Short-eared Owl
Bearded Tit
Spotted Redshank
Jack Snipe
Ruff
Grey Partridge
Merlin
***** The BOC coach trip to the Exe Estuary this Sunday has been CANCELLED owing to the probability of heavy winds and rain. *****
12-02-2020 Great Crested Grebe CVL - a touch of spring in the air - early version of the weed dance (Allan Chard) |
BRISTOL
Stockwood Open Space:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, Blue and Great Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 20 Linnet,
Hotwells:
1 Grey Wagtail
12-02-2020 Grey Heron Eastville Park (Ian Loats) |
High Kingsdown:
2 Blackcap (f & m)
Stoke Park:
2 Canada Goose, 1 Common Gull (rare here), 1 Kestrel, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Stonechat, 20 Redwing, 6 Chaffinch, 10 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.
Eastville Park:
2 Canada Goose, 5 Mute Swan, 36 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 6 Moorhen, 3 Coot, c120 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, Feral Pigeon, 2 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher (f), 1 Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 4 L T Tit, 1 Goldcrest, Wren, 1 Nuthatch (heard), 5 Starling, Robin, Grey Wagtail.
Eastville - garden:
1 Blackcap (m)
Snuff Mills:
1 Raven - flyover
Montpelier Park:
Snuff Mills:
1 Raven - flyover
Montpelier Park:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Woodpigeon, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Wren - scolding, 1 Robin - singing, 2 Dunnock - 1 singing, 2 Goldfinch,
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
New Passage/Northwick:
good numbers of Shelduck and Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, some Teal, and Shoveler, a few Tufted Duck, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, and 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 276 Curlew, 49 Turnstone, 25 Knot, Dunlin, 5 Snipe, Redshank, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, quite a few Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit
Warmley - garden:
1 Blackcap (f)
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon-Yeo:
250 Shelduck, 235 Wigeon, 145 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck - at KP, 2 Goosander, 2 Grey Partridge (Blake’s Pools), 3 Little Egret, 22 Coot. 38 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 10 Ringed Plover, 35 Lapwing, 350 Curlew, 28 Turnstone, 1 Ruff (Yeo), 350 to 400 Dunlin, 2 Jack Snipe, 14 Common Snipe, 340 Redshank - 180 at Kenn + 160 maybe more up Yeo, 2 Spotted Redshank (Yeo), 100+ B-h Gull, 12 Herring Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 19 Skylark, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 450 Starling, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 9 Pied Wagtail, 65 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 3 Rock Pipit, Meadow Pipit, 40+ Linnet. 3 Reed Bunting.
12-02-2020 Peregrine Avon Gorge (Keith Williams) |
Avon Gorge:
3 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, Jackdaw, Blue Tit, 1 Song Thrush.SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
12-02-2020 Turnstone NP-NW (Aravind Ramesh) |
good numbers of Shelduck and Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, some Teal, and Shoveler, a few Tufted Duck, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, and 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 276 Curlew, 49 Turnstone, 25 Knot, Dunlin, 5 Snipe, Redshank, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, quite a few Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit
12-02-2020 Blackcap Warmley (Pete Coslett) |
1 Blackcap (f)
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon-Yeo:
250 Shelduck, 235 Wigeon, 145 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck - at KP, 2 Goosander, 2 Grey Partridge (Blake’s Pools), 3 Little Egret, 22 Coot. 38 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 10 Ringed Plover, 35 Lapwing, 350 Curlew, 28 Turnstone, 1 Ruff (Yeo), 350 to 400 Dunlin, 2 Jack Snipe, 14 Common Snipe, 340 Redshank - 180 at Kenn + 160 maybe more up Yeo, 2 Spotted Redshank (Yeo), 100+ B-h Gull, 12 Herring Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 19 Skylark, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 450 Starling, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 9 Pied Wagtail, 65 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 3 Rock Pipit, Meadow Pipit, 40+ Linnet. 3 Reed Bunting.
Clevedon Moor:
8 Goosander, 6 Little Egret
Yatton Strawberry Line:
Canada Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 4 Mallard, Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, Moorhen, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Mini murmuration of around 30 Starling, 40 Redwing, Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch
12-02-2020 Short-eared Owl Bleadon Levels (Bill Hewitt) |
Teal, 1 Buzzard, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 4 Curlew, 10 Dunlin, Redshank, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Barn Owl, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Stonechat, 8 Reed Bunting
Uphill - WeBS count :
50 Mute Swan, 140 Shelduck, 180 Wigeon, 50 Mallard, 53 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 1 Moorhen, 50 Oystercatcher, 18 Lapwing, 23 Curlew, 255 Redshank, 450 Black-headed Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 5 Lesser Black-b Gull + 1 Sparrowhawk.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Frenchay, Moor:
1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Woodpigeon, 2 Jackdaw, 5 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 4 Redwing, 6 Robin, 5 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 5 Goldfinch,
Bath - Oldfield Park garden:
1 Blackcap (f) and the strange coloured Blackbird again
RESERVOIRS
12-02-2020 Black-throated Diver - Great Northern Diver BG (Bri Thompson) |
1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Great Crested Grebe
CHEW VALLEY LAKE
5 Pintail, 14 Scaup, 4 Goosander, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 juv Marsh Harrier, 2 Stonechat (f & m), 3 Water Rail - calling, 30 Redwings, 10 Fieldfares, 1 Meadow Pipit.
Moreton:
4 Shelduck - field behind the hide, 2 Bearded Tit
12-02-2020 Goosander CVL (Allan Chard) |
13 Scaup (f & m), 2 Goosander - flypast, 4 Great Crested Grebe - 2pr displaying, 1 Bearded Tit
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