Monday 20 January 2020

20-01-20 Monday - Avocet

Temp -1 to 8°C again. Cold bright frosty start, flat calm water today then the breeze got up a little

Avocet
Golden Plover
Jack Snipe

BRISTOL
20-1-20 Dipper, Eastville Park (Keith Williams)
Eastville Park:
1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Great Crested Grebe fly down river, 6 Stonechat

New Passage:
23+ Snipe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, a few Redwing, 50 Pied Wagtail

Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Buzzard, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, Redwings/ Fieldfares

Winterbourne:
2 Dipper

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon Pier:
1 f Black Redstart

20-1-20 Avocet, Clevedon Yeo (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon-Yeo:
Record count of 28 Avocet, 8 Ringed Plover, 100 Curlew, 4 Turnstone, 14 Linnet

Backwell Lake, 16.45-17.05:
17 Little Egret to roost, Water Rail heard

Congresbury Moor:
5 Teal, 1 Goosander, 7 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 350 Starling, 300 Redwing, 35 Meadow Pipit, 3 Bullfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

20-1-20 Kestrel, Marshfield (Dan White)
Marshfield:
180-200 Golden Plover, 4 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 6 Stonechat, 30 Corn Bunting

Stanton Prior:
3 Buzzard, 500+ Rooks, Crows, Jackdaw & Gulls by road

Paulton:
1 Mute Swan, 38 Mallard, 1 Little Grebe, 13 Moorhen, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 5 Goldcrest, 7 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 15 Pied Wagtail, 60 Pied Wagtail (STW). 20 Meadow Pipit, 6 Chaffinch
20-1-20 Song Thrush, Hollowbrook (George Stacey)
RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck on 1, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver

Blagdon Lake, 19th:
2 Egyptian Geese, 6 Goosander, 1 Great White Egret

20-1-20 Goldeneye, Stratford, (Ian Stapp)
CHEW VALLEY LAKE:
6 Great White Egret, 5+ Water Rail

20-1-20 Treecreeper, Hollowbrook (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail-Hollowbrook:
3 Chiffchaff inc 1 Siberian, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, small numbers of  Fieldfare, Redwing, Song Thrush

20-1-20 Comon Sandpiper, Herons Green (George Stacey)
Herons Green:
1 Common Sandpiper

20-1-20 Lots of Scaup, Moreton, (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
19 Shoveler, 44 Wigeon, 31 Pochard, 16 Scaup, 4 + Goldeneye, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 30+ flock Chaffinch

20-1-20 Black-necked Grebe, Stratfprd (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:
6+ Goldeneye, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 Bearded Tit, 2+ Cetti's Warbler, 6+ Redwing, 1 Stonechat

Herriott's Bridge:
7 Shelduck, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
20-1-20 Great White Egret and Cormorant, Moreton (Lucy Masters)
Out of Avon:
140 Cattle Egret at Long Drove roost

Reports: Steve Curtis, Andy Davis, Sean Davies, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Lisegirl, Glen Maddison, Lucy Masters, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Poulton, Dean Reeves, Carol Rushton, Steve Sanins, Rich Scantlebury, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Dan White, Keith Williams, blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds