Saturday, 1 February 2020

01-02-20 Saturday - Brent Goose

Blew a bit today - sun and showers.

Brent Goose
Black-necked Grebe

01-02-2020 View from Severn Beach - sums up the weather nicely (Rod Holbrook)

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
1 Blackcap (f) - Exocet back in position


31-01-2020 Sparrowhawk Horfield (Barry Hawkins)
Horfield - in the garden this week:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Collared Dove, 4 Blue Tit, Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, Starling - red-legged - Russian possibly? 2 Robin - pr? 2 Pied Wagtail - pr too.

01-02-2020 Kingfisher Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher

01-02-2020 Blackcap & Long-tailed Tit, St George (Lee Gardiner)
St George:
Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap (1f)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Tortworth:
2 Stonechat (f&m)

01-02-2020 Fieldfare Aztec West (Rob Emery)
Patchway - Aztec West:
9 Fieldfare - cleaning up the last of the berries.

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, 4 Bullfinch (f&3m), Goldfinch,

Aust:
1 Peregrine - heading down river

01-02-2020 Curlew NP (Vera Carpenter)
New Passage - rising tide:
200 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 280 Wigeon, 6 Pintail, 15 Teal, 40 Tufted Duck, 6 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 200 Oystercatcher, 200 Curlew, 15 Turnstone, 60 Dunlin, 6 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 150 Redshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull - sub ad, winter plum, 150 Black-headed Gull, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Wren, 2 Pied Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
3 Brent Goose, 1 Peregrine + the usual.

01-02-2020 Avocet Cl-Y (Jason Williams)
Clevedon-Yeo:
c45 Shelduck, 150 Wigeon, c 200 Teal, 1 Oystercatcher, 19 Avocet, 8 Ringed Plover, 120 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 20 Turnstone, 6 Skylark, 2 Stonechat.

BELOW M4 & BANES

No news today

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:

Stratford:
4 Goldeneye (3f&m), 4 Goosander (2f&2m), 1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine - chasing gulls. Alas no sight or sound of the Bearded Tit.

Reports: Vera Carpenter, Allan Chard, Ian Dickie, Barry Dursley, Rob Emery, Lee Gardiner, Barry Hawkins, Nick Hawkridge, Rod Holbrook, Dave Hughes, Stuart Matthews, Robert Proctor, Chris Stone, Jason Williams,

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