Sunday 5 January 2020

05-01-20 Sunday - Jack Snipe

Temp 7 to 9°C. Another dull grey day, feeling colder than the figures suggested

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

BRISTOL

Bishopston garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 m Blackcap, 2 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 2 Goldfinch

5-1-19 Green Woodpecker, Coombe Dingle (Pete Bunniss)
Coombe Dingle garden:
1 Buzzard, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 9 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blackcap, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock

Eastville Park:
1 Common Gull

Finzels Reach:
1 ad GBB Gull, 2 Peregrine

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Egyptian Goose, 34 Wigeon, 39 Teal, 43 Mallard, 1 Gadwall, 44 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 86 Dunlin, 37 Turnstone, 3 Stonechat

Aust:
Jack Snipe

New Passage:
c.50 Canada Goose, 30 Shelduck, 14 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, c.300 Wigeon, 10 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, c.30 Coot, c.40 Lapwing, 25 Curlew, 60 Dunlin, 3 Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 1 Fieldfare on apples with 6 Blackbird, 18 Pied Wagtail

Chipping Sodbury:
13 Redwing

NORTH SOMERSET

5-1-19 Gadwall at Portbury Wharf (Jason Williams)
Portbury Wharf:
150 Wigeon,15 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 30 Teal, 4 Little Grebe, 15 Lapwing, 1 Jack Snipe, 6 Snipe, 1 Cetti's Warbler

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
34 Red-legged Partridge, 6+ Skylark, 1 Grey Wagtail, 40+ Corn Bunting, 10+ Yellowhammer

Paulton:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 45 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Meadow Pipit, 15 Chaffinch, 30 Linnet, 25 Goldfinch
and at the sewage works (STW):- 1 Sparrowhawk, 50 BH Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail, 100 Pied Wagtail

Newton St Loe:
6 Mute Swan, 1 Whooper Swan, 47 Mallard, 11 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck (F), 1 Little Grebe, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 2 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail, 25+ Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

5-1-19 Black-throated Diver, Barrow Tanks (Dan White)
Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck on 1, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver

5-1-19 Black-necked Grebe, Stratford (NSL Birding)
Chew Valley Lake:
11 Shelduck, 1 f Shoveler, 4 Wigeon, 4 Pintail, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 8 Great White Egret (7 HG), 4 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Water Rail, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1m 2f Bearded Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5000 Starling
5-1-19 Bearded Tit, Chew (Gill Sapsed)
Reports: Peter Bryant, Pete Bunniss, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Simon Isgar, Andy Middleton, Jean Oliver, Lois Pryce, Gill Sapsed, Rich Scantlebury, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Nigel Tucker, Dan White, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds