Friday 7 February 2020

07-02-20 Friday - Short-eared Owl

Temp 4 to 10°C. Misty morning, some sun but seemed to get colder and windier later, then rain

Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver 
Golden Plover
Short-eared Owl
Bearded Tit

BRISTOL

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:
1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 28 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 21 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 m Blackcap, 62 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 3 Fieldfare, 16 Redwing, 6 Robin, 17 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

7-2-20 Dipper, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper

Withywood - Cater Road - AWBS :
1 Sparrowhawk- neatly partied my skull, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 72 Starling, 83 House Sparrow

Downend - garden:
2 Jay, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap (m) - singing, 5 Blackbird

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Canada Goose, 3 Tufted Duck (2m, 1f), 1 Gadwall, 11 Moorhen, 1 Water Rail heard, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest

7-2-20 Buzzard, Wapley (Dan White)
Wapley Woods: 
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven, 1 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Congresbury, Strawberry Line
2 Little Egret, 5 Snipe, 1 Raven 3 Cetti's Warbler - singing, 1 Blackcap (m), 3 + Goldcrest, 40 Redwing, 1 Greenfinch - singing.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Lansdown:
6 Buzzard, 26 Golden Plover, 2 Snipe, 2 Kestrel, 4 Raven, 42 Skylark, 4 Stonechat

Bath, Charmy Down AWBS:
2 Buzzard, 2 Magpie, 2 Skylark, 80 Starling, 2 Chaffinch, Goldfinch heard

7-2-20 Nuthatch, Bath (Rob Hargreaves)
Bath, Twerton:
2 Coal Tit, 8 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Robin

RESERVOIRS
7-2-20 Black-throated Diver, Barrow Tanks (Brian Thompson)
Barrow Tanks:
Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver

Chew Valley Lake:

Stratford:
2m + 1f Bearded Tit

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Reports: Derek Angell, Nancy Barrett, Des Bowring, John Budd, Allan Chard, Michael Davis, Barry Dursley, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Brian Thompson, Dan White, blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds