Wednesday, 19 February 2020

19-02-20 Wednesday - Cattle Egret

Overcast with long showery spells - - 8° to 9°

Cattle Egret
Common Crane

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
1 Sparrowhawk - on patrol along the back gardens, 2 Raven - high, calling, 1 Blackcap (f), 2 Dunnock - hot pursuit, no time for song, just go for it!

St Andrew's Park:
11 Redwing

19-02-2020 Canada Goose Stoke Park (Pat Richards)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
4 Canada Goose, 12 Mallard (3f + 9m), 5 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 14 Black-headed Gull, 12 Woodpigeon, 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 10 Magpie, 27 Jackdaw, 11 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 9 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 9 Starling, 5 Blackbird (f + 4m), 9 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 1 Stonechat (f), 3 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch (m), 10 Greenfinch (1f) - flock of 6, 9 Goldfinch.

Stoke Bishop area:
5 Blackcap (3f) - in one garden, 2 (f & m) in another, one singing by the water tower and one, also singing, in Old Sneyd Av.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Yate- Kingsgate Park:
4 Gadwall, Tufted Duck, 6 Goosander - briefly, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 4 Blackcap,

Yate- Stanshaws Lake - aka Coopers Lake:
8 Goosander (4 pr).

Northwick Warth area:
2 Common Crane - over 07:30

Portbury Warth:
30 Shoveler, 40 Gadwall, c.40 Teal, 18 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Grebe, 15 Snipe (put up from North pool by helicopter), c.6 singing Skylark, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 8 Stonechat, pr. Bullfinch.

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Blind Yeo:
1 Goosander (m)

Bristol Airport:
80 Golden Plover over this afternoon

Cleeve Woods:
Herons on show again today in the tops of the trees

Worlebury - garden:
2 Blackcap (m), 1 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Emerson's Green - garden:
1 Grey Wagtail - 3rd time this year

Oldland Common:
2 Tawny Owl - calling at 1:43 this morning

Bath - garden:
6 Magpie - together, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 2 Blackbird (f &m), 1 Robin, 15 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock

Wellow area:
2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 4 Skylark, 30+ Redwing - group

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Stratford - Summerlea Farm - fields:
1 Cattle Egret amongst 6+ Little Egret

Reports: Ken Carruthers, Dave Child, Mark Coller, Bryan Cook,  Erik Evans, Paul Francis, Nick Hawkridge, Adrian Hockey, Rich Mielcarek, Phil Quinn, George Rabin, Pat Richards, Mike Saffery, Chris Stone, Roger White, 

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