17-02-20 Monday - Red-b Merganser

Temp 6 to 10°C. Better weather today, only a small amount of rain, some sunshine, and not so windy

Scaup, Common Scoter, L-t Duck, Red-breasted Merganser
Black and Great Divers
Bar-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe
Mediterranean Gull
Ring-necked Parakeet

17-2-20 Scaup, Moreton (George Stacey)

BRISTOL

17-2-20 Dipper, Eastville Park (Mark Savage)

Eastville Park:
6 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Geese, 20 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 150 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Dipper

Stoke Park and Duchess Lake:
1 Little Grebe, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 1 ad Common Gull,

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Thornbury - A38:
2 Peregrine

OPS, Anchor Inn Car Park:
1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 22+ Chaffinch, c25 Linnet

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
c.30 Canada Goose, c.90 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, c.300 Wigeon, c.30 Teal, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 5 Moorhen, 25 Coot, c.40 Oystercatcher, 80 Lapwing, c.130 Curlew, 1 Dunlin, 3 Redshank, c.400 BH Gull, 2 LT Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 8 Pied Wagtail, 9 Meadow Pipit.
Initially, BH Gulls and Wigeon were in a continuous mile-long line offshore….

Severn Beach garden:
1 m Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

17-2-20 Nuthatch, Leigh Woods (Pete Bunniss)

Leigh Woods:
Nuthatch

Portbury Wharf - access lane underwater:
13 Shoveler, 72 Wigeon, 9 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, + 72 large gulls.

Clevedon, Wains Hill to Yeo:
215 Shelduck, 220 Wigeon, 255 Teal, 18 Common Scoter (Yeo), 1 m Red-breasted Merganser (River Yeo), 20 Cormorant, 16 Coot, 22 Oystercatcher, 25 Lapwing, 310 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 400 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 8 Snipe, 100 Redshank, 2 Raven, 24 Skylark, 10 Fieldfare, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 50 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hunstrete, AWBS:
2 Buzzard, 4 Woodpigeon, 2 Jay, 1 Magpie, 10 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Skylark, 3 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Robin, House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch

Bath - St John's

17-02-2020 Peregrine St Johns Bath (Hamish Smith - BUPP) Woke the neighbours at dawn - and then ! 

Lower Claverham:
2 Mallard -pr, 1 Cormorant flew over, 17 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Little Owl - chased Jackdaw from nest hole entrance and around tree, 1 Kestrel, C. 50 Jackdaw, C. 30 Rook, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackbird

RESERVOIRS

17-02-2020 Black-throated Diver BG (Jonathan Bull)

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver

17-2-20 Scaup, Moreton (George Stacey)

Chew Valley Lake:
10 Scaup, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Jay, pair Bullfinch (Bittern Trail)

Moreton Lane/Cottage:
1 Chiffchaff, 60+ Linnet - flock in field.

Heron's Green Bay:
2 Great White Egret,

Herriott's Pool:
10 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 1 Pochard, many Tufted Duck, 4 Great White Egret, c30 BH Gull, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 7 Herring Gull

Reports: Jonathan Angell, Phil Baber, Jonathan Bull,  Pete Bunniss, Nick Hawkridge, Rod Holbrook, Steve Sanins, Mark Savage, Vic Savery, Adrian Sharp, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland, Lois Pryce, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds