 28 Magpie, 3 Coal Tit, 28 Blue Tit, 22 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 18 Wren, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 27 Starling, 16 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 6 Song Thrush, 15 Robin, 1 Dipper, 13 House Sparrow, 15 Dunnock, 3 Grey Wagtail, 3 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch

Bath, Lansdown Racecourse:
2 Red Kite (13.20), 450 Golden Plover

Newton St Loe:
4 Mallard, 4 Buzzard, 4 BH Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Nuthatch, 6 Chaffinch

23-2-19 Dunnock in Bishop Sutton (Bob Brewer)

Bishop Sutton:
3 Collared Dove, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 20+ House Sparrow, Dunnock

RESERVOIRS

23-2-19 Common Sandpiper on Barrow Tanks (Lee Gardiner)

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck back, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull

23-2-19 Treecreeper, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake
24+ Canada Goose, 27+ Mute Swan, 11 Shelduck, 10 Pintail, 30+ Goldeneye, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 12+ Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 1 White Coot, 4 Snipe (fly past Moreton), 1 Common & 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 (2 1st w, 2 ad) Mediterranean Gull (Herriotts), 7 GBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted & 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 23 Jackdaw, 30+ L TT + mixed Tits, 7 Cetti's Warbler

23-2-19 Treecreeper, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

1 Chiffchaff, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 4 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6+ Pied Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 15+ Goldfinch, 3 Siskin, 5 Reed Bunting

Reports: Derek Angell, Bob Brewer, Vera Carpenter, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, John Griffiths, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Rod Holbrook, Susan Kempson, Steve Sanins, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs