Monday 13 January 2020

13-01-20 Monday

Mild at first, but increasingly windy and wet as Storm Brendan rolled in. Temperatures 6 - 11°C

Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Spotted Redshank 
Marsh Tit, Bearded Tit
Lesser Redpoll

BRISTOL

Clifton:
Percival Road garden update - 'A male Sparrowhawk is coming to our feeders daily, but without any success that I have seen. The Marsh Tit is a daily visitor too.'

Stoke Bishop:
Garden update - 'Blackcap numbers have increased to 5 (3 male) feeding on fat. Also first song heard – usually not heard until February. They seem less aggressive than previous winters. Blue Tits, Coal Tits and Long-tailed Tits etc are allowed to feed at the same time!'

Henleaze:
Garden update -  5 Greenfinch

City Centre:
'7.30 am Brilliant views of a Peregrine on my way to work this morning flying past down by the harbourside then landed on the corner of the Radisson Hotel before shooting off again.'

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
inc WeBS count - 3 Shelduck,  3m Gadwall, 174 Wigeon, 65 Mallard, 65 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 3 Grey Heron, 102 Lapwing, 75 Curlew, 50 Turnstone, 300 Dunlin, 21 Snipe (inc 19 at Shepperdine), 74 Redshank, 6 Stonechat

13-01-19 Goosander, Coopers Lake, Yate (Mark Coller )
Yate:
Coopers Lake - 2 Gadwall, 1 Tufted Duck, 4 (2m2f) Goosander, 2 Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher

NORTH SOMERSET


13-01--20 Pochard, Portbury Wharf (Jason Williams)
Portbury Wharf:
Walk from Portishead to reserve - 32 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag, 6 Mute Swan, 15 Shelduck, 25 Gadwall, c 175 Wigeon, 8 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 1m Pochard, 1f Goldeneye, 12 Lapwing, 3 Curlew, c 700 Dunlin, Snipe, 45 Redshank, 2 GBB Gull, Cetti's Warbler

Portishead:
Boating lake - 6 Canada Goose, 4 Mute Swan, c75  Mallard, 30 Tufted Duck, 4+ Rock Pipit, 10 Linnet
[No Purple Sandpipers at Battery Point]


Clevedon-Yeo:
95 Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 40+ Shelduck, 60 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 20 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret,  34 Oystercatcher, 70 Lapwing, 210 Curlew, 9 Ringed Plover, 3 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 170
Dunlin, 490 Redshank, 2 Spotted Redshank, 600 Black-headed Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 1 Peregrine, 18 Skylark, 3 Stonechat, Rock Pipit present, 20+ Linnet


Weston-Super-Mare:
Worle garden update - '14 Greenfinch just landed in my garden at 1pm, no room on the feeders at all, not seen this many for years.  Peregrine over as well.'


BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Jay, many tits, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper

10-01-19 Pied Wagtail roost, Bath city centre (Bob Medland)
Midford - Tucking Mill;
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Green Woodpecker (all feeding together on the ground within 6 feet of each other), 1 Raven, 20+ Long-tailed Tit in 2 groups, 1 Treecreeper  2  Dipper. Also 1 Muntjac

Pensford:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Mistle Thrush

Cameley:
Update -  Mistle Thrushes have been active with several singing for the last 10 days. 2 Greenfinch on 12th.

RESERVOIRS

13-01-19 Lesser Redpoll, Blagdon Lake (Rob Hargreaves)
Blagdon Lake:
inc WeBS count - 150 Canada Geese, 1 m Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 23 Wigeon, 77 Mallard, 15 Teal, 128 Pochard, 509 Tufted Duck, 25 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 30 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 7 Cormorant, 3 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 8 Moorhen, 705 Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 129 BH Gull, 180 Common Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 3 Lesser Redpoll

Chew Valley Lake

Heron's Green:
5 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 30 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper

Stratford:
Marsh Harrier, 4 Bearded Tit
13-01-19 Bearded Tit, Stratford, CVL (Rob Hargreaves)
Reports: Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Geoff Daniels, David Esam, Paul Francis, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Bob Medland, Andy Middleton, Dean Reeves, Harvey Rose, Chris White,  Roger White, Jason Williams, Gordon Youdale