Friday 14 February 2020

14-02-20 Friday - Corn Bunting

Temp 4 to 12°C. Made a warm if windy day, but was probably just the rain coming in

Whooper Swan
Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Black-throated and Great Northern Diver
Red Kite, Marsh Harrier
Knot
Yellow-legged Gull
Short-eared Owl
Corn Bunting

BRISTOL

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 20 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 13 Magpie, 4 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Blackcap, 3 Wren, 5 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 11 Redwing, 5 Robin, 13 House Sparrow, 5 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Goldfinch

Bishopston:
5 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 m Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest (a first here), 7 Goldfinch

14-2-20 Magpies, 20, in Coombe Dingle Garden (Pete Bunniss)
Coombe Dingle garden:
2 Herring Gull, 2 Feral Pigeon, 2 Wood Pigeon, 2 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Magpie (see photo), 5 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blackcap, 3 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock and 2 Goldfinch

New Cut:
1 Common Sandpiper

The Mall, Cribbs:
1 Kestrel hunting over grass road verges

St Andrews Park:
8 Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Peregrine courting
14-2-10 Kestrel, Aust (Dan White)
New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
c.20 Canada Goose, c.90 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, c.200 Wigeon, c.50 Teal, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 5 Moorhen, 25 Coot, c.40 Oystercatcher,140 Lapwing, 6 Grey Plover, c.80 Curlew, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Turnstone, 140 Knot, 400 Dunlin, 15 Redshank, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel (Aust), 2 Goldcrest, 33 Pied Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit, 15 Linnet

Coalpit Heath, east:
1 Buzzard, 5 Stock Dove, 5 Collared Dove, 1 Kestrel, 4 Skylark, 38+ Starling, c40 Fieldfare, 22 Redwing, 3 singing Song Thrush, 6 Pied Wagtail, c20 Chaffinch, c35 Linnet, 9 Yellowhammer (1 singing)

River Frome:
4 Mallard, 1 Buzzard,1 Grey Heron, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (including drumming and chasing), 1 Goldcrest, 1 Dipper, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead Marina:
2 Mute Swan, 0 Cormorant, 2 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail

Portishead coast:
9 Shelduck, 1 f Sparrowhawk, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 1 Redshank, 1 displaying Rock Pipit

Clevedon, Tickenham Hill:
4 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 2 Redwing

14-2-20 Rock Pipit, Channel View (Howard Taffs)
Is it? Such pale legs
Clevedon, Channel View:
1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, Rock Pipit

Strawberry line Yatton to Congresbury:
9 Mute Swan, 8 Mallard, 1 Red Kite being mobbed by 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Buzzard, 6 LBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Wren, 2 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chaffinch, 20 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

14-2-20 Corn Bunting, Marshfield (Dean Reeves)
Marshfield:
17 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 8 Skylark, 12 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 2 pairs of Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 91 Corn Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer

Willsbridge, Siston Brook:
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 9 Magpie, 16 Great Tit, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest (the male displaying a huge golden crest), 2 Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 12 Goldfinch

Bath St John's Church:
2 Peregrine

Newton St Loe:
Whooper Swan, 18 Teal

RESERVOIRS

14-2-20 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tanks (Bri Thompson)
Barrow Tanks:
1 Mute Swan, 5 Mallard, 12 Tufted Duck,  1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 3 Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 30 BH Gull, 3 Common Gull, 7 LBB Gull

14-2-10 Scaup, Moreton (John Osborne)
Chew Valley Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 12 Scaup (5m Moreton), 4 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Chiffchaff (Moreton)

Reports: John Budd, Pete Bunniss, John Clark, Ken Carruthers, Jane Cumming, Robert Hargreaves, Mike Jackson, Brian Lancastle, Niall Machin, Robin Martin, Mike Meechem, John Osborne, Dave Poulton, Lois Pryce, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Patrick Richards, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Dan White, Keith Williams, blagdonlakebirdsBUPP nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds