Thursday, 13 February 2020

13-02-20 Thursday - Short-eared Owl

Temp 6 to 10°C. Rainy start but conditions improved

Whooper Swan
Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Black-throated and Great Northern Diver
Marsh Harrier
Little Owl, Short-eared Owl
Fieldfare
Corn Bunting

13-2-20 summer Black-headed Gull, Eastville Park (Pat Richards)

BRISTOL

13-2-20 Dipper, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
2 Canada Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 40 Mallard 23m 17f, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 3 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 57 BH Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 32 Feral Pigeon, 6 Woodpigeon, 1 Kingfisher, 9 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 9 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 25 Starling, 2 m Blackbird, 6 Robin, 1 Dipper, 1 Dunnock, 1 m Chaffinch, 11 Goldfinch

13-2-20 Blackcap, High Kingsdown (Keith Williams)
High Kingsdown:
3 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 2 Jay, Blue and Great Tit, 1 m Blackcap, 4 Blackbird, 3 Dunnock with lots of wing fluttering, 2 Chaffinch

Redland garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Feral Pigeon, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1m Blackcap, 2 Blackbird (m&f), 1 Robin, 12+ House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch (m&f)

St Andrews Park:
8 Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

13-2-20 Corn Bunting, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
1 m Marsh Harrier, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Skylark, 25 Meadow Pipit, 1 Corn Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Worle garden:
1 Blackcap, 12 Greenfinch

Lower Claverham:
2 Grey Heron flew over, 14 Little Egret, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Little Owl calling, 1 Song Thrush

BELOW M4 & BANES

13-2-20 Peregrine Falcon at St John's Church (BUPP)
Falcon making more frequent visits
Bath St John's Church:
2 Peregrine

13-2-20 Fieldfare, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)
Newton St Loe:
6 Mute Swan, 1 Whooper Swan, 7 Teal, 1 f Tufted Duck, 9 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 m/f Kestrel, 6 Skylark, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Fieldfare,  2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 20 Meadow Pipit

13-2-20 Kestrel, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)

RESERVOIRS

13-2-20 Black-throated Diver, Barrow Tanks (Bri Thompson)
Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 2 Common Sandpiper

12-2-20 Great White Egret, CVL (Sue Howard)
Chew Valley Lake:
17 Scaup (7m Moreton), 6 Great White Egret, 2 juv Marsh Harrier

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Allan Chard, Sean Davies, Andy Davis, Peter Hazelwood, Sue Howard, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Patrick Richards, Brian Thompson, Keith Williams, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds