Whooper Swan
Long-tailed Duck, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver
Marsh Harrier
Black Redstart
BRISTOL
Bishopston:
Garden - 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blackcap (f&2m - best ever count)
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| 07-12-19 m and f Goosander, Eastville Park (Allan Chard) |
2 (m&f) Goosander, Tawny Owl, Kingfisher, Dipper
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
Water Rail, Tawny Owl, 2 Peregrine, Kestrel, Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Black Redstart, 4-5 Bullfinch
Littleton Warth:
Brick Pits - c 420 Starling leaving their roost in the reeds this morning. Also 2 Little Egret, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Kingfisher
Brick Pits - c 420 Starling leaving their roost in the reeds this morning. Also 2 Little Egret, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Kingfisher
Iron Acton:
Acton Court, 4.30am - 1 Barn Owl
NORTH SOMERSET
Sheepway Lane and Portbury Docks:
Winter Bird Survey highlights - 1 Buzzard, 5 Moorhen, 350 Woodpigeon, ( several large flocks - winter movement?), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 2 LTTit and a nice mix of finches inc. 2 Bullfinch. (Some common garden species were surprisingly absent, e.g. Dunnock, Great Tit etc.)
Acton Court, 4.30am - 1 Barn Owl
NORTH SOMERSET
Sheepway Lane and Portbury Docks:
Winter Bird Survey highlights - 1 Buzzard, 5 Moorhen, 350 Woodpigeon, ( several large flocks - winter movement?), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 2 LTTit and a nice mix of finches inc. 2 Bullfinch. (Some common garden species were surprisingly absent, e.g. Dunnock, Great Tit etc.)
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| 07-12-19 Mute Swan, Shire Valley, Marshfield (Pete Coslett) |
Marshfield:
Shire valley - 1 Mute Swan,4 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard,1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel,,5 Raven, Coal Tit,,Blue Tit, Great Tit, LTTit, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 3 Mistle Thrush, 8+ Blackbird, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch, Bullfinch
Twerton garden:
7 Long-tailed Tit, 1 f Blackcap, 8 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing
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| 7-12-19 Whooper Swan, Newton Park (Rob Hargreaves) |
7 Mute Swan, 1 Whooper Swan,5 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Mistle thrush, 40 Goldfinch
Wellow to Midford - cycle path:
6 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, £ Raven, no winter thrushes today.
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
Tank no 3 - 4 Mute Swan, Teal, Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 6 Goldeneye, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Cormorant, 3 Common Sandpiper, Black Headed Gull, 4 Common Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-Backed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 12 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail
Tank no 2 - 4 Shoveler
Chew Valley Lake
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| 07-12-19 Marsh Harrier, Moreton, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
2 Marsh Harrier, 1 m Stonechat.
Plenty of Starlings
Chew Valley Ringing Station:
This morning's ringing included a controlled Blue Tit (ie it was ringed somewhere other than here), 3 Chiffchaff and a Reed Bunting. Earlier in the week a BH Gull ringed here in Sept 2015 was re-spotted with a bit of careful ring number reading in the field.
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| 07-12-19 Stonechat, Oldbury Power Station (Pete Coslett) |
Reports: Peter Bryant, Raoul Chandrasakera, Dave Childs, Pete Coslett, Jane Cumming,Sean Davies, Michael Davis, Barry Dursley, Heather England, Nick Hawkridge, Isaac Rowe, CVRS, opsbirding
