20-02-20 Thursday - Red Kite

A rainy morning, some of it torrential with a blustery SW wind veering NW as the afternoon cleared.  Cooling to 6°C.

Long-tailed Duck
Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver
Great White Egrets
Red Kite

Pair of Goosander at Kingsgate Park, Yate (Mark Coller)

BRISTOL

Stoke Bishop:
Sparrowhawk, Redwing

St Andrews Park:
20 Redwing, 30 Goldfinch.

Dunnock (George Stacey)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

20-02-2020 Kestrel, OPS (Matt Plenty)

Oldbury Power Station:
77 Wigeon, 55 Teal, 1 Kestrel, Chaffinch singing this morning on Lagoon 2.  Also singing: 1 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 5 Song Thrush and 5 Wren.

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
40 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 15 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 6 Moorhen, 20 Coot, 12 Lapwing, 35 Curlew, 3 Dunlin, 12 Redshank,  1 Kestrel, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit.

Severn Beach - garden:
2 Bullfinch - video clip

Yate:
Kingsgate Park:  4 Goosander (1 m., 3 f.) until flushed by dog walkers.

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
Dowlais:  20 Wigeon, 8 Lapwing, 30 Dunlin, 20 Curlew, 1 Peregrine, 150 BH Gull.

Backwell Lake:
47 Little Egret to roost

Lower Claverham:
7 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Herring Gull, 1 Little owl, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Wren

Weston-Super-Mare:
30 Long-tailed Tit in town centre.

Worle - garden:
1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest - first this yr, 4 Blackbird, 2 Robin, lots of House Sparrow, 9 Chaffinch (6f &3m), 7 Greenfinch, 13 Goldfinch,

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham:
1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Redwing (unusual in the observer's garden).

Newton St Loe:
Farm shop area at 8.30 a.m.:
Red Kite

Goldcrest (George Stacey)

RESERVOIRS

20-02-2020 Coot BG (Bri Thompson)

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (tank 1), 1 Goldeneye (m), 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Peregrine, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush.

Chew Valley Lake
3 Great White Egret

Redwings (and a Starling) at Chew George Stacey)

Bittern Trail:
1 Water Rail, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 20++ Redwing, 1 Dunnock, 1 m. Bullfinch.

Heron's Green:
1 ad. Kittiwake

Reports:  Ken Carruthers, Mark Coller, Rod Holbrook, Jonathan Margetts, Nick Page, Matt Plenty, Lois Pryce, Phil Quinn, George Rabin, Dean Reeves, Adrian Sharp, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, Mike Thomas, Brian Thompson, opsbirding.