Wednesday, 1 January 2020

01-01-20 Wednesday - Best wishes for 2020 - Black Redstart

Dull, misty, damp - just not nice, mild though.

Bearded Tit
Whooper Swan
Long-tailed Duck
Black-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver
Black Redstart
Merlin
Marsh Harrier
Jack Snipe
Garganey
Black-necked Grebe


BRISTOL
01-01-2020 Tawny Owl EP ( Billy Elliot)
Eastville Park:
1 Tawny Owl

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
c300 Lapwing, c600 Dunlin,  1 Merlin, 2 Blackcap (f & m) - eating mistletoe, 1 Black Redstart (f)

Aust Warth:
3 Pintail, 3 Jack Snipe, 3 Snipe, 4 Stonechat

Wetlands Northwick Warth:
1 Pochard, 150 Lapwing, 600 Dunlin

Severnside:
1 Sparrowhawk

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, 1 Stonechat.

01-01-2020 Blackcap Almondsbury (Vĕra  Carpenter)
Almondsbury -garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Blackcap (f), 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Goldfinch

01-01-2020 Kingfisher Three Brooks NR (Craig Lewis)
Bradley Stoke, Three Brooks NR:
2 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Blackcap (2f &1m)

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill - Rudgleigh Inn fields:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 60 Starling, 150 Chaffinch.

01-01-2020 Mix of Greenfinch and Goldfinch (Paul Milsom)
Pill - allotments:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Great it, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Fieldfare, Wren, Robin, Dunnock, 100 mix of Green and Goldfinch,

Portbury Wharf:
1 Garganey, and 74 other species.

01-01-2020 Water Rail Cl-Y (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon-Yeo:
1 Water Rail, 1 Green Sandpiper - Blind Yeo,  1 Black Redstart - Pier,

Backwell Lake:
2 Canada Goose, 20+ Mute Swan, 3 Gadwall (1f &2m), Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret,
1 Cormorant, Moorhen, Coot, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, 2 Magpie, Jackdaw, 3 Marsh Tit, Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Robin, Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch (f), 2 Bullfinch (f &m), 1 Greenfinch, Goldfinch

01-01-2020 Buzzard Kenn Moor (Higgy)
Kenn Moor:
72 Mute Swan, 6 Mallard, 2 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 12+ Moorhen, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 1 Kestrel (m), 12 Magpie, 100+ Corvid (Crow & Rook), 1 Marsh/Willow Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 30+ Starling, 4 Blackbird.

Bleadon -village and around:
2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 100 mixed Fieldfare and Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush,

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield - around the patch:
2 Grey Heron, 15 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Buzzard, 5 Lapwing, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 20 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 150 Corn Bunting, 20 Yellowhammer,

Bath - garden:
1 Little Egret - over, 2 Raven - over, 8 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tits, 3 Blackcap (1f &2m), 2 Nuthatch, 2 Robin, 7 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 5 Goldfinch,

Bath - Bear Flat garden:
2 Blackcap (f &m)

Newton St Loe:
1 Whooper Swan, 1 Kingfisher,

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Chew Valley Lake
1 Scaup (f), 1 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Great White Egret,

Heron's Green:
2 Goosander (f & m), 5 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier,

Moreton:
1 Buzzard, 3 Great White Egret,

01-01-2020 Bearded Tit CVL Stratford (Simon Isgar)
Stratford:
1 Pintail, 1 Scaup (f), 1 Goldeneye, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Water Rail, 4 Bearded Tit (2f &2m), 1 Cerri's Warbler,

Herriott's - inc Pool:
1 Cattle Egret, 2 Raven - overhead, 1 Grey Wagtail,

OUT OF AREA

01-01-2019 Slimbridge sample (Mike Landen and Pete Coslett)
Slimbridge:
01-01-2020 Goldeneye Slimbridge (George Rabin)
Reports: Rich Andrews, Karle Burford, Vĕra Carpenter, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Pete Coslett, Chris Craig, Stephen Curtis, Billy Elliot, Trevor Ford, Simon Harris, Pete Hazelwood, Bill Hewitt, Higgy, Simon Isgar, Robert Kelsh, Brian Lancastle, Mike Landen, Craig Lewis, Jon Margetts, Paul Milsom, George Rabin, Jack Rogers, Carol Rushton, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson,